Health Insurance is Expensive; I’m Glad Folks are Finally Learning the Truth
Bloomberg (Unaffordable Cost Seen for Some Under Affordable Care Act) highlights the challenges many of the newly insured will have in paying for coverage, even with the substantial subsidies available…
Please Choose ’1′ for Dr. X or ’2′ for Dr. Y for Your Telemedicine Consult
While most doctors are cautious as they embark on a telemedicine program, others are plunging right in, seeing and treating unfamiliar patients. While most doctors are cautious as they embark on a…
Dentistry and Sleep Apnea
Snoring is usually not something we are very concerned about, unless our sleep mate is causing a disruption to your sleep. But, did you know that frequent, loud snoring may be…
Prostate Cancer: Wishing for Clear Answers Where There Are Few
Recently I attended EMUC2012 in Barcelona. The acronym stands for European Multidisciplinary Meeting on Urological Cancer and it draws urologists, medical oncologists, and radiation oncologists from Europe and the U.S.…
Research Uncovers Two Potential Tools in the Obesity Fight
Obesity has become a national health crisis in the United States. Carrying about significant amounts of extra weight significantly increases the risk of several serious and potentially deadly health conditions…
World AIDS Day 2012: Getting to the Beginning of the End
This is a joint post with Denizhan Duran. Clinton to GH community – Science and evidence must continue to guide out work. This is a joint post with Denizhan Duran. Clinton to…
Big Brother Meets Big Data and Likes What He Sees
Heart Gadgets Test Limits Of Privacy Laws on Health offers a provocative look at the rivers of data collected by implanted cardiac defibrillators. Basically, reams of raw data are being…
Data Mining as an Essential Informatics Skill Set
Clinical Integrated Data Repositories are now become common at academic medical centers. With tools like i2b2 and RemedyMD, plus a broad range of analytic tools, access to large volumes of…
UC Irvine Medical and Computer Science Students Team Up for First-Ever Med AppJam
Medical and computer science students rarely mingle in the same conference room, much less the same part of campus, but as the intersection between technology and healthcare continues to widen,…
Person-Centered HealthCare – Patient Safety, Team STEPPS & Technology
Not long ago, I got to think back on my roles as hospital safety officer and incorporate some of the challenges I faced with my current work leveraging technologies to…
