mHealthSummit 2012 – Coming Up Next Week!
From the mHealthSummit Website: From the mHealthSummit Website:"Where Technology, Business, Research and Policy Connect.The largest event of its kind, the 4th annual mHealth Summit brings together leaders in government, the private…
Why Have We Struggled So Hard to Improve Healthcare Quality?
There are many incredible efforts under way to drive needed change throughout the healthcare system. I love what Christensen and Hwang have proposed in Innovator’s Prescription. I have much respect for…
Science is Spooky–Thoughts from the Other Side of Reality
Science is spooky! Science is spooky!Today's big think is what Einstein called "spooky". I'm not sure if that was translated from the German or actually English but those are his…
Accutane Users Win Huge Verdict Against Roche. Who’s the Winner?
I was engaged in one of my pleasures, sitting in a coffee shop leafing through medical journals. Usually, I am perusing newspapers. I was engaged in one of my pleasures,…
What’s a “Good” Colonoscopy?
No bad jokes. I’m serious.I’ve reached the wonderful age at which I’m supposed to have this test as part of my general health care. I had one 10 or so…
The Thanksgiving Z-pack
Thanksgiving this year is likely to become one of my favorite holiday memories. My husband's niece, her husband, sister and fifteen-month-old daughter visited from Mississippi. We had a nice time…
Who is Susceptible to the Placebo Effect?
If I had to guess who is likely to benefit from the placebo effect of an analgesic drug it would somebody who is easily suggestible, probably having a “weak personality”…
Giving Thanks for Connections to a Healthy Future
Taking a moment to pause at this time of Thanksgiving, I wanted to share a recent interview with Kaiser Permanente CIO, Philip Fasano during the NASA mHealth workshop, about how…
Health Patients Say Thank You to Employees
Merci. תודה. Muchas gracias. Salamat. Thank you. Merci. תודה. Muchas gracias. Salamat. Thank you.No matter which words are used, an expression of appreciation brightens a health care worker’s day. Whether we’re providing life-saving medicine, hacking through the thorny thicket…
Mobile Health Apps: Meeting the Apple challenge – the Google way
Acceptability of smartphones and mobile devices today continue to encourage development of several mobile medical Apps , with both Apple and Google playing prominent roles. Experts view medical apps…
