Update on HealthCare in China
Let’s try to avoid the clichés and have a curious yet objective look on the Chinese healthcare system and problematics. What is happening there and what are the lessons that…
Top Technology Trends for 2013
Gartner Fellow David Cearley in his paper released in the Gartner ITExpo Symposium held last October, speaks about technologies like Enterprise Application Stores, In-memory computing, Actionable Analytics and ‘Internet of…
Big Data: Medicine By the Numbers?
This is the age of data. Everyone is hopeful that based on number crunching and data analytics, we will be able to improve the quality of health we provide to…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: Mobile Maps Malaria in Kenya
This post is co-authored with Michael Sherman of Wax Custom Communications This post is co-authored with Michael Sherman of Wax Custom CommunicationsMalaria causes about 655,000 deaths each year, according to…
Disaster Preparedness, Part 1: The New CPR
By: John Hedtke & Maurice Ramirez, Clifton Castleman By: John Hedtke & Maurice Ramirez, Clifton CastlemanWhen cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was invented in the 1970s, the goal was to train as…
What’s Next for HealthCare Information Technology Innovation?
In Nashville on Friday, at the Vanderbilt Healthcare Conference, I gave a short talk on a panel focused on the question “What’s next for healthcare information technology innovation?”The talk focused…
By Regina
Dear patient advocates, e-patients and caregivers, Dear patient advocates, e-patients and caregivers, We’re reaching out with an invitation to design a national patient agenda…created by the best, brightest, most committed and…
A Humbling Experience
As Physicians are becoming aware, consumers of health care products (better known as patients in my world) are increasingly likely to leave reviews of their physicians on sites such as…
Advance Practice Nurse Led Clinics – Coming to Your Medical Neighborhood Soon?
In celebration of National Nurse Practitioner week, Drs. In celebration of National Nurse Practitioner week, Drs. Norah Johnson and Kristin Haglund provide a glimpse into a developing trend between academic…
Innovations in Care Delivery Models and the Role of Physician Incentives
On Tuesday, the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD), in collaboration with WellPoint, held a Capitol Hill Briefing titled “Partnerships in Health: Innovations in Care Delivery Models and the Role…
