Person-Centered HealthCare: The Choosing Wisely Campaign
The mission of the ABIM Foundation is to "advance medical professionalism to improve the healthcare system." In 2012, the ABIM Foundation joined with nine leading medical specialty groups, as well…
Four Keys to Understanding Big Data in Healthcare
Extracting value from “Big Data” has become a pursuit across all industries as the internet of things and a proliferation of data producing devices in manufacturing, retail, consumer goods, communications…
What the Election Means for Health Care
With the election now in our rearview mirror and the President’s second term set to begin in January, it’s important to take a look at how this result will shape…
Health Videos: Tricks for Tracking Your Medications and Grab a Hula Hoop to Slim Down
Simple and Smart Health Tips- Health Smarts Video Series Simple and Smart Health Tips- Health Smarts Video Series Barbara Ficarra-Health Smarts Video Shoot for Sharecare and RealAgeI was delighted to…
Data Analysis, the Election and Health Care Reform
The re-election of President Obama dramatically increases the chances that the Affordable Care Act will be fully implemented. It also demonstrates the power of data and analytics to drive results…
Social Media, Smartphones and Sandy
Superstorm Sandy tore through the Northeast, leaving in its wake casualties, damaged homes and devastated communities. People are still without power as they work to put together their lives.The destruction…
Taking My Own Medicine
Andrew’s most recent birthday was celebrated in Columbus, Ohio where Patient Power and MMORE (Multiple Myeloma Opportunities for Research and Education) partnered to hold a Living Well with Multi Andrew’s…
Practice Makes Perfect: Muscle Memory and “Brain Training” to Improve Patient Care
Certainly, when learning to play an instrument or perform a particular pose in yoga class, repetition and practice is important in order to succeed and ultimately to improve. Athletes train…
The Power and Danger of Wishful Thinking
There once was a goldsmith in Cyprus called Pygmalion who liked to sculpt. According to Ovid, the Roman poet, he sculpted a beautiful girl out of ivory and fervently wished…
More Health & Science Literacy, Please
I was fortunate enough to be part of a workshop today looking at the issues around broadening the adoption of genomics in the health system in the UK. As a…
