On “Empowering Patients in the Age of Genomic Medicine”
The concept of the citizen scientist is new to healthcare, since medicine…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: Sweden – The Virtual Pharmacist
In recent times the market for over-the-counter drugs was demonopolized in…
Patient Information Retention and the Internet
A patient with hypertension asked me about the nutritional value of sea…
Facebook Adds Secure Portal For Patients/Providers
Facebook has just added a key component that allows health professionals and…
Google+ Local: How It Impacts Your Medical Practice
In our December 2011 Newsletter I outlined a number of changes we…
New FCC Rules Enable Wireless Networks for Patient Monitoring
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has advanced medical innovation by dedicating a…
mHealth: Mitigating Mobile Security Risks
With the use of mobile devices in the healthcare industry come several…
Telemonitoring Can Help Control and Lower Blood Pressure, Research Shows
Research presented by the American Heart Association may diminish the number of…
What Do Patients Want From Social Media? And What Should They Want?
HealthcareIT News summarizes six points from a talk by Jessie Gruman, president…
