A group of patients were recently asked if they would be willing to link their social media accounts to their EHR for…
By Simon Hagens, Director of Benefits Realization (@infoway) Simon Hagens By Simon Hagens, Director of Benefits Realization (@infoway) Simon Hagens A few months ago, Canada Health…
The Future of Medicine: How Cloud Computing Is Paving the Way to Better Medical Research
By DougBennet
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Before you ever receive a prescription medication from your doctor, or a treatment option for a particular illness, medical research needs to…
Facebookâs recent experiments in social media mood contagion got us thinking about user-based testing in general and especially how that applies in…
One of the best perks of my new job at ELLICSR at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre is the opportunity to collaborate…
Infants with Alzheimer's Gene Already Show Brain Development Differences
By Susan Scutti
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About one quarter of Americans carry the APOE-E4 gene, a known risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease. About one quarter of Americans…
There is a great illustration in this BMJ article of what I discuss in Chapter 2 of my book: the type of…
The National National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) recently selected its five finalists for their Annual Health Care Research Award. These…
Medicare administrative data provides a rich source to conduct health services research. Researchers who wish to use this data, however, often have…