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Children, education, Incremental, Personal Health, Personal Health Management, Primary Care, science, vaccine

Winter is Coming

August 31, 2017
Flu Shot

The last remnants of summer continue to permeate our lives but coming to a close and as they say in Game of Thrones “Winter is coming”. It might be hard to think about the flu …

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Disruptive, education, Future, Healthcare Technology, Incremental, Innovation, Inspiration, Space, Technology

Science and Magic – Future Thinking

August 24, 2017

Total Solar Eclipse This week was special for this self-confessed geek and space nut – witnessing first hand a total solar eclipse. A trip that I had thankfully planned over a year ago. THe hotel we …

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Aging, Artificial Intelligence, behavior, Cerner, DigitalHealth, Disruptive, education, Healthcare Technology, Incremental, Innovation, iPhone, Nutrition, obesity, Personal Health, Personal Health Management, Technology, Wearables

Rethinking Wellness

August 14, 2017
Apple ad Aetna Rethinking Wellness

Rethinking Wellness in the Wearable Age This past week I had the privilege of joining ~30 or so people from around the country in Los Angeles to hear about the work Aetna and Apple have been …

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Cybercrime, education, Healthcare Security, Healthcare Technology, Incremental, Security

Incremental Security

August 4, 2017
Cybersecurity

    The Desire to Help and Security We are programmed with a desire to help others in need but this trait is one of the reasons that hackers are so successful infiltrating our networks as I …

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Cybercrime, DigitalHealth, education, Healthcare Security, Healthcare Technology, HealthIT, HIT, Incremental, Medical Devices, Security, Technology

Keeping Healthcare Secure

July 3, 2017
Cybersecurity

Security is a Worldwide Problem The recent rash of ransomware and hacking attacks have highlighted once again the highly exposed nature of our information systems and the challenge of securing these systems. In May of 2017 Wannacry trojan …

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#medical school, #medicaltraining, education, Physician Compensation

Medical Education Broken Economic Model

May 25, 2017

Medical Education Costs I posted an article this past week featuring an article from CBS Moneywatch in 2013: $1 million mistake: Becoming a doctor that generated a few comments including comments about clinician burn out domestically and internationally …

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#hcsm, education, HealthIT, HIMSS, HIT, social media

7 Tips for the Best HIMSS16 Experience

February 5, 2016

  This year will be my 19th year at HIMSS – things have grown significantly since 1997 when HIMSS was held in San Diego with a record number of attendees – 15,800 and 408 exhibitors …

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#Africa, #mHealth, education, HealthIT, Patient Engagement, Technology, telemedicine

Patient engagement lessons from Africa

September 29, 2015

I was raised in Gabon on the equatorial west coast of Africa and though I’ve never practiced there, I consider myself African and continue to be interested in the delivery of healthcare on the continent. …

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#hcr, education, Health Care Costs, Health Reform, Healthcare Insurance, Patient Engagement, Personal Health, Physician Compensation, Primary Care, Quality of Care

Health Insurance Reform – It’s Not a Bumper to Bumper Warranty

June 27, 2014

We have some Healthcare reform in the US but we are still challenged with a system that is failing to deliver results. This piece recently: America Ranks No. 1 for Over-Priced, Inefficient Health Care featured the …

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#mHealth, Clinical Decision Making, education, HealthIT, Mobile, Personal Health, Primary Care

Giving Personal Health Advice to Family and Friends

April 18, 2014

In an interesting post on the medscape site (subscription/registration probably required): The Pitfalls of Giving Free Advice to Family and Friends Shelly Reese described some of the challenges of giving medical advice to friends and family …

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education, Health Care Costs, HealthIT, Patient Engagement

Khan Academy Approach Poised to Solve a “Wicked Problem” in Healthcare

February 20, 2013

here via thedoctorweighsin.com Great article on the potential for social media in healthcare and highlighting the phenomenal job the Salaman Khan has done (of the Khan Academy,/a>) with education online. There are some nice examples …

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