This week I am talking to Deanna Parker, Assistant VP of Emergency Services at Hardin Memorial that is located in Elizabethtown Kentucky – the heart of Bourbon Whiskey production – more on that later. The area is still in the early stages of the pandemic crisis with a limited number of cases but as Deanna points […]
How to Identify the Right Patient (and Whisky) With only a few weeks to go to the annual HIMSS conference in Orlando I took the opportunity to catch up with Vince Vitali, the VP of Strategy and Business Development at Nextgate to review the current trends and hear about their special event planned at the […]
Continuous Monitoring of Health So the opportunity to dive deep into glucose metabolism in my body with detail previously confined to laboratories was an exciting proposition. This especially true as I contemplated CES this coming week which has seen each year an ever-expanding Digital Health Pavilion with more companies and new solutions springing up. The […]
I had the great fortune of attending a special event recently – the Scottish Malt Whisky Tasting Panel Experience hosted by a Legend in Scottish Malt Whisky – Charlie MacLean (@_Whisky_Max_). The event was part of a series put on by the US branch of the society offering members an opportunity to taste whisky that […]
Data Sharing and Clinical Sleuthing This months episode of “News you can Use” in the traditions of “Ask Me Anything” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of October 2019 You can read more about the series here and the concept of keeping up with innovating in healthcare. Please send me your suggestions on topics you’d like to see covered. […]
Unique Single Cask Whisky I was lucky to catch up with Tom Smith, the US Director of the Scottish Malt Whisky Society at a recent tasting – the October Outturn Preview Tasting at Jack Rose Dining Saloon in Washington, D.C. As he explains, the history of the society and the unique nature of the […]
Keeping Up With Innovation in Healthcare Starting this month I will be running a monthly review of “News you can Use” in the traditions of “Ask Me Anything” on HealthcareNOWRadio You can listen in to the first episode and read more about it here where I discuss topics ranging from Healthcare insurance and surprise billing, […]
Impromptu Whisky Tasting When presented with a sign outside this pub in Manchester: The Britons Protection – One of Manchester’s Oldest Pubs dating back to 1806 with over 300 Whisky’s available this was an opportunity to do a little mini tasting for #TonightsTipple As this website pointed out The Briton’s Protection is a must visit for whisky connoisseurs […]
Media Coverage of Alcohol This week I’m talking about Alcohol consumption and the recent study published in the Lancet: Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 Which generated a slew of coverage in the media with headlines like this: Yikes! […]
In honor of World Whisky Day we head out to Ireland — the Emerald Isle and Walsh Whiskey Distillery, Royal Oak, nestled in the East of Ireland in County Carlow and their special release: The Irishman 17 year” old Single Cask matured in a Sherry butt The distillery itself is set on an 18th Century […]
