Author: Dr Nick

Why AI Thinks I Need Jackal Gear I think the majority are aware that your privacy is under attack, everything you look at, see, search for, and even talk about is being monitored, connected to you, and re-sold through third party data aggregators All this is happening in near real-time Think about taking a break […]

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Healthcare in a Post-Election Landscape   This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of December 2024 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns and debacles going on in healthcare withmy friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting […]

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From Childhood Tinker to Certified Thinker I love learning. I know my perspective dates back to my childhood and many years and long before I became a physician. My parents would remember the challenge of dealing with my learning when I was younger which included taking things apart and not always knowing how to put […]

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Drugs, IV Shortages, and AI Shenanigans This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of October 2024 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns, and debacles going on in healthcare with my friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at […]

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This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of September 2024 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns and debacles going on in healthcare with my friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners and myself, where […]

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This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of August 2024 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns and debacles going on in healthcare withmy friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners and myself, where every diagnosis […]

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Blue Screen of Health This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of August 2024 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns and debacles going on in healthcare withmy friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners and […]

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This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of July 2024 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns and debacles going on in healthcare withmy friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners and myself, where every diagnosis […]

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Health Tech Havoc This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of May 2024 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns and debacles going on in healthcare withmy friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners and myself, […]

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If you missed all the recent posts on the Aurora Borealis I encourage you to take a look. I am not sure about anyone else’s bucket list but seeing the ‘Northern Lights’ as they are also known is on mine. I had a lot of FOMO from this recent Geomagnetic storm especially since I subscribe […]

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This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of April 2024 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns and debacles going on in healthcare withmy friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners and myself, where every diagnosis […]

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The continued onslaught of cybersecurity attacks which if anything are only getting worse have impacted the healthcare system in dramatic fashion with the payment network brought down by the attack on Change Healthcare. I keep hoping that we all get better at combatting these attempts to breach our data and that overall vigilance rises as we […]

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This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of March 2024 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns and debacles going on in healthcare withmy friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners and myself, where every diagnosis […]

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The Last Spin I am going to date myself a little here as I reminisce about my old music collection accumulated over many years. In this case, we are talking Vinyl records (link included for those who are wondering what I am talking about!). I can remember buying my first album and playing it repeatedly […]

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Should You Panic or Stay Calm? It could just be me but I doubt it. I’ve certainly had my share of attempts to attack my accounts including the SIM Jacking I documented (3 Minutes to Financial Ruin). But since the vast majority of these attacks are automated with the perpetrators using tools that essentially automate […]

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This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of February 2024 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns and debacles going on in healthcare withmy friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners and myself, where every diagnosis […]

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Healthcare Realities: Beyond the Headlines This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of January 2024 2023 The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns and debacles going on in healthcare with my friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic […]

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Snooze or Lose The latest pick-up in the press with a clickable link from Axios is How to get more sleep (Americans need it), which frustratingly fails to include a proper reference to the actual source paper or data. The notation “Data: Apple Heart and Movement Study” suggests the data came from this study group […]

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New Obesity Medications Offer Hope But Not a Panacea This week I am talking to Carolyn Jasik, MD, (@DrJasik) CMO for Omada Health, a virtual-first chronic care provider helping members make lasting changes to improve health and reduce care costs for organizations Excitement is growing around new GLP-1 receptor agonist medications for treating obesity, with […]

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This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of December 2023   The show that gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns and debacles going on in healthcare withmy friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners and myself, where every […]

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Each and every year there’s a rush for predictions for the coming year and 2024 is no different The year Skynet/Mednet became active – not really but that was the fear with everyone calling it the Year of AI. For the rest of us, it was not so much the year of AI but rather […]

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This week I am talking to Avantika Waring, MD, Chief Medical Officer at 9amHealth who focuses on hands-on, everyday help with diabetes, weight loss, and heart health. Avantika shares her career journey into health tech and the virtual diabetes care program at 9 am Health. She explained how they provide comprehensive wraparound care including physicians, nutritionists, health coaches, and […]

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This week I am talking to Michael Racke, MD Medical Director of Neurology at Quest Diagnostics. Michael is a board-certified neurologist and formerly editor-in-chief of the Journal of Neuroimmunology, an expert in dementia and brain disorders who has authored/co-authored 200 peer-reviewed studies, book chapters, and reviews on neuroimmunologic diseases, including dementia. Michael discusses promising advancements in our […]

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Lessons from a Chief Wellness Officer This week I am talking to Richard Safeer MD, Chief Medical Director Employee Health & Well-Being at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Richard is a Family Doctor who has focused his career on building culturally sound and caring organizations. Employee health and well-being has become a top priority for organizations in the […]

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This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of October 2023 The show gives you a quick insight into the latest news, twists, turns, and debacles going on in healthcare with my friend and co-host Craig Joseph, MD (@CraigJoseph) Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Consulting Partners, and myself, where every […]

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