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Wear a face Covering This week I discuss reopening in the context of the recently published paper Identifying airborne transmission as the dominant route for the spread of COVID-19 and the CDC guidelines: Clusters of Coronavirus Disease in Communities, Japan, January–April 2020, both of which offer compelling evidence that masks remain your primary means […]
Precision Joint Replacement Surgery This week I am talking with Jim Pierrepont, Ph.D., Chief Innovation Officer at the Corin Group, where they are bringing data to bear for improved outcomes in Orthopedic joint replacement. Jim has spent his entire career in the world of orthopedics, starting with his first degree Biomedical Engineering and ultimately a doctorate. […]
Who Can Spread COVID19 As I watched the news last night it was clear to me the announcement being covered from WHO was a big deal. What the news coverage stated was that Asymptomatic carriers were not spreading COVID19 disease. Wow. That’s a big deal because if that is true then our path to preventing […]
This week I discuss Blood Groups and the potential impact this may have on COVID19 disease. In a recently pre-published paper, that added further evidence to 2 other papers (Relationship between the ABO Blood Group and the COVID-19 Susceptibility and Testing the association between blood type and COVID-19 infection, intubation, and death) that have shown […]
This week I am talking to Kim Nilsson, CEO of Pivigo (@Pivigo) and an Astrophysicist. Kim is on her second of perhaps multiple careers that began looking at the stars and is currently looking at data. After getting her PhD she decided to get an MBA and like other guests on this show discovered the […]
This week I discuss the potential for a second wave of infection and what that could mean for businesses trying to re-open and how your testing strategy can contribute to the opening without creating a second wave. Should you do clinical screening, viral or antibody testing, and which strategies should be applied. One of the […]
Tracking Apps This months episode of “News you can Use” in the traditions of “Ask Me Anything” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of June 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. You can reach out […]
Screening for Businesses This week I discuss the challenges of screening and how companies and businesses need to approach this area. How you screen, who you screen and what screening are complex issues that are dependent on your specific business its risk profile, your employee risk profiles and of course what the latest science is on the virus There […]
Feedback Sensors This week I am interviewing Sri Peruvemba, VP of Strategy at BeBop Sensors. BeBop Sensors is an offshoot from Keith McMillen instruments who brought the BopPad to the world with smart fabric sensor innovation. Sri shares the key elements of successful companies he has been involved with that includes a hunger on the […]
Celebrating a Life with Zoom I attended a Zoom Celebration of Life of a friend who died recently and while it was imperfect it was an adaptation necessary in the current circumstances, we find ourselves in especially as Funerals and weddings which are one of several examples of activities that are higher risk gatherings for […]
Adjusting to Work at Home My personality is generally that of a proton – always positive but like many lately this position has been challenged on a daily basis. Challenged professionally as I watch work disappear and all-around retreat into cocoons of reduced activity, contracting, and hiring. Challenged personally, facing down social isolation, economic challenges, […]
This week I am talking to, Timothy Washburn, RN the Chief Clinical Officer for Electronic Caregiver about their solutions for virtual caregiving solutions including Addison, their 3D Virtual caregiver. We discuss the challenges associated with delivering home care to the aging population, a problem made more acute with the COVID19 crisis, and even more important to solve. […]
With a nod to “The Trouble with Tribbles” this week I am reviewing testing strategies in the context of getting back to work and responding to a question I received on LinkedIn. Guidance on who should get tested (and in some cases who is eligible to get tested as we remain under-resourced in the United […]
Smart Toilets This week I am talking to Chad Adams, President, and CEO of Medic Life – makers of one of the world’s smartest toilets, even smarter? In the context of our current Pandemic with the spread of the Virus SARS-CoV-2 that is sweeping the world and causing the disease COVID19 a virus detecting smart toilet […]
Nurses Month 2020 This months episode of “News you can Use” in the traditions of “Ask Me Anything” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of May where we focus on Nurses Month, COVID19 testing and Immunity and USMLE Step 1 Exam Cancellations You can read more about the series here and the concept of keeping up with innovating […]
The Importance of Hands-Free This week I am talking with Ben Kanter, MD CMIO for Vocera, the communications company that took the Star Trek Communicator inspired badge and put it into a hospital. They have been offering voice-enabled communications for over 20 years but have emerged as a communication and collaboration platform that uses multiple data […]
Surviving and Thriving Incrementally in the new Post COVID19 world demands rethinking shift work, office ventilation, and common areas and food First up this week are some incremental steps to stay positive – it turns out that positivity is as infective as SARS-CoV-2 and highly transmissible. Smiling at someone can help especially at home where […]
This week I am talking to Amy Abernethy, MD, Ph.D. (@DrAbernethyFDA) the Principal Deputy Commissioner & Acting CIO for the FDA (@US_FDA). We had talked in January at CES about the forthcoming meeting focused on the FDA’s Technology Modernization Action Plan (outline here) but as a result of the COVID19 pandemic, the meeting was postponed to Jun 30 (details […]
It may be hard to imagine now but there will be a time when we emerge from our houses and the physical isolation/shelter-in-place and return to work. But doing so is going to require some adaptations and changes to the way we do business, our personal and professional lives. The tail of the SARS-CoV-2 virus […]
Unlocking Data Potential In this special episode I am talking with David Lareau, CEO, Jay Anders, MD Chief Medical Officer and Toni Laracuente, RN Chief Nursing Officer all from Medicomp Systems. We discuss the challenge in healthcare of getting data to the clinical team that need it – so much of the content that has been created in the […]
This months episode of “News you can use” in the traditions of “Ask Me Anything” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of March 2020 which has been dominated by the infection “Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)” as it is known currently and the virus causing the disease as COVID19 (you can read the […]
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 […]
Track my Solutions This week I am talking to Jeremy Elias, Founder and Chief Executive Officer – TrackMy Solutions, a company taking on the challenge of keeping track of all the devices and technology that is in use in healthcare but like all other technology solutions sometimes requires updates or changes to fix newly discovered […]
Pandemic Director At no time has the human race been more need of leadership with a steady hand at the tiller than now. Except for a few small pockets of people, everyone knows at this point we are facing an existential threat to the world If you are familiar with the space program and […]
Navigating Mental Health This week I am talking to Ekaterina Malievskaia MD MScPH, Chief Innovation Officer and Co-Founder of COMPASS Pathways (Navigating Mental Health Pathways). Ekaterina is an entrepreneur dedicated to bringing about positive change in society with a particular focus on health and wellbeing and driven to address the challenge of access to brain health […]
