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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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Protecting Yourself from COVID-19 This months episode of “News you can Use” in the traditions of “Ask Me Anything” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of February 2020 that is dominated by the Coronavirus (aka COVID-19) outbreak and discusses the upcoming HIMSS Conference You can read more about the series here and the concept of keeping up with […]
Coronavirus The statistics are jarring – as of the latest update from WHO of 77,794 confirmed (599 new) cases globally with the majority coming from China with 2,348 deaths in China and 11 outside of China. The fatality rate in the point of origin (Wuhan China) is between 2-4% but outside of this region fatality […]
The End of Theory? This months episode of “News you can Use” in the traditions of “Ask Me Anything” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of January 2020 and my attendance at CES and 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 […]
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 […]
There Is No Simple Solution to Healthcare Costs This months episode of “News you can Use” in the traditions of “Ask Me Anything” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of December 2019 and closes out the year You can read more about the series here and the concept of keeping up with innovating in healthcare. Please send me your […]
Open Clinical Systems 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. You can […]
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. […]
All Engines Running Out of the 195 hours of flight time (a little over 8 days) for Apollo 11 and the crew, it was the approximately 13 minutes it took for the Lunar Module or “Eagle” to descend and land on the moon that was the most taxing on the systems, the astronauts and the […]
Small Steps to Innovation This week I am talking to Marla Hetzel (@hetzelmj), Director of Innovation and User Experience at Change Healthcare. I met Marla when she presented at the HealthTechNet group on innovation where she talked about the ways she and her team and helping bring innovation back into businesses and healthcare. We discuss the […]
This months episode of “News you can use” in the traditions of “Ask Me Anything” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of September 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. You can reach out […]
Thomas Cook Closed for Business How does a company in business for over 170 years suddenly go out of business? Thomas Cook revolutionized travel doing amazing things to increase access inventing the package holiday or tour. At one point it seemed like every high street had a Thomas Cook Office on it featuring the latest […]
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, […]
This post was adapted from a note I sent to my daughter who is studying medicine Feeling out of your depth, wishing you were having a break? You are far down a unique and imho privileged path and this is just one more bend, turn or challenging hill on the way to something special. It […]
Gaming Medical Education This week I am talking to Eric Gantwerker, MD (@DrEricGant) a pediatric ENT-otolaryngologist and also a Vice President, Medical Director at Level Ex – a gaming company focused on tapping into gaming technology for medicine and healthcare. You can get a sense of the technology from their introductory video for CardioEx which […]
Design Thinking for Healthcare and Medical School This week I am talking to Dr. Clay Johnston, MD, PhD (@ClayDellMed), Dean, Dell Medical School and Vice President for Medical Affairs, UT Austin. Dr. Johnston has been the inaugural dean of Dell Medical School and is working towards a vision to create a new model for academic medicine that accelerates […]
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! […]
Behavioral Health for Positive Impact This week I am talking to Matt Wallaert (@mattwallaert), Chief Behavioral Officer at Clover Health. I have listened to Matt on a few occasions, most recently at the FitBit Captivate event in Chicago so I was excited to get to talk to him one on one. Matt plays an unusual […]
Does Intermittent Fasting Work? This week I’m covering the world of Intermittent Fasting. What’s that you ask – in its simplest form Eat – Stop – Eat In other words, challenging your body with no intake of calories for a variable amount of time. In my case I fast for about 36 hours […]
Medical School Candidate Selection Are we are selecting the wrong candidates for medical school and not teaching them the skills they really need to be good doctors? I’m a doctor first – anytime anyone asks me what I do the first words out of my mouth are “I’m a Doctor”, followed by a follow-up explanation […]
Dr Nick the Incrementalist discusses the new screening guidelines for hypertension or High Blood Pressure. What’s changed and what should you do about it In November 2017 the American College of Cardiology (ACC) updated the hypertension screening guidelines. Normal: Less than 120/80 mm Hg; Elevated: Systolic between 120-129 and diastolic less than 80; Stage 1: […]
Despite living in the DC Metro area for many years I have never managed to attend this event finding myself unavailable and traveling outside the area. This year I was able to attend the 4th Annual event finding it had grown by 15% from the previous year and now boasts over 700 attendees with an incredibly rich set of […]
