Pre-habilitation: Effective Preventative Medicine for Rehabilitation
If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, what can a…
Pushing, Pulling, Nudging and Tipping Healthcare Evidence into Practice: Highlights from ACRM
We’re just back from 2 weeks on the road visiting Wellpepper customers…
Helping Patients Protect Their Own Personal Health Information
Last week I was leaving a meeting at a large hospital when…
Post or Perish? Disseminating Scientific Research and the Kardashian Index
Publish or perish has long been the mantra of academic research. While…
A Tale of Two Sensors: Misfit Shine vs. FitBit Zip
On a 5-day back-packing trip in British Columbia, I put two sensors…
Patient Engagement: From Idea to Proof
In the last year, patient engagement has gone from buzzword to a…
Just Because You Can, Does That Mean You Should?
Facebook’s recent experiments in social media mood contagion got us thinking about…
Big Distances Make the Case for Telemedicine: Recap from the Canadian E-Health Conference
Just back from the American Telemedicine Conference, and we took a short…
IT Can Make a Big Difference in Healthcare: Why Hasn’t It?
The final in the excellent collaborative healthcare series from the University of…