Activated, Empowered Patients Are Not New
One of the most inspiring athletes of the 2012 London Olympics is…
Men Can Develop Breast Cancer Too: What to Watch Out For
What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you see…
By 2020, Expert Patients Will Self-Manage 95% of Their Preventive and Chronic Care
Patients titrating and administering their own medication? Sounds like some futuristic scene…
Why Do Academic Medical Centers Do Poorly on Quality Report Cards?
In September 2012, the Joint Commission recognized 620 hospitals (about 18%…
Changing Behavior to Conquer Obesity
According to a recent Bipartisan Policy Center report, Lots to Lose: How…
Kaiser Permanente Colorado Drastically Improves Hypertension Control Among Its Members
The Sacramento Bee reports that Kaiser Permanente Colorado received recognition from the Department…
Major FCC Development in HIT for Wearable Body Sensors
FCC finalizes wavelength ruling for medical body area networksThe Federal Communications…
Medicine 2.0 – Day 2 was Bookended by Key Keynotes
Day 2 of Medicine 2.0 opened and closed with keynote presentations that…
Medicine 2.0 Takes Harvard Medical School by Storm
Last weekend, Boston hosted 500 cutting-edge health care practitioners, academics, researchers, app…
HealthCamp Boston 2012: Recap
HealthCamp Boston 2012 took place on Friday September 14. We had an…