Hole in the Head
Don’t watch it if you’re squeamish, but if you are interested in modern medical technology, this will blow your mind (no pun intended)
View ArticleThe High Cost of Gun Violence
If someone is shot, obviously there are emotional costs to the family, friends and community. There are additional costs explained well in this article from the East Bay Express. The High Cost of Gun...
View ArticleUS Smokers Under 20%
The number of U.S. adults who smoke has dropped below 20 percent for the first time on record but cigarettes still kill almost half a million people a year, health officials said on Thursday. Maybe the...
View ArticleProfessional Development & Networking
I went to a professional gathering tonight at Bolt Peters for the IxDA SF group. The discussion was Designing Communities of Care Strategic Social Interaction Design in Healthcare Communities of Care –...
View ArticleMobile Technology for Healthcare: Just what the doctor ordered?
Working on mobile applications, as well as doing usability research for healthcare organizations, I have been seeing a plethora of medical and health-oriented mobile applications. Not all of them have...
View ArticleWhat’s next for Watson? Or, should we say, Dr. Watson?
What’s next for Watson? Or, should we say, Dr. Watson? | TG Daily. IBM’s supercomputer Watson proved that it’s able to understand human language enough to stomp out the best contestants in Jeopardy...
View Article12 Hot Mobile Medical Apps
Many of these apps are just as useful to the patient as they are to the doctors. 12 Hot Mobile Medical Apps — InformationWeek.
View ArticleMan Replaces Eye with Camera
I like the name “Eyeborg”. Rob Spence is a documentary film maker who lost his eye due to a childhood accident. He has worked with scientists and engineers to make a new eye that sends a wireless...
View ArticleWhat’s the Single Best Thing We Can Do For Our Health?
Take a guess. You can bet it’s not prescriptions or dieting.
View ArticleInsurance Requirement Mandate Flowchart
The Kaiser Health Website provides a very simple flowchart to determine how the Affordable Care Act mandate requirement for healthcare (or penalty) is incurred over the coming years.
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