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External Market Disruption: A 2018 Recap
While reflecting on some of the most memorable healthcare stories of 2018, I couldn’t help but notice that a large majority of them pertained to technology. As a strong advocate for healthcare innovation, I wasn’t too surprised. Upon further inspection, however, I...
Battling the Dissemination of False Health Information
Last month, in a blog post about patient health literacy, I briefly mentioned that the internet has markedly increased patient access to health information. While this can be considered a positive in many situations (patient education, medical research, or situations...
Modern Medicine and Patient Health Literacy
I’ve written several posts about healthcare innovation and the evolution of technology in modern medicine and, while I support these advancements, there is a particular aspect of patient care that has yet to benefit from significant progress: patient health literacy....
Social Media and Healthcare
Social media has had a major impact on individuals and businesses around the world. People use social media to gain information, share opinions, and discuss their experiences. Healthcare is one of many areas that has taken advantage of social media. The impact social...
Globalization & Global Health
The term globalization refers to people, companies, and governments interacting around the world. As our planet gets smaller, thanks to international travel and commerce, it is more important than ever to think about health in a global context. While technological...
The Call of Healthcare Professionals
I’ve written a fair amount about technology advances in healthcare, innovations, the requirement for better communication, and even recent partnerships with technology giants as they seek to enter the healthcare sector. But, it’s important that these articles, both...
Healthcare Technology Innovations of 2018
Two Healthcare Tech Innovations that Could Mean Big News for Healthcare The healthcare industry has seen big changes over the past few years. With tech giants moving into the healthcare space, it’s not a stretch to say some are skeptical about the relationship between...
The Importance of Remote Healthcare
It’s 2018, and many things have become digitized. Books to ebooks; maps to GPS; doctor visits to… well, maybe not yet. But that’s the discussion that many in the industry are having. It’s true, house calls by doctors have fallen out of favor with many, but not unlike a lot of things, today’s healthcare innovations have a bit of the past built in them…
Could the Doctor Become Obsolete?
The pace at which healthcare today is moving is nothing short of dizzying. In less than a century, the advancements made in surgical techniques alone are astounding…
Is Walmart the Hail Mary Healthcare Needs?
Jon Belsher talks about the possible, coming merger of Walmart and Humana and the effects it could have on the American public healthcare system.