Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Over the past few years, there has been a huge emergence of different pieces of technology which has transformed a lot of aspects of our lives. With the click of a button, we are now able to quickly order ourselves food, a taxi or even rent a home. When it comes to healthcare, there are
[ Read More ]The world of healthcare analytics is vast and can encompass a wide range of data that has the incredible potential to tell stories about health and healthcare delivery: right from individual patients to entire populations. Having numbers and an easy-to-use visualization at hand gives providers and caregivers the power to not only look into the
[ Read More ]Man has always been navigating to new places from early caravans to where we are now with space exploration. We are now at the point where we want to colonize another planet. That planet happens to be Mars, and it’s sought out for more than just study as its natural resources could help take us
[ Read More ]2017 is here! As much as the last year was packed with surprises for the healthcare industry, a lot of them are expected this year too. President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the 21st Century Cures Act is law and MACRA redefines the terms of the healthcare industry. Many will concur, we are headed
[ Read More ]Paul Rosen, MD, MPH, MMM, can teach us all something about empathy—especially current and aspiring healthcare innovators. He is a pediatric rheumatologist and Clinical Director of Service and Operational Excellence at Nemours Children’s Health System in Wilmington, Delaware. He is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Jefferson University. A TEDx
[ Read More ]Upgrading human brains to operate like machines or computers is a common theme in many popular science-fiction movies and TV shows. While Virtual Reality (VR) headsets like Oculus Rift and Vive are viewed as the newest toys by teens and adults, they can also be used by medical educators in surgical training, concussion diagnosis and
[ Read More ]For decades, we have imagined space-aged technologies to improve our future lives. And until now, imagination has moved at a faster pace than technology. But for the first time in history, technology is finally catching up with imagination. With new technologies in place and on the horizon, it’s easy to get excited for the future
[ Read More ]For the past two months, I have been taking Uber cars around Delaware when I go to the train or to the airport. I have taken about 10 rides and every one has been a pleasurable experience. The drivers are friendly, the cars are clean, the car arrives in under five minutes and the cost
[ Read More ]Looking back over the past 100 years, the pace of medical innovation and its eventual impact on health, healthcare and life expectancy has been extraordinary. Over the course of a century, the world has witnessed life-changing and life-saving events and discoveries that have forever changed us: from the advent of family planning and birth control;
[ Read More ]It’s no secret that the world of healthcare has changed over the last one hundred years. Things have improved; new discoveries have been made. But, are there certain ways in which stuff has changed the most? I took a look at the industry, and discovered there were three main ways that healthcare has changed in
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