Opinion

Smart health devices – promises and pitfalls
- Author:
- Chris Notte, MD
- Neil Skolnik, MD
Major advancements in medical monitoring technology are now enabling physicians to get much deeper insight into their patients’ health status.
News

Patient visits post COVID-19
- Author:
- Chris Notte, MD
- Neil Skolnik, MD
Physicians and patients discuss common concerns with telemedicine.
Opinion

Sewage as our salvation: Tracking COVID-19
- Author:
- Neil Skolnik, MD
- Chris Notte, MD
What a rich source of information is present in the combination of urine and stool that collectively make up sewage!
Opinion

Testing the limits of medical technology
- Author:
- Chris Notte, MD
- Neil Skolnik, MD
Meeting the deadline for opening a drive-through COVID-19 testing center turned out to be impossible.
Opinion

Are patient portals living up to the hype? Ask your mother-in-law!
- Author:
- Chris Notte, MD
- Neil Skolnik, MD
How to keep patient portals from being locked doors to those they’re designed to help.
Opinion

Is there a (robotic) doctor in the house?
- Author:
- Chris Notte, MD
- Neil Skolnik, MD
Research published by Washington University’s Center for Advanced Studies in Adaptive Systems (CASAS) describes a technology that aims to help...
Opinion

A cigarette in one hand and a Fitbit on the other
- Author:
- Neil Skolnik, MD
- Chris Notte, MD
For almost all adults, the most important habits to develop are still related to diet and exercise.
Opinion

Our EHRs have a drug problem
- Author:
- Chris Notte, MD
- Neil Skolnik, MD
Setting up electronic prescribing of controlled substances in an electronic record can be costly and incredibly time consuming.
Opinion

The 21st Century Cures Act: Tearing down fortresses to put patients first
- Author:
- Chris Notte, MD
- Neil Skolnik, MD
“A fortress not only protects those inside of it, but it also enslaves them to work.”
– Anthony T. Hincks
As...
Opinion

Electronic health records and the lost power of prose
- Author:
- Chris Notte, MD
- Neil Skolnik, MD
Which methods are most efficient and effective for recording patient information?
Opinion

Breaking down blockchain: How this novel technology will unfetter health care
- Author:
- Chris Notte, MD
- Neil Skolnik, MD
One evening in 2016, my 9-year-old son suggested we use Bitcoin to purchase something on the Microsoft Xbox store.
Opinion

Where to go with wearables
- Author:
- Chris Notte, MD
- Neil Skolnik, MD
First and foremost, providers need confidence in the accuracy of the monitoring equipment, and, thus far, that accuracy has been questionable.
Opinion

Countdown to launch: Health care IT primed for disruption
- Author:
- Chris Notte, MD
- Neil Skolnik, MD
Expect for-profit innovators to step into the gap between what physicians expect of EHRs and what the software delivers. Think it can’t happen?...
Opinion

“I’m sorry, doctor, I’m afraid I can’t do that”
- Author:
- Chris Notte, MD
- Neil Skolnik, MD
“I’m sorry, doctor, I’m afraid I can’t do that”
Opinion

Now boarding: How we can skip coach and bump our patients up to first class
- Author:
- Chris Notte, MD
- Neil Skolnik, MD
To transform medicine into friendlier skies for the health care traveler, don’t follow the example set by the airline industry.