Opinion
Smart health devices – promises and pitfalls
Major advancements in medical monitoring technology are now enabling physicians to get much deeper insight into their patients’ health status.
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Patient visits post COVID-19
Physicians and patients discuss common concerns with telemedicine.
Opinion
Sewage as our salvation: Tracking COVID-19
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
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!
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?
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
For almost all adults, the most important habits to develop are still related to diet and exercise.
Opinion
Our EHRs have a drug problem
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
“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
Which methods are most efficient and effective for recording patient information?
Opinion
Breaking down blockchain: How this novel technology will unfetter health care
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
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
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”
“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
To transform medicine into friendlier skies for the health care traveler, don’t follow the example set by the airline industry.