DAILY CHOICE: Saturday, February 20, 2010

Reflection: Include vs. Exclude

DAILY CHOICE: Friday, February 19, 2010

Reflection: Receive vs. Reject

Medical Diagnostic Imaging Coming To A Home Near You?

In 2006, I predicted that much of what currently occurs in the doctor’s office would eventually be done by devices in the home with data transmitted automatically and wirelessly to one’s care team. OK you say for blood work and vital signs, but never diagnostic imaging. Well as you can see below in a piece […]

DAILY CHOICE: Thursday, February 18, 2010

Reflection: Content vs. Driven

Telemedicine To Have A Role In Haiti

I wanted to update you on our mission and our anticipated date of deployment of tomorrow, 11 February 2010. Perhaps the most exciting news is that our telemedicine / tele-behavioral health mission has been elevated to the level of White House interest. The National Operations Center of the …US Department of Homeland Security (NOC-DHS) has […]

DAILY CHOICE: Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Reflection: Feel vs. Think

Has Techmanity Become a Major Component of Advanced Health Professionalism?

Here’s the question: Can technology advance compassion, understanding, partnership and professionalism? Parallel studies of large cohorts of patients and their physicians in the late 90’s in the U.S., U.K., Germany, South Africa, Japan and Canada revealed consistent agreement on the primary definers of a successful patient-physician relationship. They were compassion, understanding and partnership. Patients also […]

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