Any of us who have dealt with a health crisis in the family know that one of the challenges is keeping everyone informed during a period when all of your energy is focused on keeping yourself upright and moving forward. A wonderful example of technology applied to human need, rather than technology for technology’s sake, […]
I’ve spent a fair amount of time over the past 6 months advancing the cause of a technology-enabled, preventative health care system that’s centered on the home. At the core of such a system would be a primary, virtual, electronic loop from home to care team and back home. Data (vital signs, diagnostics, sensors) go […]
Used to be the doubling of computing power was simply a question of human ingenuity. But now energy power may be the ultimate limitation. In fact, arch rivals Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, or AMD, are battling it out on an energy playing field. Consider AMD’s Times Square billboard that ticks off the dollars AMD […]
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Health Care Leader Burnout
When you try to align external and internal health care forces with this much change in the air, burnout becomes the enemy. On the surface, that appears to be what is behind the unannounced but imminent resignation of Mark McClellan, M.D. By all accounts, the fact that Medicare Part D has held together as much […]
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Rebecca Scritchfield
Rebecca Scritchfield Nutrition and exercise writer, speaker, consultant Rebecca Scritchfield, ACSM Health/Fitness Instructor®, is a food and nutrition scholar with more than 10 years experience in the health and wellness field as a personal trainer, group exercise instructor, and corporate wellness director. She writes and speaks on emerging health and nutrition trends, with a focus […]
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Judith A. Salerno, MD,MS
Judith A. Salerno, MD, MS President The New York Academy of Medicine Judith A. Salerno, MD, MS is the President of The New York Academy of Medicine. A physician executive and one of the nation’s pre-eminent leaders in health and health care, Dr. Salerno most recently served as President and Chief Executive Officer of […]
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Lewis Miller
Lewis Miller Prinicipal WentzMiller & Associates Lewis A. Miller is corporate editorial director of Dowden Health Media and co-founder and principal of WentzMiller & Associates, a global consulting firm. He is also a co-founder and chairman of Intermedica, Inc., an international medical education company that exports Continuing Medical Education (CME) courses from the United States […]
