Health Attitude Meets the Docs
Have questions about the book or what doctors think of our healthcare system? Come to the Danbury Hospital auditorium on Tuesday, May 5, at 6:30 PM. The evening will be part of the monthly meeting of the Danbury Area Computer Society (DACS). After a short presentation about Health Attitude, I will introduce a panel of experts from the […]
Entrepreneurs Demo in SoHo to Change Healthcare
One of the key problems in our healthcare system is the high cost. Innovation can play an important role in driving costs down. Yesterday, I attended Blueprint Health‘s seventh Demo Day. Blueprint Health is a mentorship-driven startup accelerator program in NYC, supporting entrepreneurs who are building innovative companies at the intersection of health and technology. Blueprint […]
Human Heart On a Chip
The University of California at Berkeley has created a “heart-on-a-chip”. Researchers started with human pluripotent embryonic stem cells. This type of stem cell can morph into almost any kind of tissue cells in the body. In this case, cardiac cells were produced and placed in a one-inch silicone housing. The cells began to beat on their own at […]
Health Attitude First Book Signing in New York
Health Attitude was published by Attitude LLC on Wednesday, March 18, 2015. The initial launch took place on Tuesday, March 24 at the 21st Annual Genesys Partners Venture Dinner at the Union League Club in New York. The first book signing took place the next day at the Agility First! Forum at The Standard in East Village, New York City. It was my pleasure […]
Solving Healthcare Fraud
The Wall Street Journal reported in Florida Doctor Linked to Sen. Robert Menendez Indicted for Medicare Fraud this morning that a West Palm Beach opthamologist got $105 million from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) over a period of six years. Unfortunately, the reported case is one of many. As discussed in the new book […]