How Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles is Defining How We Will Use the Apple Watch
Cedars-Sinai has integrated Apple Inc.’s Health app with the hospital’s electronic health record (EHR) system for more than 80,000 patients. The implementation means when one of the hospital’s patients uses any of the hundreds of apps that create data for the Apple Health database, the data will be retrievable by the physicians who may treat […]
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 […]
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 […]
Waiting for the Apple Watch
I don’t know exactly how I will use the Apple Watch but I am anxious to start up the learning curve. I ordered the watch at 3:05 AM and got an expected shipping date of May 13. For every enthusiast there is a skeptic or two. I am in the enthusiast camp. The iPod, iPhone, […]
