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, […]
A Campus Visit
I had not visited the campus for quite some time. My eight years of service as a member of the College of Engineering advisory board ended a few years ago when I was engulfed in my doctoral journey. The visit this week was to lay the groundwork for a lecture on campus this Fall about […]
Molecular-level Health Testing With the iPhone
With the power of a supercomputer, the iPhone is going to be the host for a wide range of healthcare-related consumer devices and related apps. The latest comes from a San Diego startup named Cue. The company has developed a compact consumer-oriented device that can detect five biological conditions at a molecular level. This is not a […]
