Accelerating Cancer Treatment
I remember being at a technology conference in 1999 when teenagers Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning demonstrated a digital music service called Napster. It was the beginning of a revolution, and it made a lot of sense to me. The rock group Metallica sued Napster in 2000 and the momentum of music sharing slowed — […]
Election Attitude
If you are following my blog or receive my weekly e-newsletter, you know about my two books, Health Attitude and Net Attitude. The books have something in common — attitude. Some websites are great. They do what we want and save us time. They make things easier. Unfortunately, many other websites are lame. You click and […]
Connecticut and Medicaid
One of the questions I am asked the most is about whether America should have a single payer for healthcare. The idea sounds compelling to many, but I argue in Health Attitude the economy of scale would turn into a diseconomy of scale. Bigger is not always better. We have 50 states and all are […]
Obamacare and Healthcare Technology Startups
As I wrote in “Political Debates: Little Substance About Healthcare“, I had hoped to hear a lot of substance about healthcare reform during the political debates this year. So far, there has little substance. I doubt if any of the candidates in either party know what is in the ten parts of Obamacare, the Patient […]
Tomorrow’s Nurse
The American healthcare system continues to evolve to meet new needs. Nurses will play increasingly important and expanded roles. They will be vital for our aging population with chronic illnesses. Nurses will take on new duties as technological advances include genomics, genetics, informatics, and telehealth. Nurses will develop new skills and competencies. The University of San Francisco developed an […]