My Doctoral Journey – Part 5
I really appreciate the support from my friends and family for my decision in August 2010 to begin the doctoral journey. Having completed 70% of the coursework, it was time to attend the third (and final) residency in Atlanta this past week. I have been an Internet advocate for almost twenty years. My basic tenet has […]
Knee Replacement
It seems like everyone knows someone who has had a total knee replacement or is considering one. There was a lot of feedback about the Oxinium knee story I wrote about my own knee replacement back in the Fall of 2008 and then the follow-on story where I shared my thoughts on how to prepare for […]
FitBit
A textbook on telemedicine (Fong, Fong, & Li, 2011) was quite interesting. I am especially interested in telemonitoring for the purpose of recording cardiac activity for the purpose of predicting impending heart failure. I expect a huge growth in the use of telemonitoring for home health care, and it seems that the consumer electronics industry, […]
DACS.20
On May 1st, the Danbury Area Computer Society held it’s monthly meeting, and it was my honor to give a talk about The Future of the Internet and Health Care. This was the twentieth year in a row that I have shared my thoughts with this fine group. The meeting was open to the public […]
FCC Approves Spectrum Changes for Sprint and Hospitals
Ars Technica reported this week that the FCC has approved some spectrum changes that will allow Sprint to improve their wireless service (See FCC approves spectrum changes for Sprint and hospitals for details.) The more interesting news is that the FCC also approved a second set of spectrum-use rules that will enable hospitals to establish medical body area […]
