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This week I am talking to, Timothy Washburn, RN the Chief Clinical Officer for Electronic Caregiver about their solutions for virtual caregiving solutions including Addison, their 3D Virtual caregiver. We discuss the challenges associated with delivering home care to the aging population, a problem made more acute with the COVID19 crisis, and even more important to solve. […]
With a nod to “The Trouble with Tribbles” this week I am reviewing testing strategies in the context of getting back to work and responding to a question I received on LinkedIn. Guidance on who should get tested (and in some cases who is eligible to get tested as we remain under-resourced in the United […]
Smart Toilets This week I am talking to Chad Adams, President, and CEO of Medic Life – makers of one of the world’s smartest toilets, even smarter? In the context of our current Pandemic with the spread of the Virus SARS-CoV-2 that is sweeping the world and causing the disease COVID19 a virus detecting smart toilet […]
Nurses Month 2020 This months episode of “News you can Use” in the traditions of “Ask Me Anything” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of May where we focus on Nurses Month, COVID19 testing and Immunity and USMLE Step 1 Exam Cancellations You can read more about the series here and the concept of keeping up with innovating […]
The Importance of Hands-Free This week I am talking with Ben Kanter, MD CMIO for Vocera, the communications company that took the Star Trek Communicator inspired badge and put it into a hospital. They have been offering voice-enabled communications for over 20 years but have emerged as a communication and collaboration platform that uses multiple data […]
Surviving and Thriving Incrementally in the new Post COVID19 world demands rethinking shift work, office ventilation, and common areas and food First up this week are some incremental steps to stay positive – it turns out that positivity is as infective as SARS-CoV-2 and highly transmissible. Smiling at someone can help especially at home where […]
This week I am talking to Amy Abernethy, MD, Ph.D. (@DrAbernethyFDA) the Principal Deputy Commissioner & Acting CIO for the FDA (@US_FDA). We had talked in January at CES about the forthcoming meeting focused on the FDA’s Technology Modernization Action Plan (outline here) but as a result of the COVID19 pandemic, the meeting was postponed to Jun 30 (details […]
It may be hard to imagine now but there will be a time when we emerge from our houses and the physical isolation/shelter-in-place and return to work. But doing so is going to require some adaptations and changes to the way we do business, our personal and professional lives. The tail of the SARS-CoV-2 virus […]
Unlocking Data Potential In this special episode I am talking with David Lareau, CEO, Jay Anders, MD Chief Medical Officer and Toni Laracuente, RN Chief Nursing Officer all from Medicomp Systems. We discuss the challenge in healthcare of getting data to the clinical team that need it – so much of the content that has been created in the […]
This months episode of “News you can use” in the traditions of “Ask Me Anything” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of March 2020 which has been dominated by the infection “Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)” as it is known currently and the virus causing the disease as COVID19 (you can read the […]
This week I am talking to Deanna Parker, Assistant VP of Emergency Services at Hardin Memorial that is located in Elizabethtown Kentucky – the heart of Bourbon Whiskey production – more on that later. The area is still in the early stages of the pandemic crisis with a limited number of cases but as Deanna points […]
Track my Solutions This week I am talking to Jeremy Elias, Founder and Chief Executive Officer – TrackMy Solutions, a company taking on the challenge of keeping track of all the devices and technology that is in use in healthcare but like all other technology solutions sometimes requires updates or changes to fix newly discovered […]
Pandemic Director At no time has the human race been more need of leadership with a steady hand at the tiller than now. Except for a few small pockets of people, everyone knows at this point we are facing an existential threat to the world If you are familiar with the space program and […]
Navigating Mental Health This week I am talking to Ekaterina Malievskaia MD MScPH, Chief Innovation Officer and Co-Founder of COMPASS Pathways (Navigating Mental Health Pathways). Ekaterina is an entrepreneur dedicated to bringing about positive change in society with a particular focus on health and wellbeing and driven to address the challenge of access to brain health […]
Full Month of Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring This week I am talking to Josep Sola, Ph.D. Co-Founder and CTO for Aktiia (@aktiiaglobal), who have created a wrist-worn cuffless continuous blood pressure monitor that lasts a month on one battery charge. How and why does a telecoms engineer end up in medical device and sensor research looking […]
Updated Wednesday, Nov 13, 2020 This resource was first created by me in response to what I saw as growing demand for reliable information. I continue to update the page with new links and resources keeping up with the rapidly changing knowledge we have on the SARS-CoV-2 infection and the disease COVID19. I will continue […]
Can Sleep Really Help me Lose Weight It may seem odd to think that getting more sleep might help you lose weight but there are some good reasons why this might be the case. But first, let’s talk about sleep and how to get enough of it The Basics of Sleep First off let’s cover […]
Protecting Yourself from COVID-19 This months episode of “News you can Use” in the traditions of “Ask Me Anything” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of February 2020 that is dominated by the Coronavirus (aka COVID-19) outbreak and discusses the upcoming HIMSS Conference You can read more about the series here and the concept of keeping up with […]
Coronavirus The statistics are jarring – as of the latest update from WHO of 77,794 confirmed (599 new) cases globally with the majority coming from China with 2,348 deaths in China and 11 outside of China. The fatality rate in the point of origin (Wuhan China) is between 2-4% but outside of this region fatality […]
Clinical Pattern Recognition This week I am talking with Dave Lareau, CEO of MediComp (@MedicompSys) who has been solving the problem of too much data but not enough information. Dave was involved in the early solutions that became the Lotus Notes platform moving from an early billing solution to a clinically focused solution designed to […]
Democratizing Access with Technology This week I am joined by Michael Robinson (@Robinsonhealth), Vice President Healthcare North America for VMWare. Michael has an interesting international background that provides additional perspectives and insights on how we bring innovation to healthcare and democratize access. As he puts it Technology is the true democratizer of access to healthcare We […]
The recurring theme I find in life is people’s generally good intentions that fail to end in actual positive results? You will often find me stating that I don’t believe that anyone gets up in the morning with an intention of How can I be a terrible parent How can I eat unhealthily What is […]
While I applaud the action of USMLE to move to Pass/Fail scoring – doing so years past the debilitating over-emphasis on Step 1 on the beleaguered medical student I have to ask Why did it take so long and why announce this for 2 years in the future subject at least another 2 years of […]
Connecting the Dots This week I am talking to Matthew Michela, President, and CEO of Life Image a company trying to navigate the deluge of information and connecting the dots in the data-rich world of healthcare that remains knowledge poor. Matthew has been in the healthcare industry for an extended period of time and shares […]
The End of Theory? This months episode of “News you can Use” in the traditions of “Ask Me Anything” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of January 2020 and my attendance at CES and You can read more about the series here and the concept of keeping up with innovating in healthcare. Please send me your suggestions on topics […]
