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This week Fred and I discuss the new CDC guidance that begins to recognize airborne transmission of the virus and what that should mean to how we behave and what mitigation activities we should be taking The good news is life is opening up for those that are vaccinated especially for ‘small’ groups and family […]
Space Exploration This week I am talking to Colonel (retired) (Dr.) Walter “Sparky” Matthews, MD, MPH, Clinical Professor in the Honors Program and Honors College Pre-Medical Advisor at Baylor college and recently retired as the Surgeon General of the United States Space Force (USSF), and Command Surgeon for US Space Command (USSPACECOM) (@US_SpaceCom). Sparky as he is known, is an […]
This week Fred and I discuss positive impact vaccines are having beyond the basic prevention of disease that includes a 50% reduction in transmission of the virus in those people who have been vaccinated. The importance of being fully vaccinated even if you have had COVID19 in the past. And we review SARS-CoV-2 and the […]
This months episode of “News you can Use” in the traditions of “Ask Me Anything” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of May. 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 you’d like to see covered. You can reach out direct via the contact […]
This week Fred and I discuss the assessment of risk in the context of vaccines and their effectiveness at combatting the COVID19 disease and the challenge of putting risk in perspective. The numbers you hear don’t tell the story and even when you think you understand the data, you may not as the inputs and […]
Clincal Data from the Home This week I am talking to Arvind Thiagaraja, founder and CEO of HD Medical (@HDMedicalGroup) that is saving patient lives through early diagnosis. Arvind’s journey into healthcare started from a young age when he was diagnosed with a heart murmur and he and his family went through an extended period waiting to […]
This week Fred and I discuss the rising number of variants and the results of a study conducted by Clalit Health Services and Tel Aviv University reporting on real-world data that shows less effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine against the South African variant. We review that that means and also discuss the reports of […]
This week Fred and discuss the updated guidelines for travel from the CDC for those that are vaccinated and what that will mean domestically and international. Hint – you will still need to use the NPI including wearing a mask for some time yet. Fred shares his second vaccine experience, and we talk about what […]
This week Fred and discuss the practicality of vaccine mandates and how best to increase the uptake of vaccination throughout the country. We discuss the challenge of vaccine hesitancy and the disservice that has done to our society, attributable to a relatively small number of individuals, the so-called disinformation dozen. Meanwhile as vaccine supply starts […]
Health Information Exchanges This week I am talking to Lisa Bari, Interim CEO for the Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative (SHIEC). Lisa started her career in the Bay area in digital marketing for Practice Fusion, and winding through CMS where she worked on the interoperability rules. Along the way discovering the incremental insight that for policy changes you […]
Shared Care Solutions This week I am talking to Dr Chris Hobson, Chief Medical Officer, Orion Health (@OrionHealth), a population health and precision medicine company focused on data to support the delivery of the best possible care. Chris started out working in hospitals medicine for 6 years and spent time in primary care in New Zealand before […]
This week Fred talks about his personal vaccine experience and some of the challenges of coordination that need to be resolved so as many people as possible get access to vaccination as quickly as possible. Different states and counties have different processes some work well, others create difficulties for people at different stages. We also […]
Stemming the Loss of Clinical Expertise This week I am talking to Hass Saad MD, Founder & CEO of Detroit Medical Informatics (DMI) a unique organization offering a highly successful elbow side clinician support, training and technology implementation in hospitals and healthcare settings. Hass grew up as a digital native and was entirely comfortable using the technology […]
This week Fred and I discuss the huge challenge of extended mental health issues that are sweeping through our world post-pandemic and the importance of making this a priority for your business. We talk through some of the current statuses of legislation on vaccine requirements and the variation by states that in some cases has […]
The First in the Breech This week I am talking to Luis Saldana, MD (@lsaldanamd), an Emergency room physician and CMIO Clinical Informaticist who was at the center of the first Ebola case that reached US shores in 2014. He is a clinician first but like many in the profession went through a period of […]
Thanks to the extensive bubble created by the NBA and daily testing that included genomic analysis scientists were able to take a detailed look at the variants. Their early work with the SWISH study (Surveillance with Improved Screening and Health), the study validated the saliva test for SARS-CoV-2, (I’m sure millions of noses thank them!) […]
Accurate Tracking This week I am talking to Mehdi Bentanfous, CEO of Kinexon (@kinexon) a company providing real-time intelligence and automation with precise localization and edge analytics and underlying technology used by the NFL for their successful COVID19 mitigation program that was featured in this published paper: Implementation and Evolution of Mitigation Measures, Testing, and […]
Your Stress Pal This week I am talking to Pennie Sempell, JD, CEO for StressPal (@Stress_Pal) that is working to build better resilience in healthcare communities to stress and burn out. Pennie started out in Psychology, graduated from law school, and worked in mediation that led to a career focused on stress reduction. Pennie has […]
Mental Health Challenges Sadly, we are seeing increasing rates of brain health challenges around the country and likely the world. Problems that existed before having been amplified by the pandemic and the social isolation we are all experiencing. The impact of this is not just confined to adults and employees but permeates throughout our society […]
Soundcloud Meets Rap Genius This week I am talking to Shiv Rao, MD (@ShivdevRao) is the co-founder and CEO of Abridge (@ABridgeHQ), which uses groundbreaking machine learning to help people understand the details of their care and follow through on their doctors’ advice. He is also a faculty member and practicing cardiologist at UPMC’s Heart and Vascular Institute. Shiv […]
We are seeing a continued increase in COVID19 cases with almost 200,000 new cases per day. How do we make ourselves safer especially as we consider the new variants that are emerging that are more transmissible? What options are open to double down and mitigate the spread 👯♂️Avoid Mixing where possible 🚶♂️Reduce requirements for in-person […]
Returning Ultimate Control of Care to the Patient This week I am talking to Rob Kowal, MD, PhD Chief Medical Officer, of Medtronic (@Medtronic/@MDT_Cardiac) and a cardiac electrophysiologist who has been part of the incredible progress and innovation that have taken place in implantable cardiac devices. He talks about the progress from the early days of external pacing […]
The US has not been doing well in its attempts at mitigating the virus. We discuss what other countries have done that have made them more successful. For example, Vietnam has less than 1,500 cases of COVID19 and Rwanda has less than 8500 cases and fewer than 75 deaths despite having a fraction of the […]
Looking Back at 2020 This months episode of “News you can Use” in the traditions of “Ask Me Anything” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of December and a look back at the 2020 You can read more about the series here and the concept of keeping up with innovation in healthcare. Please send me your suggestions on […]
To close out the year Fred Goldstein and I review the things that took place in 2020 in healthcare generally that includes: A renewed focus on “Surprise billing” Getting everyone including patients seamless health data access Drug pricing transparency and why the US pays so much more The FDA warns Vaping is bad for your […]
