POSTS TAGGED AS Healthcare system

MUSING – Automation: Meeting the Challenges of Providing High Quality Healthcare

The expected influx of millions of newly insured Americans under the new health care law will be putting a huge [MORE]

Robotic Nursing Assistant

KIRO-M5 Robot
Though this robot looks like “R2D2,” its name is “KIRO-M5” and weighs in at 176 lbs.  It can [MORE]

Technology Solutions for Long-Term Care by Daniel Wrappe

Daniel D. Wrappe, CEO of Wireless MedCare, LLC,  describes the common problems of long-term care – managing issues related to [MORE]

Carlisle Speaks Out on Healthcare System Restructuring

Jeffrey Carlisle, Founder and CEO of Fluidnet,  describes the disconnect of incentives in the healthcare system and how that contributes [MORE]

Iyer Sees Wireless Technology As Solution to Big Healthcare Challenges

Anand Iyer, PhD, President and COO,  WellDoc Communications,  describes what he see as the number one challenge in healthcare today [MORE]

MUSING – The Howze Effect

Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen coined “disruptive innovation” in 1997 to signifying something that unexpectedly changes a market.  The glucose meter, [MORE]

Join the Discussion – The Impact of Robotics on Healthcare

Christian Klit Johansen
Question:  Will robotics and automation of service task help meet the challenge of the demographic change world wide [MORE]

MUSING – Kiosk-Based Healthcare Delivery

Medication Kiosk – PharmaTrust
Kiosk-based medicine has suddenly taken a new step with the next wave in direct to consumer marketing [MORE]

Expanding Scope-of-Practice

Since Paul Starr’s classic, The Social Transformation of American Medicine (1982), described the long struggle for medical “authority,” intrusions [MORE]

The Anatomy and Physiology of Healthcare Reform: Taking Stock in American Political Theater…

Dr. Fickenscher will provide an overview of the six major forces that are precipitating the conversation on reform [MORE]

What you think is the #1 challenge in healthcare today? What medical technology can help to meet those challenges?

With the current raging debate about the American healthcare system, we are hearing  conflicting, sometimes contentious, and frequently emotional viewpoints. [MORE]

Storefront Clinics in a Slump

If storefront clinics were aimed at lower-cost, easier access healthcare, why are they not growing by leaps and bounds during [MORE]

Wellness Insurance

The National Business Coalition for Health has published the results of its 2008 survey assessing wellness programs among 103 health [MORE]

On-site Clinics

Retail clinics, which seemed to be growing exponentially not long ago, have slowed in their openings, but another branch of [MORE]