MUSING – The Healthcare Solution: Looking in All the Wrong Places
June 25, 2013 | Gary PaquinAging boomers provide the catalyst for a more aggressive consumer participant approach to their health. The Internet gave them the [MORE]
MUSING – Healthcare Systems See a Compelling Need for Operational Intelligence
June 11, 2013 | Eric NovackSuccessful healthcare delivery networks must adapt to the increasingly challenging financial environment to achieve their fundamental mission of providing high [MORE]
MUSING – Entropy and the Exploding Hospital
March 19, 2013 | Rolf HaarstadWe are often asked as healthcare architects “What is the hospital of the future?” Perhaps the question is best posed [MORE]
MUSING – KEEN Musings
March 20, 2012 | Tim KriewallIs it time to change the way we educate engineers in America? About 20 private engineering colleges around the U.S. [MORE]
MUSING – The Medical Home at Home
March 6, 2012 | Robin FelderTelemedicine has been defined as the technology version of the “Dr. Marcus Welby house call” but replaced with a [MORE]
MUSING – Parallel Jubilees
November 29, 2011 | Terry Sharrer2011 was a jubilee year-50th anniversary-for two seemingly unrelated aspirations: manned space exploration and wellness. In May 1961, [MORE]
Ultrasound – Future of the Technology
July 18, 2011 | Terry SharrerHigh intensity, focused ultrasound will become an increasingly useful surgical tool.
Artificial Intelligence, Medical Robotics and Medical Automation Education
July 18, 2011 | Robin FelderMuch of medical decision making is matching symptoms with known diseases. Thus artificial intelligence (AI) will certainly make this process more efficient…
MUSING – Doctor, The Patient Will See You Now…
May 3, 2011 | Gary PaquinAndrew Schorr’s recent book, The Web-Savvy Patient: An Insider’s Guide to Navigating the Internet When Facing Medical Crisis, chronicles [MORE]
MUSING – Bringing About Change
November 2, 2010 | Terry SharrerIt’s a good bet that many people in healthcare took up their calling because of a personal tragedy. The [MORE]
MUSING – The Trek Desk: Exercise, Work, and Lose Weight
August 31, 2010 | Pamela CiprianoAn increase in sedentary work has contributed to bulging bodies. People struggle making time to exercise, and many complain of [MORE]
MUSING – The Autonomous Hospital
May 11, 2010 | Terry SharrerThe Defense Department has been doing R&D work on autonomous vehicles-remotely controlled tanks, pilotless “Predator” aircraft and the like. Largest [MORE]
MUSING – The Howze Effect
March 9, 2010 | Terry SharrerHarvard 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
March 9, 2010 | Christian Klit JohansenChristian 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
March 2, 2010 | Robin FelderMedication Kiosk – PharmaTrust
Kiosk-based medicine has suddenly taken a new step with the next wave in direct to consumer marketing [MORE]
MUSING – Automation as a Bridge
February 23, 2010 | Terry SharrerWhether or not healthcare insurance reform proceeds in Congress, true healthcare reform is proceeding. Its sources are molecular [MORE]