CSUF Photos / Foter / CC BY-NC-SA Stem cell technology represents one of the most fascinating and controversial medical advances of the past several decades. By now the enormous controversy which surrounded the use of federal funds to conduct scientific research on human stem cells during the George W. Bush administration has largely blown over. Five […]
Defence Images / Flickr / CC BY-NC When most people think of high-paying jobs in healthcare, they imagine doctors who’ve devoted almost a decade to their post-secondary education. Nowadays even nurses require a lot of education to be successful. Most nurses have their bachelor’s degree, and some have earned their master’s. Reaching that level of […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
President Obama signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons / CC0 The Affordable Care Act’s implementation has been a process seemingly cursed with difficulty; the launch of healthcare.gov was overwhelmingly negative and millions of Americans wrongfully losing their coverage certainly wasn’t a good sign. Some states have chosen to expand their medicaid options, […]
The field of medical technology is incredibly exciting these days. Each breakthrough has the potential to impact the lives of thousands of patients, sometimes changing the course of medical history and forever improving the human experience. Such can be argued for antibiotics, x-rays, vaccines, or even things as seemingly simple as disposable medical instruments (an […]
Pay attention next time if you take a stroll through the park, go on campus, board the subway train or wait in line to get your daily coffee fill. Apart from the grandma and grandpa standing idly on the side, (though I can’t be 100% certain anymore) everybody else is hunched over some kind […]
Early on, the possibility of space travel was put into doubt by one simple question: Would the human body survive the lack of gravity? Scientists were not sure how gravity would affect an astronaut’s blood pressure and circulation as well as his or her respiration. For years NASA sent animals into space in order to […]
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
You know how Einstein said “I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones?” Well, now we know the answer to the first part of the sentence as well. It will be fought almost solely with the help of cyber […]
Healthcare is a dynamic and constantly changing practice. The various ways medical professionals approach and treat diseases are evolving as quickly as ever, especially due to advances in biomedical technology. But it’s not just technological innovation that is revolutionizing the medical field – it’s the ideas from which these innovations are born. The future of […]
Mobile technology has evolved to a degree where using the likes of a smartphone and/or a tablet computer is pretty much a standard among a huge chunk of the world’s population. Needless to say, a pretty big chunk of that chunk happen to consist of people taking, or working with, medication. Here is where medication […]
The importance of healthy food cannot be stressed enough. We’ve all heard the quote by one of the central figures in the history of medicine, Hippocrates, that goes: ‘Let food be thy medicine’. Already back then he knew that proper food, diversity and moderation were keys to maintaining good health and vitality. Simply through eating. […]
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Mobile technology has dramatically expanded throughout the world over the past few years – global mobile traffic has doubled for the fourth year in a row and projections are that global mobile traffic will increase even more, with more than 10 billion mobile devices in use worldwide. Technological advancements have a big impact on the […]