This story represents my interview with Dr. Samir Undavia, a dual board certified facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon in Princeton, NJ. Computer imaging allows patients and physicians to envision what the outcome of surgery could be. It takes away the guesswork of the surgery outcome and gives patients an understanding of what to expect. Photo […]
Apple presented their new HealthKit platform at their Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco on Monday. Our teams reaction? “Mehh.” We weren’t the only ones with that reaction. Neil Versel called it ‘not revolutionary’ in his Forbes article titled Apple’s HealthKit Connects With Mayo and Epic, But Don’t Call It Revolutionary. While Apple has a long history 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.
A newly-released report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently caught our eye. It’s titled Potentially Preventable Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death – United States, 2008–2010 and includes a huge spreadsheet of numbers. Numbers can be hard to put into perspective, so we transformed a massive spreadsheet into a visual […]
1 in 10 Practice Owners are Planning a Transition to Concierge Medicine As physicians experience more friction with insurance companies and unreasonable patient loads in order to meet their financial goals, more doctors say they are ready to leave the traditional healthcare system in favor of cash-only or concierge-based practices most commonly referred to as […]
Are you enrolled in a health insurance plan? For those who aren’t aware, today (March 31, 2014) is the deadline to enroll in a health insurance plan under President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare). Let me put this bluntly: If you aren’t enrolled as an individual or through your employer, you’ll receive a […]
Whether you’re a large company or a small business, there’s one thing that’s critical to the success of your organization: Healthy, productive employees Regardless of your views on the Affordable Care Act, it can be argued that the core focus of President Obama’s fight for healthcare reform focuses on accountable care organizations, or ACOs, that engage […]
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.
“Wearables … A vision into the future.” – CES 2014 All the glitz, glamor and sexiness of health sensors and wearable technology overshadows one very important question: Where does all the data go? For all the information that neat tools such as personal health records, wearable fitness bands and Google Smart Contacts gather, the question of […]