Recently, a number of headlines have claimed that the mobile-enabled car service company, Uber, now offers faster service than an ambulance.
Read MoreAs healthcare moves toward a value-based payment system, the ambulance service industry is being pushed to define its own value-based metrics within the context of an integrated healthcare system.
Read MoreTelemedicine is making big headlines with predictions that one in six doctors visits in US and Canada will be virtual in 2014. Telemedicine could save US employers as much as $6 billion every year. Some predict telemedicine revenues will top $13 billion in the next four years.
Read MoreEarlier this year, the Commonwealth Fund compared the US healthcare system with 10 other countries using measures such as equity, quality, efficiency, and access. The US ranked last in 5 out of 12 categories and last overall.
Read MoreGigaOm published “Coffee & Empathy: Why Data Without a Soul is Meaningless,” in which author Om Malik argues that consumer habit tracking tools will find their most meaningful, and presumably successful, application when they can interpret the emotional context behind people’s habits.
Read MoreThe majority of today’s young people support gay marriage, and I am confident that history will look back on measures like Amendment One as bigotry, even if the North Carolina’s voting majority turns a blind eye to this type of legalized discrimination on May 8th.
Read MoreThe Advanced Development for Africa released a report, “Scaling Up Mobile Health: Elements Necessary for the Successful Scale Up of mHealth in Developing Countries,” which details the work of nine projects that are deploying mobile technology to achieve specific global health goals.
Read MoreLast week, the New York Times published “As Doctors Use More Devices, Potential for Distraction Grows,” which offers a critical look at the place of mobile technology and computers in the hospital.
Read MoreToday, nearly 10 million people living with HIV will go without the antiretroviral (ARVs) therapy they need to lead healthy and productive lives. For every two people we put on ARVs, five more are newly infected. This adds up to 7,400 new infections every day.
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