Lessons learned from Theranos’ fall
Late Thursday, Theranos announced that U.S. regulators had finally imposed sanctions on the early-stage diagnostics company, after questions were raised about the validity of its […]
Late Thursday, Theranos announced that U.S. regulators had finally imposed sanctions on the early-stage diagnostics company, after questions were raised about the validity of its […]
July 11, 2016
People often refer to the U.S. healthcare system as an 800-lb gorilla. Although this reference might be born out of healthcare’s size and the clout […]
June 30, 2016
This year, more than 4 million babies will be born in America. Three weeks ago, one of my colleagues gave birth to one of them, […]
June 14, 2016
When I moved into my current neighborhood four years ago, I noticed that there were two pharmacy-based retail clinics within walking distance. Personally, the convenience […]
June 1, 2016
Over 20 years ago, Clayton Christensen coined the term disruptive innovation to describe the phenomenon of simpler and less expensive new products or services replacing […]
May 18, 2016
Two months ago, computer program AlphaGo stunned the world when it beat a human at Go, a popular Chinese board game, four times in five […]
May 5, 2016
Early last week, reports surfaced that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) had threatened to sanction Theranos Inc., an early-stage diagnostics company, by […]
Apr 28, 2016
One of the hot, emerging debates among physicians and insurers over the next 12 months will be the implementation of new, physician quality measures. Announced […]
Apr 21, 2016
Last year, President Obama proposed an outline for the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI), with the intention of empowering patients, researchers, and healthcare providers to work together […]
Apr 15, 2016
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and Internet healthcare pundits have boldly claimed that “software will eat healthcare.” Over the past thirty years software has “eaten” a lot […]
Feb 18, 2016