by Alfred Poor | July 6, 2020 | General News, Health, Medical
As we’ve said here frequently, the virus crisis has accelerated changes throughout the U.S. and the world. In most cases, these changes were already underway but the response to the pandemic has made those changes happen even faster. Telehealth and remote...
by Alfred Poor | April 28, 2020 | Health, Medical
“COVID-19 changes everything.” The “new normal” that follows the lock-down caused by the virus crisis will look different in many ways from the recent past. Some changes will be for the worse, but some will be for the better. One particular...
by Alfred Poor | March 25, 2020 | Medical
One of the hot topics concerning the COVID-19 crisis in the U.S. is that many experts feel that testing for the virus started too late and too few patients are getting tested. Testing important to guide treatment and make efficient use of stressed healthcare...
by Alfred Poor | March 24, 2020 | Medical
Wearable health tech and the digitized self promise to help reduce illness by detecting disease even before symptoms appear. The hope is that early detection leads to early treatment that is more effective and lower cost. I can think of few situations where this might...
by Alfred Poor | March 23, 2020 | Medical
At the end of 2019, I held the position that an inflection point in healthcare had sneaked by us without most of us noticing. Telehealth had become a real “thing” and the forces driving its expansion were already unstoppable. What a difference a couple...
