by Bruce Brown | July 10, 2018 | General News, Medical
Telehealth and telemedicine aren’t magic pills that cure all U.S. healthcare ills, but recent advances in remote care delivery technologies are having a Field of Dreams moment. Funding cuts, doctor shortages, and hospital closures in rural America have created a...
by Bruce Brown | April 11, 2018 | General News, Health
Massive numbers of people use the Internet to research and often self-diagnose physical and medical symptoms. “Patients’ Use of the Internet for Medical Information,” presented in May 2000 at the 23rd annual meeting of the Society of General Internal...
by Bruce Brown | February 26, 2018 | General News, Health, Medical
According to a report published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division, vision care availability in the U.S. varies significantly depending on location. Each of the 50 states regulates vision care, determining...
by Jim Ware | November 20, 2017 | General News, Medical
When increasing Internet use by older people meets mental health needs, a shift in behavior can occur. Twenty-two percent of older men and 28 percent of older women are affected by depression, compared to 20 percent of adults in the general population. Alarmingly,...
by Alfred Poor | June 9, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
Mary Meeker is a venture capitalist with the firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), and is known for her intensive and extensive annual presentations on Internet Trends. In her report this year, she spent a portion of her presentation on the impact of the...
