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by Bruce Brown | September 12, 2018 | General News, Health
After the cool factor wears off with health and wellness wearables, ease of use and unobtrusiveness matter more when people move to the next thing and get on with their lives. In order to convince most people to continue to use wearables and to attract new...
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by Bruce Brown | March 27, 2018 | General News, Medical
Doctors don’t become doctors so they can fill out forms. Hundreds of thousands of physicians, nurses, and other clinical staff log massive amounts of time with documentation at the cost of patient time. The actual time spent on paper instead of with patients...
by Bruce Brown | March 2, 2018 | General News, Medical
The news of a partnership between Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JP Morgan entering the healthcare industry raises questions about the form the online giant merchant’s participation will take. Telemedicine may be one channel, possibly in addition to filling...
by Kimberly Houston | February 15, 2018 | General News, Health, Medical
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 100 million U.S. adults are living with diabetes or prediabetes (a condition that can lead to type 2 diabetes if not treated). Diabetes can often be managed through physical activity, diet, and...
by Bruce Brown | February 14, 2018 | General News, Health
The opioid crisis grew out of pharmaceutical solutions for chronic severe pain management, and it won’t recede until medicine, science, and the private sector create effective non-drug pain treatments. History shows any war on drugs focused solely on law...
