by Bruce Brown | August 13, 2018 | General News, Medical
A study conducted for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that while the number of overall hospital emergency department visits decreased 3% in 2015 compared to 2014, non-urgent visits increased by 4.3%. Crowded ER waiting rooms and long wait...
by Bruce Brown | March 13, 2018 | General News, Medical
The opioid epidemic currently causes more than 40,000 deaths annually in the U.S. While the majority of abusers were not treated for chronic pain, according to the annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health, more than a third of the abusers received the drugs...
by Bruce Brown | December 8, 2017 | General News, Medical
The communication, collaboration, and coordination benefits of new healthcare technologies don’t pop out of the shipping boxes or gush from Internet connections. Just throwing technology at people in any environment nearly always guarantees failure, even if...
by Bruce Brown | November 30, 2017 | General News, Health
Wearable tech and digital software tools are well suited for objective measures. Measuring steps, electronic heart signatures, respiration, brainwaves, and, more recently, prescription drug compliance via ingestible sensors in medication are all binary reporting...
by Bruce Brown | April 17, 2017 | General News, Medical
Avoidable hospital readmissions threaten healthcare quality. Unlike most businesses, hospitals don’t like to see customers return for more service. Medicare fines hospitals when readmission rates exceed specified levels, to make sure that hospitals have...
