Hi from HIMSS19!By Albert DiPiero MD MPH I am at the annual HIMSS meeting in Orlando Florida this week. HIMSS is the Healthcare Information and...
CVS explores new concepts in healthcare By Albert DiPiero MD MPH CVS - the drug store chain which is also one of America's largest retailers - is not waiting to see what Amazon...
Can you be your own doctor?By Albert DiPiero MD MPH If you are a creative entrepreneur but just don’t know where to start when it comes to healthcare, this article...
Why is telemedicine a dud with patients?By Albert DiPiero MD MPH Everyone is pushing telemedicine as the best solution for convenience and cost in healthcare. As this article...
Amazon strikes fear into legacy health playersBy Albert DiPiero MD MPH In court proceeds UnitedHealth is suing a former executive for breach of a non-compete agreement and claiming he...
Apple Watch and Aetna deepen relationshipBy Albert DiPiero MD, MPH Apple, Aetna and CVS said they are working on a new Apple Watch app that will tap into personal health data of...
Blockchain and healthcareBy Albert DiPiero MD, MPH Most talk of how technology - specifically EMRs - will lower the cost of healthcare have come to naught. EMRs...
A new way of living - and moving the clinic into the homeThe days of the assisted living facility (ALF) may be numbered - or at least in for some major disruption. Innovators should study this...
Watch the states for creativity, opportunities and risksThe new year has brought a flurry of activity at the state and local level to address the healthcare crisis: proposals that healthcare...
Crowdfunding for medical care - innovation or tragedyIt has come to this: the kindness of strangers to fund medical care through crowdfunding. Sites such as GoFundMe and YouCaring have...
How to fund a start-upThis article has essential information for the healthcare entrepreneur who is planning a start-up. This is a topic we know well, and I...
Innovation from the best minds in healthcareHow to breakthrough the failed status quo in healthcare? Here are ideas from six superstars in healthcare. These ideas range from the...
A hidden referral system that guides doctors Learn about the battle between “Keepage” versus “Leakage.” Physicians working for hospital-based systems are being increasingly...
Sean Parker says Amazon or Google won’t transform healthcareA countervailing view of big tech comes from Sean Parker, the first president of Facebook, is a tech billionaire and now a cancer and...
Has Amazon just set up a learning lab in the heart of health services?Amazon announced a consolation prize to its recent high profile HQ2 selections of New York City and Arlington Virginia: Nashville will...
Telemedicine: a demonstration of epic dysfunctionThe current attempts at telemedicine reveal the dysfunctional relationship between American healthcare and modern, consumer-facing...
Apple Watch: why a heart doctor says beware Apple has released a new Apple Watch that charges into the health and wellness space. The new Apple Watch Series 4 is a bona fide,...
Scooters Come to Portland. No This Was Not Sponsored by ZOOM+Care.Scooters arrived this week en masse to our hometown of Portland, Oregon. Dave's teenage sons haven't been more excited about anything...
What Can Healthcare Learn from The Tesla Factory? Compare the pace of change and willingness to experiment inside the Tesla factory to any healthcare factory i.e. hospital, clinic,...
Apple, Amazon Open Health ClinicsSo we all know that Amazon and Apple are going into healthcare. But come on, do they really think they're going to "dent the universe"...