Move Over Big Data – Boundless Information has Arrived

If a mosquito lands on someone’s head and you hit the mosquito with a shovel, is the death of the guy under the mosquito considered an unint...

Health IT – The Right Tool for the Wrong Job

Every article, discussion, blog post, comment and casual remark on the subject of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and their prominent role ...

Spinning EHR Adoption Numbers

On May 22nd, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a momentous press release announcing that “Doctors and hospitals’ u...

If You Want to Win, You May Have to Fight

“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.” –Sun Tzu According to the...

10 Steps to a Blockbuster Health IT Startup

If you are tired of practicing medicine, or are compelled to be your own boss, or for whatever reason decide to try something new, you shoul...

Indentured Servitude: A Silicon Valley Innovation

“…economic forces determined outcomes with relatively little constraint from political considerations; such was the case, for example, in t...

In Support of Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

“The Affordable Care Act, the health care law of 2010, created a Prevention and Public Health Fund. The fund is an unprecedented investment ...