Have you ever heard someone say, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure?” It was Benjamin Franklin who coined this phrase in 1736 to remind the citizens […]

Everyone knows about the appetite that deep learning models have for data, but they need to be properly labeled and curated to train models. The data needs to reflect its […]

The body and its reaction to disease and infection is still very much a mystery. Sometimes we have signs and symptoms that lead us down a rabbit hole only to […]

As the SARS-CoV-2 delta variant spreads rampantly through the unvaccinated population, an increasing number of businesses (e.g., restaurants, concerts, gyms) are requiring customers to show proof of vaccination for entry. […]

This year, much attention is appropriately being focused on improving health equity—both in access and quality of care provided. True equity in care means that we should not see wide […]

When you ask a health care provider for the price of a knee replacement, primary care visit, lab test or even a trip to the urgent care center, the most […]

Code generation Over the years I have programmed in many languages, starting with Fortran IV in the early seventies. In those days, we had to punch the program instructions into […]

I sat down with 3M Health Information Systems Global Chief Medical Officer Sandeep Wadhwa, MD, MBA, to discuss CMS’ latest guidance on Z codes, SDoH and how that will impact […]

Reducing denials is a top priority for every health care organization and revenue cycle department. The ultimate goal is to somehow create a process that eliminates the need to review […]

U.S. health care costs are too high and are continually getting worse. This is especially galling considering the ongoing decline in life expectancy, the low ranking of the U.S. compared […]

Climate change and AI This week we saw the release of a new report from the UN on climate change. This tome of more than 1,300 pages has an executive […]

In part one of my blog series, I detailed some of the health care inequities faced by aging Americans of color in an interview that was part of the AARP […]