Before COVID-19, U.S. health care was being called out for unfair billing practices. Surprise bills, confusing and excessive hospital chargemaster rates, balance billing and overreliance on fee-for-service had become familiar […]

Patient matching—the ability to match a person to their correct medical record—is a perennial issue in health IT. The lack of a consistent, stable patient identifier interferes with patient matching. […]

This week we focus on algorithms. An example of an application ill-suited for automation and two that are well suited. Algorithm to speed up MRI scans FastMRI is a joint […]

Telemedicine has been around for a long time. “In 1906, the inventor of the electrocardiogram published a paper on the telecardiogram. Since the 1920s, the radio has been used to […]

I know y’all don’t want to hear from me twice in one month, but I saw a report recently that I had to share following the  concerns I discussed in […]

Although our knowledge of COVID-19 is growing, there is a great deal that we still do not know about this disease and its full effects on the body, both acutely […]

Tele-Surgery Came across an article in Wired this week which showcased the impact of COVID-19 in the field of tele-surgery. The article talks about how to address COVID-19 concerns; University […]

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to force many of us to work from home. With so much going on in the world right now, it can be difficult to be productive, […]

During this period of renewed reflection concerning inequality in America, we must admit that our health care system continues to disproportionately fail Black Americans. If you are Black, you are […]

I want to highlight two different AI applications this week—one involving forecasting COVID-19 cases and the other to help estimate all of the calories you eat while being forced to […]

These times of uncertainty and stress press us to rethink what we are doing and where we are headed in terms of health care. I had a chance to speak […]

Florida is known for its high population of retirees. I just recently moved from the Panhandle down to Southwest Florida, leaving a mostly rural area with families and young people. […]