By KIM BELLARD Well, let’s see. Last week much of the U.S. and parts of Europe were under a crippling heat dome. The U.S. celebrated its 250th birthday. And there’s something calledContinue reading...

By JEFF GOLDSMITH In his wonderful and pragmatic new book, A Giant Leap, Dr. Robert Wachter cautions his professional colleagues that simply confiscating potential administrative and clinical staffing savings created by AI couldContinue reading...

By MIKE MAGEE When I asked my brilliant literary agent, Jill Kneerim, when I would know that my book proposal  was ready for submission, she replied directly, “It will be ready whenContinue reading...

One of the most interesting follows on Linkedin is Warris Bokhari from Claimable. He’s a British MD, who has had stints not only as a doc in the UK, but also asContinue reading...

By MICHAEL MILLENSON It took 129 years for the inalienable rights proclaimed in America’s Declaration of Independence to apply to the rights of patients in relationship to their doctors. In 1905, anContinue reading...

By COLIN LAWLOR A patient comes in for an ordinary primary care appointment. The nurse runs through the usual checklist: temperature, blood pressure, pulse, weight, sometimes pulse oximetry. Sleep probably won’t comeContinue reading...

Ellipsis Health has come a long way from its roots in detecting depression via vocal biomarkers. Sage, its charming voice AI agent, is now helping health plans and care management companies directlyContinue reading...

By MIKE MAGEE Last week, policy wonks from the right and the left, finally found a topic they could agree on – Kids are no longer having (as many) kids. Specifically, teenContinue reading...

By KIM BELLARD It probably didn’t show up on your calendar, but Monday was World Ocean Day. It’s a day meant to catalyze “collective action for a healthy ocean and a stableContinue reading...

By MIKE MAGEE In a 1996  JAMA editorial Nobel Laureate Joshua Lederberg MD wrote “Our fight with microbes is far from over …odds are tipped in their favor…they outnumber us a billionContinue reading...