Esther Dyson on Health
Video: In this episode of The Digital Health Revolution, we are pleased to feature Esther Dyson, Internet mover and shaker and board member of 23andMe, a consumer-facing genetic testing company. In this interview, Dyson discusses a range of subjects, including the future of the Internet and the challenges and opportunities associated with the genomics movement.
Children’s Health Fund - Irwin Redlener
Video: Irwin Redlener and Paul Simon co-founded the Childen’s Health Fund twenty years ago. For two decades CHF has delivered free health care to disadvantaged kids in 20 sites around the country in both rural and urban areas using mobile medical units.
Communications as an Agent of Change: Pitney Bowes Builds a “Culture of Health”
Video: Recognizing that an organization’s overall success requires a healthy, engaged, and productive workforce, Pitney Bowes has created a “Culture of Health” that promotes healthy behaviors among employees, prevents disease and related complications, and results in overall long-term financial savings.
Personalization, Privacy, Technology & Culture: Key Ingredients to Weigh & Balance
Video: A lot of times a hospital will have a family member calling on behalf of the injured or sick person. There is a need to communicate health care related information to someone other than the recipient of care. How does a hospital obtain permissions and ensure the family that their information will not leave the building?
Nurses In Motion - A Doctor’s Perspective: Part 2
Video: Barbara Ficarra and Dr. Bonanno navigate the viewer through the real ER. They talk about the challenges that face the ER, and the understaffing which leads to stress that many nurses face today. They discuss the vital role of nurses in society and how vital they are to patient quality health care. This only begins to describe the conversation between Barbara and Dr. Bonanno about the real problems facing hospitals and nurses today. Dr. Bonanno also answers viewer’s emails.
AIDS: Prevention with Positives
40,000 new cases of HIV are transmitted each year in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Over the last five years, public health officials have been challenged to reduce that amount by 50 percent.
To meet that goal, a new and unique strategy is redefining the idea of […]
Act Up Turns 20: The Voice of AIDS in America
“Could anyone have imagined six million Jews would be exterminated during World War II,” says Andrew Velez, Chair of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power Action Committee during the recent taping of our web TV series Reporting AIDS. “Nor did I think AIDS would become a world-wide epidemic killing millions of people.”
In 1981, recognized as […]
Lifetime Achievement Award: Patrick Rooney
Patrick Rooney was the recipient of the Consumers for Health Care Choices “Lifetime Achievement” award.
Just who is the Surgeon General, Anyway?
When we hear the name, “Surgeon General,” most of us think of either the warning on a pack of cigarettes, or Dr. C. Everett Koop. If you do a search on Wikipedia, you will find a short history and learn that the current SG is Rear Admiral, Kenneth Moritsugu, MD.
Anyone ever heard of Admiral Moritsugu???
Please […]
John Goodman on George W. Bush, State plans and HSA’s
We started HealthDot not so long ago because of a basic premise that seems shared by all with whom we speak: the American healthcare system is broken.
For this, we applaud George W. Bush’s comments last week during his State of the Union address. As reported, the Bush proposal offers tax deductions for those who purchase […]
