10 years ago my mother became a #quadriplegic after falling from a horse. Her journey was & is part of my inspiration for blogging. My mother, now 78, is still a quad. But she continues working as a Professor, both teaching undergraduates and making #art (www.sheilapitt.com). She’s had a couple of near death experiences (literally) […]
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Yesterday You Were Healthy. Today, You’re Hospitalized, Now What? Dr. Marc Lato
[podcast] Going from well to sick can be a confusing time. Dr. Marc Lato, a former VP of Medical Management, discusses some of the confusing issues facing patients and their families after hospitalization.
Podcast: Healthcare PittStop, Curating Conversations for Better Care
[podcast]Several years ago I started blogging, hoping to offer my perspective on some common healthcare problems. Although this platform has proven useful (and I will continue to blog), today I am launching Healthcare PittStop. This new endeavor is intended to be not a one-way vehicle but a forum for conversation, a place where I can stitch together the disparate pieces of my journey through healthcare while fielding views from other stakeholders in the field.
Forget Patient-Facing Apps. Yes, You Read That Correctly.
Several years ago both Microsoft and Google invested millions of dollars on a flawed assumption: If they built a useful and free healthcare application, people would flock to it. In both cases, the effort failed. At its peak Microsoft HealthVault was only able to enroll a few thousand—largely inactive—users. Google Health was discontinued after a […]
Confession of a Technophile
At times in my career as a neuroradiologist and clinical informaticist, you might say I’ve bordered on technophilia. Like Mikey, the little boy from the Life Cereal Commercials, I’d eat/try/use anything new, bright, or shiny. But I’m here to confess. I’ve come to realize that with the opportunities of innovation comes responsibility. Technology has a […]
“You may have Cancer”: 6 Things to Consider when Your Doctor Suggests a Biopsy
It’s not only a hypochondriac who worries when a new headache, abdominal ache, or low back pain appears. Like many of us, you may immediately think it’s cancer until proven otherwise. Your doctor responds by ordering a CT scan or MRI. The report comes back, and there it is: a shadow, an abnormality in your […]