From the end of World War II up to about the time President John F. Kennedy approved sending additional Special Forces troops to Vietnam, we created what came to be called the baby boom generation. Rebranding is in order here: I suggest calling the boomers the Meals on Wheels generation. Great that on average everybody […]
Let’s start with the obvious: Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept waiting to enter healthcare. It is already changing how diseases are detected, how medical information is analyzed, and how clinicians make decisions. The question before us, however, is no longer whether AI belongs in healthcare — It is whether we will deploy […]
In July, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services got the country’s largest health plans, provider groups, and medical societies to sign a national behavioral health pledge saying they would deliver timely, evidence-based, whole-person care that treats mental and physical health together, rather than in separate silos. Critically, it also calls for measurement and […]
Surveillance tech vendors had a pretty rough summer filled with negative media coverage, protests, and, as at least one line of T-shirts put it, attempts to “Cull the Flock.” Apparently, the proles don’t like it when police team up with Big Tech to keep notes on when they take their kids to school, visit a […]
