Do We Need a National Health Database?
Do We Need a National Health Database? Written: September 2022 David Feinberg, M.D., former head of renowned Geisinger Health in Pennsylvania co-authored ProvenCare: How to Deliver Value-Based Healthcare the Geisinger Way. I found the book very interesting, and it gave me hope our healthcare system could be improved dramatically if it adopted the numerous principles […]
What is BioEverything?
What is BioEngineering? Written: July 2022 In 1963, when I started studying electrical engineering, there were two tracks that an electrical engineering student could choose from: electronics or power. Electronics was about solid-state devices such as transistors. The Intel microprocessor was not to come until 1971. The power track was mostly about electric motors and power generation. Fast forward sixty years and […]
Can Our Microbiome Treat Parkinson’s?
Can Our Microbiome Treat Parkinson’s? Written: June 2022 Nearly one million people in the U.S. are living with Parkinson’s disease. This represents more than the combined number of people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, and Lou Gehrig’s disease, and the number is growing. Parkinson’s is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system […]
Can Amazon and Apple Fix Our Healthcare System?
Written: November 2019 Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett last January announced they were teaming up to tackle rising health-care costs. In the year the nonprofit company has been without a name, people have started calling it “ABC.” It’s now called Haven. In August 2018, The […]
Are Surveys A Good Idea?
Are Customer Satisfaction Surveys a Good Thing? Witten: October 2020 Surveys have the potential to be very useful tools for any organization to gain insight about their customers, products, and services. The number of surveys presented to us is on the rise but, in my opinion, most are misdirected. The typical survey basically asks two […]
