From the beginning of this global pandemic, the HIMSS Media information brands – Healthcare IT News, MobiHealthNews, and Healthcare Finance News – have been working hard to bring you the most important information and updates on the situation. But you, our readers – healthcare providers, tech professionals, administrators, insurers, investors, entrepreneurs, and more – are all, in your own… Read More »
Earlier this morning, I received an email regarding a “quarantine party.” The event description read: “We are young people who don’t take this BS quarantine seriously. Let’s crowd in this condo and have a good time. I promise, you won’t get sick.” I am 21 years old, healthy, and, subsequently, very unlikely to succumb to… Read More »
Bacteria have a better popular reputation than viruses these days. It’s not science, but it is culture. You can see it in all the feel-good marketing for gut bacteria and yogurt as medicine for the human microbiome, and in lifestyle stories about better living through kimchi and fermented pickles. Even at the extreme of fecal… Read More »
COVID-19 Mar 14, 2020• I interviewed Julia Cheek, CEO of Everlywell about their response to COVID-19. Last week they issued a $ 1m challenge to labs to promote the rapid capability to develop COVID-19 testing. Her goal is to get the US up to 250K home tests per day within a month, but it won’t… Read More »