Goodhart’s law suggests that when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure. When I first read this I couldn’t help but think of healthcare and the quest for the perfect patient satisfaction score. The problem is that as soon as we steer physician behavior and teach to the test, patient … Read More

What You Should Know:  – Progyny, a women’s health and family building solutions, today announced a new partnership with ŌURA, maker of the world’s leading smart ring. The collaboration aims to further empower women to better understand and take action on their health through comprehensive data and personalized insights. – By incorporating wearable data and … Read More

Healthcare disparities continue to affect marginalized and underserved populations across the United States. Barriers to care can stem from economic hardship, language differences, immigration status, geographic isolation, or systemic bias. These issues not only result in worse health outcomes but also strain the broader healthcare system. Addressing these inequities requires action on both structural and … Read More

In his book, Leaders Eat Last — Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t, Simon Sinek discusses the importance of a safe work environment for innovation, productivity and survival. He calls this leader-driven space the Circle of Safety. It is easy to know when we are in the Circle of Safety because we can … Read More

Mike Hale, Principal Solutions Engineer at EchoStor The integration of artificial intelligence into healthcare environments represents one of the most significant technological shifts in the industry today. For organizations running Epic, which powers the electronic health records of approximately 250 million patients across major health systems, the question is no longer if AI will transform … Read More

As part of the Digital Innovation Hub at La Trobe University, Cisco’s Innovation Central Melbourne set out to define digital literacy for healthcare. With this initiative, Cisco and La Trobe University examined how the healthcare workforce can become more digitally driven, with data and technology creating valuable insights, enhanced clinical efficiencies and knowledge-flow-to-value for patients. … Read More

The use of dietary supplements continues to rise across patient populations. From vitamins and minerals to herbal extracts and specialty compounds, the supplement market now spans a vast range of products. Healthcare professionals frequently field questions from patients who assume these products are inherently safe because they are sold over the counter. Therefore, scrutinizing the … Read More

Peter Drucker, the father of modern day management, inspired a generation of leaders with his quote, “One cannot manage change. One can only be ahead of it.” This needs to be reconsidered. Because there’s the fantasy of staying ahead of change and then there’s the modern reality. Early in this century technological progress exceeded the … Read More

What You Should Know:  – Corti, an AI infrastructure provider for healthcare, announced the launch of its sovereign cloud capabilities that will enable Europe’s health systems to adopt advanced, real-time AI without compromising the region’s strict data privacy laws. The launch marks Corti as the first major healthcare AI company to engineer infrastructure specifically designed … Read More

Medical devices, whether as simple as a disposable syringe or as advanced as an implantable cardiac defibrillator, follow a structured and highly regulated path from concept to clinical use. Understanding this lifecycle is essential for those who rely on these tools. The process is long and requires collaboration between engineers, designers, regulators, and end users. … Read More