When angel investor Esther Dyson was in Russia, training for a private space flight, she was struck by how rigorously we track the health of astronauts. In the earthbound world, of course, [...]
A few months ago, my 5-year-old nephew broke his arm while running through his house. It turned out he was fine and my sister’s concern over her son’s welfare eventually gave way to [...]
Harvard administrators said early this month that they would, despite a $32 billion endowment, be looking at ways to cut operating costs. One expense on the chopping block: university [...]
Medicine X is pleased to announce its first eBook, entitled Our e-Patients. The book is designed to provide insight into our 2012 Stanford Medicine X | Alliance Health e-Patient Scholarship [...]
Healthcare innovation presents an obvious challenge: It requires highly specialized knowledge across a range of disciplines. Most often, that knowledge must be independently sourced – [...]
The challenges facing healthcare are tremendous. They include sharply increasing cost and demand, combined with a shortage of primary-care providers and widespread budget cuts. And yet, Lucien [...]
In 2002, Susannah Fox and her colleagues at the Pew Internet & American Life Project first identified “the broadband difference.” They discovered, through simple phone surveys, [...]
With the inaugural Stanford Medicine X conference just a few months away, I’m so excited to share that Medgadget and Medicalfacts will be joining us in September as media partners.