At medical school, I am the vice president of the Student Osteopathic Medical Association (SOMA). As part of this association, I have the unique ability…
Archive | April, 2012
Women in mHealth: Leslie Ziegler Co-Founder Rock Health “Be Persistent”
“Being around these entrepreneurs in an incubator is incredibly inspiring.” ~ Leslie Ziegler, Co-Founder Rock Health This is the second interview in Dunn’s “Women in mHealth”…
Tweets of the living dead: Social media spreads awareness during disasters
“If you’re ready for a zombie apocalypse, then you’re ready for any emergency.” The Centers for Disease Control made this bold statement (seriously) in May…
How to Turn Your Health Care Job into a Work of Passion
Several months ago, I wrote an article asking a key question: Where is your health passion? Four quadrants were discussed, as illustrated below. The point here…
Five steps to prepare for an enterprise-level application upgrade
There are few planned tasks in the Healthcare IT community that generate more anxiety than upgrading to an enterprise-level application. This is especially the case…
Hail to The Chief: The Emerging Role of the Chief Nursing Informatics Officer
“Chicago has two seasons-winter and construction.” It’s an old joke, but it holds a grain of truth. Here in the Chicago-area we’re subject to frigid…