Last month, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma took the life of someone who was far too young to die. I've decided to join Team in Training to raise money for leukemia and lymphoma research in his memory. To learn more, please visit my fundraising page. Donations, ...
Category Archives: healthcare
It’s Prevention, Stupid
I had a revelation at the PRSA Health Academy conference in Chicago: the overarching theme of my career is "It's prevention, stupid." With full apologies to the Clinton campaign that made the original phrase famous, it struck me that it's really that obvious and that simple. My technology and security background? Preventing ...
The Right Place at the Right Time
This morning at the PRSA Health Academy conference, Dr. Peter Salgo -- whose name you might recognize from here, here or here -- gave a very energetic talk about the future of healthcare in America. The future, he says, is wellness: a proactive approach ...
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Chicago
Coming to the PRSA Health Academy conference in Chicago was a mostly last-minute decision, but I decided that as long as I could get a cheap flight (thank you, Southwest) and a decent price on my hotel room, it would be worth it. The conference is being hosted at ...
The 3rd 40: Days 11-14
There should be more weekends, or maybe just longer ones. There's nothing quite like a weekend -- even one that involves work -- to reset your perspective on things. I've been juggling furniture all weekend long. My son's new "big boy" bedroom furniture arrived on Friday, requiring a complete clear-out of his old furniture (given away ...
The 3rd 40: Days 7 and 8
I haven't exactly hit the ground running with the Big Project yet. We're still haggling over indemnification clauses in the master agreement, so even though I've done some work already (always a bad idea without signed paperwork), there's a chance that they just might cut me loose for trying to protect myself. And if that's ...
Unplugging From the News
I'm a news junkie. My homepage is set to Google News headlines. I read the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, BoingBoing and anything that shows up in my feed reader under a ...
Broken Hearts
I've spent the last three weeks debating about whether to talk about broken hearts, and wondering how personal this blog should ...
Girls, Sex and Vaccines
I was at the store today when I overheard two women talking. "Our pediatrician wants Sarah to get that Gardasil vaccine," the first one said. "And I said absolutely not. She's 9 years old. I am not giving her a shot for a sexually transmitted disease. That's absurd. ...
The Left Brain/Right Brain Mammogram Debate
Like many women, I was shocked by this week's announcement that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended against routine mammography for women 40-49. I'm a rational, reasonable person, persuaded by hard clinical data, and yet I couldn't help but think about the women that I've known who've survived breast cancer because ...