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Is this Cisco commercial reflective of the real world?

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Neil Versel

Cisco Systems is running this commercial about the “Internet of everything,” with a focus on connected healthcare.   It all sounds great, but how much of this is grounded in the real world today and how much is wishful thinking? … Continue reading →

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So many types of telehealth

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Neil Versel

Here’s a short video (720p HD) I put together from the just-concluded American Telemedicine Association’s annual conference in Austin, Texas. No wonder it’s so hard to get a real sense of the size of the telehealth and telemedicine market when … Continue reading →

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Podcast: HIMSS CEO Steve Lieber: 2013 edition

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Neil Versel

Once again, as has become custom, I sat down with HIMSS CEO Steve Lieber at the organization’s Chicago headquarters the week before the annual HIMSS conference to discuss the conference as well as important trends and issues in the health … Continue reading →

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New technology for the 90-plus set

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Neil Versel

Meet my grandmother. She is less than two weeks away from her 93rd birthday. She lives alone, in the same apartment she and my grandfather retired to in 1984 (my grandfather died in 2001). Her closest relative is 100 miles … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Intel’s Eric Dishman on connected care management

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Neil Versel

Did you miss Eric Dishman’s keynote address Tuesday at the Medical Group Management Association‘s annual conference in Las Vegas? That’s OK, because I secured a few minutes with Dishman, director of health innovation and policy at Intel, immediately after his … Continue reading →

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