I'm back in the saddle after taking a few weeks of much needed vacation and family time over the Holidays.  Forgive me for lapsing on my weekly HealthBlog postings, and for my failure to wish my loyal readers Seasons Greetings and Happy New Year.

Right before my Holiday break, I...

I'm writing this from Philadelphia where this evening I'll be presenting at the 2007 International Freddie Awards.  The awards ceremony honors the very best in health and medical media (television, film and video) from around the...

Ten years ago I co-founded a company with the aim to provide web-based medical information, secure messaging and virtual visits between patients and their personal physicians.  Working in partnership with Microsoft we developed technology that was well ahead of its time, and also well ahead of the market's ability to...

I wanted to draw your attention to a just released interview I did with Digital Healthcare and Productivity.  In it, I talk about one of the most worrisome trends I see in US healthcare; how far we are falling behind the rest of the world in the use of information technology...