The Internet as self-diagnostic tool, and the role of insurance in online health
1 in 3 U.S. adults have enough trust in online health resources that they’ve gone online to diagnose a condition for themselves or a friend. “For one-third of U.S. adults, the Internet is a diagnostic...
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Texting for knowledge: Making a difference for pregnant women and babies
Did you know that the infant mortality rate in the United States is higher than most developed countries? Many preventable factors contribute to these negative outcomes including lack of access to...
View ArticleInspiring young leaders to accelerate health innovation
The United States leads the world in fields like technology and business but consistently ranks behind other countries in health outcomes. (1) Recent data show that the life expectancy at birth in the...
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Women + technology = change
OWL’s 2013 Mother’s Day report, In the Arena: How Women and Girls Change the World (PDF), is a bit of a shift for us. Our reports have traditionally focused on specific policies that impact the lives...
View ArticlePaging Dr. McCoy and Mr. Spock STAT – HealthBeat Mind Meld in San Francisco
This weekend, the new Star Trek movie opened in theaters and hundreds of thousands of moviegoers lost themselves for two hours in a vividly-imagined future in which humankind finally breaches “the...
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DW’s coverage of HealthBeat 2013
On May 21st and 22nd VentureBeat hosted its first HealthBeat conference in San Francisco with extreme success. Focusing on how technology disrupts care, the event explored how “smart” hospitals,...
View ArticleGIGO: Will the Benefits of EHRs Outweigh the Trash They (Might) Create?
GIGO. I don’t hear that very often these days. It was a common refrain, though, when computer-enabled calculations became accessible to the “average” academic researcher for the first time. I was...
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Using crowdsourcing technology to change the way we save lives
One scroll through your Facebook or Twitter news feed and you’d think the world was going crazy. People share their addresses, their heated political commentaries, and strange pictures of cats or food...
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Health Datapalooza: Collaboration for innovation
Health Datapalooza IV just wrapped up here in Washington, DC, and we’ve been following it closely, both as a media partner and as an interested spectator. For those of you who are just learning about...
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Sex and the Sleepless Night
I want to make sex better. That’s what gets me up in the morning. Part of making sex better is doing what I can to eradicate sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). I particularly focus on chlamydia and...
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My Journey as an Undercover Patient
Not too long ago, I had the misfortune to fall from my bicycle and within minutes (thanks to the other bicycle riders and the EMTs who quickly came to my aid) my bicycle and I were on our way to the...
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Up-and-Coming Disruptive Woman: Nina Tandon
DW recently sat down with July’s Up-and-Coming Disruptive Woman, Nina Tandon PhD, MBA, to discuss her innovative work in tissue engineering. Nina Tandon is a TED Senior Fellow, Staff Associate...
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An Evening with the TechGirls
Last year, I was awarded a grant from the Case Foundation through Finding Fearless, an online competition to search for fearless change makers in communities around the United States. Finding Fearless...
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Big Data and Health Care: An Interview with Julie Steele
The O’Reilly Strata Rx Conference, Data Makes a Difference, brings together data experts that are working to use big data to improve patient outcomes, realize significant cost savings, perform...
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An Interview with Kenda West – New COO at Voalte
Health information technology (health IT) improves health care efficiency, quality and safety. Many of these tools, however, are more cumbersome than helpful. Voalte is a game-changer in this...
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Alexandra Drane: Woman to Watch in 2014
Alexandra Drane Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Eliza Corporation. Follow Alex on Twitter: @adrane This week, DW honors Women to Watch in 2014! For this series, we will highlight women in the...
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Janie Gu: Woman to Watch 2014
Janie Gu Inventor, OUTFluenza Student, Princeton University Follow Janie at www.janiegu.com “Great leaders don’t lead for the sake of leading; they lead because they’re passionate about making...
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A Disruptive Conversation with the Co-founders of Personal Medicine Plus
We love stories about women that are truly changing the face of health care, particularly through innovation. Today is no exception. We recently sat down with Co-founders Natalie Hodge, MD and Brandi...
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Eliminating Telehealth Barriers Briefing Recap
Yesterday, Disruptive Women was on the Hill to host a briefing that looked at the need to accelerate the use of telehealth. Through telehealth we have the technological know-how to remotely bring the...
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My Remarks from Eliminating Telehealth Barriers Briefing
Thank you for inviting me to share my perspective on telehealth barriers as a physician who is specialized in the care of older adults, people with disabilities, and technology. Much of my clinical...
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