The Electronic Health Record (EHR) is permeating the healthcare industry. Easily accessible “minute clinics” and mobile apps providing diagnostic services are all fortuitous results of the increasing digitization of our medical history. While there are many clear benefits to having an EHR—providing accurate and better healthcare, better clinical decision making, […]

In the United States, people with severe mental illness are three times more likely to be in a prison instead of a mental health institution. Forty percent of people with severe mental illness will also spend time in a jail, prison, or correctional facility. There are many people with mental […]

For at least the last decade (as long as I can remember growing up), the health risks of tobacco and smoking cigarettes were obvious.  The movement to raise awareness about the dangers of smoking was well underway, as television commercials, printed advertisements, and teachers were educating young people about nicotine’s […]

Earlier this month, the Justice Department approved a $69 billion merger between retail pharmacy company, CVS Health, and managed care company, Aetna. The approval of the merger was conditioned on an agreement that Aetna would sell its private Medicare drug plans. This merger was approved in the wake of a similar […]

After its premiere on Netflix, the documentary, The Bleeding Edge,immediately received attention for its critical look inside the billion-dollar medical device industry in the United States. In the documentary, men and women across the country openly discussed how their lives were affected after they used FDA approved medical devices. Most […]