I’m frequently approached by medical students, residents, and fellows interested in careers in informatics and digital health.  I love...

As we head into summer amidst shelter-in-place, if you’re looking for some great reading related to healthcare and health technology,...

Another HIMSS conference is in the books. Amidst the craziness that HIMSS can be, it is always a pleasure to spend time running into...

The first “smart” insulin pen has finally hit the market. This is a big moment for diabetes care, as the digital toolbox expands. (I...

I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Travis Good, MD, MBA, Co-Founder and CEO at Datica to discuss emerging trends in the use...

Sometimes simple is the best. I recently tried a new smartphone app – Doximity Dialer – that is just that. I have been so struck by it...

Farhad Manjoo, the NYTimes tech reviewer, wrote a story this week about the Amazon Echo, a device for the home using the Amazon Alexa...

A rapidly growing number of health innovations such as mobile apps, diagnostic tools, and sensors are being developed with a focus on...

“But who is going to pay for it?!” This has been the common refrain for years. The world of diabetes care experienced this dilemma...

Epic’s User Group Meeting (UGM) is a Healthcare Conference The Epic EHR is so ingrained in healthcare now that the UGM conference is...

The Most Important Digital Health App of 2013: Bugs and Drugs In a year that saw consumer-facing digital health app after consumer-facing...

The current paradigm of office visits every three months for PWDs (people with diabetes) is not the right model (nor is it for other...

I recently had the fortunate opportunity to be part of the inaugural UCSF Lean Launchpad course, formed by Erik Lium and Stephanie Marrus...

I am just finishing up a packed few days at TEDMED 2013 as a FrontLine Scholar.  There were over 1,800 people there, from a broad...

Asthmapolis, which launched in 2010, has been in the news the last few days after announcing a $5 million series A venture capital round...

I gave a talk yesterday to a great crowd at the annual UCSF CME conference, Diabetes Update.  The slides from my presentation, “The...

Weitzman et al just published a very interesting article in JAMA Internal Medicine called “Participatory Surveillance of Hypoglycemia and...

To quote Mugatu, Will Farrell’s character in Zoolander, mHealth is “so hot right now.”  In this spirit, nearly 4,000 people came together...

Story at DiabetesMine about Diabesties. #diabetes #Diabetesmellitus #mhealth

From the always on-point and eloquent Dr. Bryan Vartabedian at Baylor and his blog 33charts, “The case for new physician literacies in...