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An interesting study recently published in the Journal of Pediatrics shows that sending text message reminders may be an effective way to make young liver transplant recipients take their immunosuppressive medications regularly and on time. This was a small one-year study of 41 patients with a median age of 15.  The study investigators saw a [...]

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Left to Right: Sean Khozin, MD, MPH (i.e, me), Roni Zeiger, MD (Google Health), and Ted Eytan, MD (Kaiser Permanente) at the Health 2.0 Conference
I’m happy to announce that Google Health now has full integration with our platform. Google recently announced the news on their official blog. Now my patients can seamlessly and securely exchange [...]

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This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to three scientists for their work on how chromosomes can be copied in a complete way during cell divisions and how they are protected against degradation.

The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to three scientists who have had important roles in shaping  modern information technology.
Each [...]

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Lots of new and exciting features implemented and many more to come…

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A recent survey of 367 healthcare executives–representing payers, providers, and pharmaceutical companies–suggests that most of them are not prepared for the changing economic conditions and the evolving prospects for reform:
Only 30 percent of executives representing the health care industry in the United States say their companies are ready for reform and changing economic conditions… 76 [...]

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In the last few weeks and especially after I was featured in the New York Times and Crain’s New York Business about how I use social media to communicate with patients, I’ve received a lot of inquiries from an intrigued group of colleagues and journalists about the issues surrounding the use of Twitter to communicate [...]

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There are no one step solutions for managing complex change such as healthcare reform at the national level. Many factors have to come together in perfect harmony.

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Jay and I will be speaking to the medical students at Mount Sinai in NYC about Hello Health and the future of our beloved profession, replete with beer and snacks! We often speak in these settings and it’s always a pleasure to connect with the curious doctors and leaders of tomorrow.
Here’s the official invitation:
THE FUTURE [...]

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Ultimately, says Khozin, the goal is for Hello Health to go nationwide, and hopefully impact proposals for reform. “The heath-care system cannot be fixed the way it is,” Khozin says. “Top-down mandates won’t work. The best kind of reform is grass-roots.”
The above segment is an excerpt from a recent New York Post article where I [...]

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