Unbiased Analysis of Today's Healthcare Issues
Hacking Health is a new a blog that looks at the intersections between big data, life science and healthcare. What questions does it intend to address? “Improving healthcare is a big data problem. The volume and kinds of data that are created over the course of a patient’s journey through the healthcare system are so large and…
Although mainly discussing the quality of economics blogs focused on Macroeconomic issues, the Economist endorsed the blog-o-sphere as a productive forum for intellectual debate. To give it some historical context: “Previous publishing revolutions, such as the advent of printing, prompted similar concerns about trivialisation and extremism. But whatever you think about the impact of blogging…
You can also follow my posts on Forbes’ The Science Business Blog. My first post is on the CBO’s analysis of the healthcare-related budget problems titled “CBO’s Budget Outlook: Not Good.”
The Healthcare Economist was ranked as one of the top 100 health policy blogs by the Health Tech’s Blog website.
Should the U.S. have universal healthcare? The National Physicians Alliance says ‘Yes’, but the Institute for Policy Innovation says ‘No.’ You can voice your opinion at Opposing Views.
The Healthcare Economist received a “Very Good” rating of 7.7 according to Blogged.com.
The Christian Science Monitor has decided that from now on it will only be publishing online.
Who are health care bloggers? Ivor Kovic, Ileana Lulic, Gordana Brumini (2008) conducted a survey to find out. “The majority of responding bloggers were white (75%), highly educated (71% with a Masters degree or doctorate), male (59%), residents of the United States (72%), between the ages of 30 and 49 (58%), and working in the…
The Scientific American magazine has an interesting article (“Science 2.0“) about the web, open-access, blogging and research. Should researchers post their results online? Should scientists blog about their methodology? Pros It seems like academic research is the perfect forum for social networking and blogging. The sharing of ideas is a key means towards scientific invention/innovation.…
The N.Y. Times reports (“…24/7 Stress…“) that blogging may be hazardous to your health.