THE DOCTOR WEIGHS IN The Doctor Weighs In
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- Health & Fitness
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All things health & healthcare innovation. Often provocative, sometimes funny, & always entertaining.
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Will Alexa Be Part of the Doctor Patient Relationship?
David Metcalf, Director of the METIL lab at the University of Central Florida joined Pat Salber to discuss the growing role of Alexa in the management of health and healthcare. She makes it easy to remember to take your meds. She can connect you to your doctor for a video conference. She can even turn your hospital room into a smart room so you can use your voice to close the blinds, turn on the TV or ask your nurse for more medication. Who knows what she will be doing in the future as the form factors evolve and her functionality grows.
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Solving Clinician Shortages with Nomad Health
Nomad Health has made it easy for hospitals and clinics to find clinicians (docs and nurses) to fill open positions. Dr. Alexi Nazem joins Pat Salber MD (@docweighsin) to discuss how the company finds and helps credential and license doctors and nurses across the country. They have recently expanded their services in NY to include doctors as well as nurses.
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What You Can Learn From Trump's Heart Health Tests
The results of President Trump's heart health tests were the topic of much discussion and a lot of confusion. Cardiologist Andrew Waxler, MD, joins Pat Salber MD (@docweighsin) to discuss heart health testing.
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Understanding Digital Health in the Context of Your Life
It is so much easier to see how digital health things can work, interact, and provide value when you can see them in the context of life. Pat Salber MD interviews Harry Pappas, Founder and CEO of the IntelligentHealth Association and the IntelligentHealth Pavilion that creates full-on iHomes and iHospitals so prospective purchasers can see digital health devices in context.