Phones in the US have been getting more expensive. In the past month, Google, Samsung, and Apple raised the prices of phones that were already on sale. However, the Google Pixel 11 costs $899, the same as it did at launch. I use a Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, but after comparing the Pixel 11 with … [Read more…]
For the better part of a decade, “healthcare interoperability” has been treated as the finish line. FHIR APIs, HL7 v2 feeds, CommonWell, Carequality – an enormous amount of engineering effort has gone into making sure that clinical data can move between systems. And it’s worked. A referral can carry structured patient data. A payer can … [Read more…]
I’ve tried plenty of note-taking apps, but for one reason or another, I keep coming back to Google Keep. Between ideas, tasks, things I need to purchase, and article angles, Google Keep has become my singular catch-all destination. The reason for that is simple. Unlike other productivity apps that drown you in options for categorization, … [Read more…]
Most discussions of “AI in healthcare” stay abstract – bigger context windows, better diagnostic accuracy, multimodal clinical reasoning. Useful research, but disconnected from what actually eats a care coordinator’s or physician’s day: referrals that sit in a queue, prior authorizations that require assembling documentation from three different places, encounter notes that need turning into a … [Read more…]
OnePlus leaving the US market has left a big hole in the Android space. The company that pushed other Android manufacturers to up their game with faster charging, bigger batteries, top-tier performance, and, most importantly, good value for money no longer sells its phones in most global markets. With OnePlus now gone, there’s less competition … [Read more…]
I. The Number That Should Be Getting More Attention A. What the Data Actually Says There’s a statistic from NVIDIA’s 2026 State of AI in Healthcare and Life Sciences report that deserves more scrutiny than it’s getting: roughly 69% of healthcare organizations report using generative AI, while only about 22% report using AI agents. That’s … [Read more…]
I was starting to think my old phone had reached the point where replacing it made more sense than keeping it around. The battery didn’t last nearly as long, and I was charging it more often to get through the day. The screen was in good condition, performance was satisfactory, and I didn’t see any … [Read more…]
World Patient Safety Day 2026: Why Fragmented Care and AI Could Put Chronic Patients at Risk People living with diabetes, heart disease, cancer and other long-term illnesses face risks that extend beyond their medical conditions. Repeated hospital visits, multiple medicines and consultations with different specialists can create gaps in care, allowing preventable mistakes to accumulate … [Read more…]
For most of us, Android’s built-in Chrome browser is the default. That makes sense. It comes built in, does a reasonably good job rendering even complex websites, and has the features you’d need. When I need something else like extensions, I turn to Firefox. On my iPhone, well, Safari remains my go-to for its clean … [Read more…]
Custom Optometry EHR: Timeline, Cost & Architecture A custom optometry EHR typically takes 4, 8 months to build. For a single-location practice, cost runs $150, 300K. For multi-location networks (20+ offices), add $200, 400K on top of that, plus $30, 50K/year in maintenance. Here’s where the money actually goes: Cost Breakdown Discovery & Workflow Mapping … [Read more…]