Blog: The TAO of Health

POTUS delivered what the Commonwealth Fund refers to as a one-two punch last week, signing an executive order to allow insurance companies to sell “junk” plans with low premiums that would offer little or none of…

Emerging technologies are slowly but surely beginning to define the way healthcare will be delivered in future. Updates from the Health 2.0 conference in Santa Clara last week point to interesting approaches to data as well…

We remember Mahatma Gandhi, one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century, on his 148th birth anniversary. I have been in the show-me-the-money camp of digital health for a while. Despite the endless stream of…

That is how major medical associations have described this week’s cliffhanger-in-motion which is the GOP’s last-ditch effort to repeal and replace the ACA. We have curated important articles on this topic for your reference. For those…

While Apple product announcements no longer have the high drama and spectacle of the Steve Jobs era, they are still highly anticipated events. This past week, along with the iPhoneX, Apple announced the Apple Heart Study,…

Back in 2015, consulting firm Accenture predicted that more than half of all digital health startups wouldn’t survive another 20 months, referring to them as “zombie startups”. Earlier this month, Rock Health published a report indicating…

Information is no longer disseminated by a privileged few. It is becoming more and more difficult to break through the chaotic babble of voices and say anything original, much less to command the attention of readers…

As Harvey’s waters recede, the full extent of damage to life and property will unfold over the weeks and months. In the immediate term, health hazards loom with the combined threats of bacterial infections and chemical…

The ugly saga of board room conflicts at Infosys seems to have ended for now with former CEO Nandan Nilekani returning as Chairman. The firm is back in the hands of minority shareholders, albeit a powerful…

Our Healthcare Technology WITCH report for Q2 2017 is out. You can download it here. Technology services firms continued to face challenges last quarter in the healthcare sector – some more so than others. Cognizant and…