January 2007

We offer the following 20 suggestions on ways to relax, unwind, and put a little distance between yourself and the cares and concerns of practice. Links included to make your life, well, easier...

A video game that combats cancer via a virtual immune system? It may not be an instant cure, but ask young cancer patients what form of chemotherapy best "treats" their disease...

...with Dr. Robert Kolodner. Before becoming interim National Coordinator, Dr. Kolodner was the chief health informatics officer of the Veterans Health Administration.

We profile InTouch Technologies' Remote Presence (RP) robotic system, a modern-day "Rosie" from the Jetsons...is it for you?

What's in the pipeline as far as new technologies for pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline? We investigate...

We profile two innovative mobile dictation and documentation solutions that are sure to keep doctors connected to their office and patients.

Daryl A. Rosenbaum, MD, assistant professor and director of the sports medicine fellowship at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, has been working as a volunteer MD with some soccer folks!

We talk to Dr. Kenneth R. Harman, Chief, Health Services Division, US Coast Guard Air Station, Cape Cod, MA; flight surgeon for Coast Guard District I, which extends from the Maine-Canada border to NJ

MDNG's Editorial Board members examine issues facing physicians today. This month, Drs. Holly Miller and Betty Vandenbosch examine the world of Personal Health Records (PHRs) at the Cleveland Clinic.