iOS 7 Reminds Us To Be Careful What We Wish For

Killian Bell | Cult of Mac | June 11, 2013

It’s our own fault. We all asked Apple to dramatically change the look and feel of the iOS operating system, which, until yesterday, remained largely unchanged since the introduction of the original iPhone back in 2007. And we all complained when it didn’t do that with iOS 6 this time last year. Read More »

iOS 7 Is AWFUL, Not Awesome: It's Apple's Ugly Baby

Richi Jennings | Computerworld | June 11, 2013

As expected, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) unveiled its new iPhone-and-iPad OS at WWDC 2013. But what designer 'Sir' Jony Ive called the "completely new" iOS 7 isn't exactly universally loved. In fact, many people hate it. Read More »

How Green Building Standards Can Actually Change People's Behavior

Kaid Benfield | Atlantic Cities | June 12, 2013

Confirming previous analysis, newly published research indicates that real estate development located, designed and built to the standards of LEED for Neighborhood Development will have dramatically lower rates of driving than average development in the same metropolitan region. Read More »

Healing Meals

Liz Kowalczyk | The Boston Globe | June 10, 2013

Hospitals hope that sending healthful food to patients’ homes will keep them from coming back Read More »

High-Tech Tattoos Redefine Health Care Solutions

Elena Watts | University of Texas (UT) | June 7, 2013

In the not-so-distant future, patients with heart disease won’t have to strap brick-size Holter monitors to their arms or waists, with webs of electrodes connected to their chests to monitor their hearts. [...] The technology enabling these advances is called bio-integrated electronics, and it is expected to revolutionize health care. Read More »

Glaser: Healthcare Is Amid Fifth IT Revolution

Tom Sullivan | Government Health IT | June 12, 2013

When Siemens Health Services CEO John Glaser’s daughter graduated from medical school this past weekend, it was a proud day for her and for him. [...] Read More »

Doctors Get Their Own Cringe-Worthy Instagram

Sean Fitz-gerald | Mashable | June 11, 2013

A new photo-sharing network is changing the way healthcare professionals interact and learn from one another. It's not for those with weak stomachs. Read More »

Direct-Pay Docs Continue To Tout Model

Debra Beaulieu | FiercePracticeManagement | June 12, 2013

With insurance hassles and high overhead continuing to frustrate doctors, news stories continue to roll in about physicians who've adopted a cash-only model and say they've never been happier. Read More »

Cash-Only Doctors Abandon The Insurance System

Steve Hargreaves | CNN | June 11, 2013

Fed up with declining payments and rising red tape, a small but growing number of doctors is opting out of the insurance system completely. They're expecting patients to pony up with cash. Read More »

Brand-Name Drugs Pushing Up US Medicare Costs: Survey

Lynne Taylor | PharmaTimes | June 12, 2013

People with diabetes who are enrolled in the US federal Medicare health programme are two to three times more likely to use "expensive" brand-name drugs than diabetes patients who are treated within the Veterans Administration (VA) Healthcare System, new research shows. Read More »