Yelp announced a new partnership with ProPublica to add health care stats and consumer opinion survey data to Yelp businesses pages for over 25,000 medical treatment facilities. The information being used was compiled by ProPublica as well as the Centers…
Obamacare Deadline March 31, Will Numbers Hit Goal?
The Obamacare enrollment deadline is quickly approaching on March 31st, and numbers are picking up the pace as expected. However, with numbers sitting just above 5 million enrolled, will the number of Americans signing up reach the projected 7 million?…
Obama’s ‘Between Two Ferns’ Tactic Leads to Healthcare.gov Traffic Spike
Let’s just assume that President Obama had reasons to sit down with Zach Galifianakis on “Between Two Ferns” other than showing the country that he could expertly pull off a fat joke. Of course, Obama’s move to star in one…
Healthcare.gov Sign-Up Improves; Deadline Draws Near
The Obamacare sign-up has improved, but is it too little, too late? Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told Congress Wednesday that “very positive trends” are being witnessed now that HealthCare.gov is working more or less as it should. However, there are…
Annette Bening’s Transgender Son In PSA
Stephen Ira Beatty, the son of Annette Bening and Warren Beatty, has set out on a mission close to his heart: to help all people receive equal healthcare, including transgender and non-conforming people. Stephen was born Kathlyn Elizabeth Beatty and…
Obama Nominates Dr. Vivek Murthy as the Next U.S. Surgeon General
On Thursday night, the White House announced President Obama’s nomination for the next U.S. Surgeon General. The ideal nominee, Dr. Vivek Hallegere Murthy, is the co-founder and president of Doctors for America, a group that has been supporting and promoting Obama’s…
Kathleen Sebelius Gets Roasted By Jon Stewart
Kathleen Sebelius is the Health and Human Services Secretary, and as a result of Obamacare recently going into effect, she has been put on the hot seat with Jon Stewart. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart certainly has a reputation…
Supreme Court Ruling Upholds Obamacare
Supreme Court has ruled in favor of keeping President Barack Obama’s much-maligned health care legislation, which has been dubbed “Obamacare” by folks on both sides of the fence. The decision to keep the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was…
Microsoft, AARP Making Health Info Easier to Collect & Share
Microsoft and AARP have joined for a project that looks to make it easier for people over the age of 50 to manage health information and dispense it to family and healthcare providers. The service, AARP Health Record, which will…
Obama Names Todd Park As New Chief Technology Officer
President Obama today named Todd Park as the next U.S. Chief Technology Officer, bumping him up from his current CTO position with the Department of Health and Human Services. While CTO at HSS, Park was tasked with bringing the health…
QR Codes and Mammograms: Better Health Through Technology
If you ask most people, I’m sure that they would tell you that the health care field can greatly benefit from the rapidly growing tech sector. Whether it is better machinery, more organized record keeping or doctors having accessibility to…