When a doctor at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Fremont, California, used a
rolling video-technology “robot” to inform a patient that he was dying, the story went viral …

INTRODUCTION The term compassion derives from the Latin roots of “being with”(cum=
with) and “suffering”(passus, patior= to suffer): being with one who is suffering. Understood …

By now, many of us are familiar with the story of a California patient who was informed he
was near death from a physician on a video screen. While we don't know all the details, it'sa …

When telemedicine was first proposed some 30 years ago there had not yet been a moon
landing and genetic engineering had not been introduced. Through the vision of NASA and …

As telehealth is increasingly adopted across all care settings, it is important to understand
how clinicians can adapt and respond to patient needs. Drawing from experiences of a …

Editor's note: This article is part of a series of blog posts by leaders in health and health care
who participated in Spotlight Health from June 25-28, the opening segment of the Aspen …

As we continue to debate the issues of health care in our nation, I began to explore some of
the very funny moments I observed and not-so-funny consequences of the drama that is …

Winner of the British Sociological Association Foundation for the Sociology of Health and
Illness Book Prize, 2012. This book traces the changes in healthcare implicated in telecare …

American healthcare has had a profound positive impact on the health of consumers over
the past decades. Since 1900, other than a dip from the pandemic, the global average life …

The current healthcare landscape lends itself to major changes, including elevating the
prominence of telemedicine. Recent technological advances and external pressures have …