My Holiday Gift To You: Advanced Professionalism
Mike Magee What an eventful year it has been for HealthCommentary. In reflecting back on the many concepts and visions we have shared together – universal access married to individual and family responsibility for health; Techmanity (technology that humanizes); “Home is where the health is, as well as the heart.”; the 13 part series on […]
Telemedicine To Have A Role In Haiti
I wanted to update you on our mission and our anticipated date of deployment of tomorrow, 11 February 2010. Perhaps the most exciting news is that our telemedicine / tele-behavioral health mission has been elevated to the level of White House interest. The National Operations Center of the …US Department of Homeland Security (NOC-DHS) has […]
Operation Smile/Haiti Update
Operation Smile supporter and actor Harrison Ford flew his Cessna 208 here to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, late this afternoon to help airlift a new team of Operation Smile medical volunteers and supplies to Hinche, Haiti, where they will be providing much-needed surgery and treatment to earthquake victims. It was a challenging trip for Mr. Ford and […]
Operation Smile/Haiti
Greetings from Haiti! Recovery has begun at least to the small percentage of Haitians who we have in our camp. We began our day as usual making rounds in the tents checking on patients and changing their dressings and making a list of those who may require further surgery or those that just need attention […]