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A great resource for any birth professional or medical provider working with people in their reproductive years. In a time when there is great emphasis on ART and other more invasive birth and fertility procedures, its critical to balance that with human connection and expanding the conversation to include public health and reproductive justice. This site was created by midwives with a focus on serving gender non-conforming and LGBTI communities.

This site provides a great utility for Healthcare Providers who are planning to attest to Meaningful Use under the HITCH act of ARRA. The online interface reviews and evaluates if a provider currently meets to requirements for the core measures. If you are a Healthcare provider or a Healthcare solutions vendor assisting a provider this is a great reality check.

This article discusses the huge increase in apps used to track fertility for both conception and birth control purposes.  It goes over pros, cons, and which apps are actually useful and which to avoid.  Great resource for anyone interested in tracking their cycle and considering an app.

Although this website isn't purely health related, there are really informative sections about sexual health, hormones, trans and LGBTQI health community that are important and relevant.  A great resource for LGBTQI youth and adults!

This site is a great reference for the current and past Healthcare ICD 10 codes. The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision are used to classify diseases and medical problems. These standard codes play a key role in tracking demographics and analytics in healthcare

This link provides a great resource for anyone involved in the HITECH project. Healthcare providers and vendors of Healthcare technologies use this site to register to attest to the meaningful uses stages. This CMS page also has treasure chest of data and white papers to explain the government sponsored EHR incentive program.

The Pulse is a quarterly publication that discusses Healthcare IT related topics. There is a substantial amount of discussion and information regarding the HITECH act and its impact on today's IT infrastructure requirements. It is a great look at the current Healthcare IT landscape and best practices as seen through the eyes of peers and trending.

There is an industry wide push to develop and deliver applications hosted in a cloud environment. This platform that in some regards is still in its infancy still seems to have a limited amount of usable information available. This free publication provides a great forum for information on the latest trends, concerns, best practices and advancements.

In 2009 the Healthcare Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health or HITECH was implemented by the US government to speed up the use of electronic health records by healthcare providers. The HITECH act launched a federally funded incentive program to reward members of the healthcare community who improve their business model to utilize an electronic health record or EHR compliant system. This article and the publication provide a great source of information when trying to understand the changing EHR landscape and its impact.

For anyone interested in the details of the HITECH act delivered with The American Reinvestment & Recovery Act or ARRA this is a great resource. This page does a nice job describing the details and drivers behind the bill and need for change. It currently contains links to PDF Meaningful Use final rules white papers for Stage 1 and Stage 2. When stage 3 is complete it will be posted here as well.

This is a must have link for anyone in the Healthcare Information Technologies field. The topics of the articles cover the full breath of Healthcare and influence on IT process, procedures, trends and best practices. There is also a great deal of opportunities to sit in on topic specific webinars.

Okay, while I find this mat slightly professionally intimidating, the idea is a good one. While still in pre-production, the makers of the SmartMat raised over $300K in their initial crowdsourcing - overshooting their goal of $110,000. The mat has sensors and connects to your smartphone, giving you individual feedback about alignment. I don't think it will replace highly trained, professional yoga teachers, but it's a great idea.

The Insight Timer app is available in the iTunes and Google app stores. This app isn't just a timer - you can join in with other meditators in real time, all around the world. There are guided meditations and several different bells, chimes, and gongs you can preprogram to signal the beginning, middle, or end of your meditation. There are several languages for the guided meditations, some have music soundtracks, and there are over 3,000 to choose from so if one teacher or method doesn't resonate, another might. It's a great way to connect with other meditators, try a new style, or just get started with the practice.

This site is a great resource for anyone interested in integrative health care. Dr. Hobb's is an herbalist and mycologist and provides easy to use information on how to incorporate herbs into your medicine cabinet. For those that want to go a step further and learn to prepare their own extracts, teas, and tinctures, there are online courses and downloadable videos and class handouts available for free.

A really cool site that gives you average ER wait times for local hospitals. This helps users determine which ER is actually the best to go to based on wait time, distance, and hospital rating.

Hi Eric - this is a cool site. I dread going to the ER due to the wait times and this is a great resource for users to find out each ER's stats regarding wait times, etc.

Great article on how the Cuban population prevents illness so that they don't have to cure it. Healthcare in Cuba is free and even written in their constitution. Each citizen is given an annual health check up and ones who are not as healthy are seen more frequently. They teach their citizens how to be healthy so they don't get health-related diseases. Smart system and I think it should be integrated in other countries as well.

I love this post and thank you. So many to learn from. Cuba has always been on my list to visit!

This is a great article on how utilizing analytic software is changing the face of the healthcare industry.

This is awesome lol. Great post!

Though great progress has been made in medicine, current evidence-based and palliative treatments are increasingly unable to keep pace with patients' needs, especially given our aging population. There are few effective ways to treat the root causes of many diseases, injuries and congenital conditions.