This blogpost was first published on the 13th of August, 2008.

Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in history, is betting big on Healthcare and why not!

Given the escalating costs of healthcare in a recession impacted economy with well over 47 million Americans bereft of any kind of insurance coverage, the notion of low cost retail clinics at your friendly neighborhood retail store, is an idea whose timing is night! After all, can you and should you pay for a “Mercedes Benz” like treatment at your physician’s clinic that will cost an arm and a leg for a common cold or strep throat, when a walk-in clinic at your nearest mega-retail store can offer “Toyota quality” treatment from a qualified and experienced nurse practitioner for perhaps as little as $30-60 per patient? (more…)

This blogpost was first published on the 10th of October, 2007.

Milestone: This blogpost was referenced and the author quoted by the Washington Post in an article entitled, ‘New Ways to Manage Health Data’, March 2008.

It is a well known and incredibly shocking fact that inability to access vital, accurate and current health information especially in an emergency (usually an unforeseen event like a cardiac attack, stroke, seizure etc.) on time, leads to the loss of well over 80,000 lives in the United States alone! I actually experienced this pain while helping my 72 year old father with his triple bypass surgery in India, in May of this year. (more…)