When it comes to adopting new practices, physicians as a group are typically “late majority” adopters. According to sociologist Everett Rogers, “These individuals approach an innovation with a high degree of skepticism and after the majority of society has adopted the innovation.” On one level, I …
Web/Tech
High Tech, High Touch: Why Technology Enhances Patient-Centered Care
We live and practice in an increasingly technology-driven society. Email and texting are default methods of communication, and our patients request that we friend them on Facebook and follow health advice delivered in brief 140-character bursts on Twitter. In a 2008 survey conducted by the …
Does America Really Want Change?
is the title of my debut article for the Huffington Post. I'm now writing pieces for the well-known blog in addition to my work for Kiwi Magazine and the Deirdre Imus Environmental Health Center. This rounds out my blog portfolio - my HuffPo posts will be more about health care …
Facebook: Using new media for social change
Better late than never. While I'm still trying to figure out Twitter and the logic of second-by-second status updates, I'm finding Facebook a great tool to try and change the world. …
“The Whole Child” makes the grade
LiveSmarter, a self-described "blog for improving daily living through insights into health, wellness, finance, and education," has listed "The Whole Child" as one of its top 50 alternative medicine blogs. …
“the whole child” gets reborn
Wondering why the blog has a spiffy new look? It's all part of the Integrative Pediatrics Council web site launch. …