by Giri Venkatraman | Feb 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
Technology in healthcare Technology in healthcare systems (hospitals, groups) have not been the solution to healthcare’s ills. As wee know, the use of technology has made a sea-change in other industries- A good example is banking. Most routine banking activities can...
by Giri Venkatraman | Feb 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
I was very glad that I scheduled and got the vaccine against COVID. Unfortunately, I did not see a single minority/Latino individual over the half-hour I spent at the site, Fundamentally, African- Americans are worried about the safety- there is a video...
by Giri Venkatraman | Feb 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Ataxia management Much like other chronic illnesses successfully managing genetic cerebellar ataxia requires some out-of-pocket expenses that insurance does not cover. For example, Medicare does not pay for a full-on physical therapy treatment; so patients sommetimes...
by Giri Venkatraman | Feb 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
emigrated to the USA in 1982. to Maryland, USAI Going into a brand new high school was challenging to say the least. I went to the University of Maryland for undergrad studies. I stayed in the Mayland system. I attended med school at UMAB. After residency, I did some...
by Giri Venkatraman | Oct 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
Hope this is a timely posting-there are some subtle differences between the cold, influenza and COVID-19. Hope this helps everyone It used to be that you’d start to get the sniffles or wake up with a fever and body aches and you had a pretty good idea whether it was...
by Giri Venkatraman | Sep 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
This blog post serves two purposes…it is my daily COVID update and inform you about clinical trials, what they involve (since it is in the news Phase 0 Phase 0 trials are the first clinical trials done among people. They aim to learn how a drug is processed in...