Nancy Finn, Author at SPM Blog

Cancer: What’s Happening in the Lab that will Change Diagnosis and Treatment?

by Nancy Finn | May 5, 2016

When a patient receives a diagnosis of cancer it is life changing. Even after treatment and assurance that you are in remission, the cancer threat is never far away. Every time you go for a screening, the fear returns to haunt that maybe this time they will find...

2016: Opportunities and Challenges in Health Care

by Nancy Finn | Jan 12, 2016

In 2016, mHealth technology will occupy center stage in transforming clinical care and clinical research. Smartphone-linked wearable sensors will turn science fiction into reality as these mobile diagnostic tools provide the in depth information that enables ...

Alternative Choices for Healthcare: What are the Options?

by Nancy Finn | Dec 23, 2015

I was at dinner with friends recently when I noticed that my right thumb was red, swollen and painful. One of my friends is a biochemist and instructed me to immediately soak the finger in hot water. I continued our social evening dipping my right thumb in and out...

Global Forum on Health Promotion Focuses on Health Equity and e-Health

by Nancy Finn | Nov 25, 2015

I recently spoke at the 5th Global Forum on Health Promotion, organized by the Alliance for Health Promotion, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), and the Global Health Program at the Graduate...

Misdiagnosis: A Chronic Condition Looking for a Cure

by Nancy Finn | Nov 4, 2015

According to a report in the BMJ Quality and Safety Journal, each year in the U.S. approximately 12 million adults or 1 out of 20 patients who seek outpatient medical care, are misdiagnosed in a way that could cause severe harm. These alarming statistics are further...