I know the last few months has been busy with the holidays, getting everything done before the year end and preparing for the JP Morgan Conference.  Many of you are just starting to catch up on things.

This month I decided to give you a chance to catch up on a couple of important topics: 1) Surviving the New Normal, Tips from the Industry and 2) Women’s Health is Facing a Crisis!  To read more.

Digital Health Trends – Five Factors to Consider in Developing a Successful Product

Digital Health products have existed for a while, but became very popular when the pandemic struck, and healthcare professionals and patients were working remotely.  Telehealth became the new normal for office visits.  In addition, a lot of digital health companies have been formed to fill this new need of remote access.  However, Digital health companies have faced headwinds over the past few years.  Find out where this market is heading.  To read more.

What do I mean by “too much technology is a bad thing”?  In the consumer or commercial market, in selling your product, there is a balance between meeting the needs of your customers and customer compliance as defined as what is easy for your customer to use so they will use it long term.  If a product is not easy to use as it is too complicated or takes too many steps, they won’t use it and ultimately your product will fail.  The product could be 100% effective, but if your customers are not using it, the product fails.  To read more.

Trump Has Gone Too Far in Dismantling All DEI Policies and Programs

On March 4^th 2025, in a joint session of Congress, the president claimed his administration had eliminated DEI.

Trump bragged about how he “ended the tyranny” of diversity, equity and inclusion – DEI –  policies in the federal government, including the U.S. military.  “And our country will be woke no longer,” said Trump.

Trump also touted his declaration that the U.S. recognizes only two genders and his policies restricting transgender Americans. Payton McNabb, a former high school athlete from Murphy, N.C., who suffered a brain injury after a transgender female athlete spiked a ball at her in a volleyball match in 2022, was an honored guest at the speech.

“It’s out of our society. We don’t want it,” Trump said late in the speech. “Wokeness is trouble. Wokeness is bad. It’s gone, it’s gone. And we feel so much better for it. Don’t we? Don’t we feel better?”  To read more.