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Deborah DiSesa Hirsch is an award-winning health and technology writer who’s worked for newspapers, magazines and IBM in her 20-year career. Her vast experiences have helped her learn how to explain complex concepts in user-friendly language, whether it’s how to merge yoga and Pilates in ways that aren’t too painful, or how to treat low libido in men and women or analyze millions of pieces of data to lead to better diagnosis and treatment of disease.

In her spare time, she edits a newspaper for Newfield Elementary School students and has helped some discover a real love of words (while writing about pet guinea pigs having multiple babies, then dying, as guinea pigs do; valuing your own luck in life – after all, you could be living in Japan – and, her favorite, ghosts and goblins and witches all fighting over Twitter).

Her love of health and all things medical comes from a personal place. Surviving cancer twice, she appreciates more than most the advances in health care that give us life.

Latest Articles

Mazor Robotics Secures First Tranche of Its Financing Deal with Investors - 10/04/2012
Health Insurers Marketing to Poorer, Less Educated as Insurance Expands - 10/03/2012
New Breast Cushion Makes Mammography More Comfortable - 10/03/2012
C Spire Wireless Matches its PERCs Members' Donations to American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Walk - 10/03/2012
New Mobile App Lets Shoppers Choose Healthiest Foods - 10/02/2012
Nuance and JATA Partner to Help with ICD-10 Transition - 10/02/2012
Langone's Robotic Surgery Center Winds Up its Second Year of Educating Surgeons - 10/02/2012
Hospital Association Purchases Cyber Liability Insurance to Protect Against Breaches - 10/02/2012
New Software Can Assess Athletes' Skulls Right After Concussions - 10/02/2012
BeyondTrust Releases New Version of Retina Community - 10/02/2012
Kaiser Permanente Study Shows People with Diabetes do Better when EHRS Used - 10/02/2012
Dazzling New Medical Devices in Skin, Now Including Electronics - 10/02/2012
IBM and UPMC Join, Using Data Analytics to Provide Personalized Patient Care - 10/02/2012
FDA Rules on Blindness-Prevention Eye Prosthesis, Cardiac Implants - 10/02/2012
Republicans Angry Some Health Exchange Money Used for 'Propaganda' - 10/01/2012
Hospital Association Fires Back at Feds for 'Upcoding' Criticism - 10/01/2012
BeyondTrust Upgrades Its Biometric Tool for Security Intelligence - 10/01/2012
HealthTech Zone Week in Review - 09/29/2012
No Callbacks, Messages or Pages needed - IQMAX Helps Doctors Stay in Touch in Real-Time - 09/28/2012
In Light of Scandals, European Commission Strengthening Implantable Device Regulations - 09/28/2012
Telemedicine and mHealth Paving the Way for Better Healthcare, Lower Costs - 09/28/2012
India Hot on Our Heels with Mobile Phones and mHealth Use - 09/28/2012
Faxing Over Internet Popular, Preferred in Healthcare Today - 09/28/2012
Big Firms Changing the Way they Cover Health Insurance - 09/28/2012
Medical Alarm Concepts Now Marketing Services in Ireland - 09/27/2012
New App Translates, Gets Help for the Ill in a Foreign Country - 09/27/2012
Congress Considering Special Role for FDA to Approve mHealth Apps - 09/27/2012
MBANS Can Save Lives - 09/27/2012
NJ Hospital Stays in Touch with Patients after Hospital Stays - 09/27/2012
New App Translates and Finds Help When Ill in a Foreign Country - 09/27/2012
Stunning Number of Companies Pursue mHealth without Clear Reasons for Doing So - 09/27/2012
Plan Now for Disaster When Setting Up Health Information Exchanges - 09/27/2012
Medtech Makers Say Device Tax will Cripple Business; Others Disagree - 09/27/2012
Doctors Agree with New York Mayor; Government Should Regulate Unhealthy Foods - 09/26/2012
Consumer-Driven Healthcare: Good or Bad? - 09/26/2012
What's in a Name? Maybe, Acceptance of Health Insurance Exchanges - 09/26/2012
Electronic Health Records Solve Hospital's Real-Time Access Problem - 09/26/2012
States Fights Health Insurance Exchanges Openly, but Not Behind Closed Doors - 09/25/2012
FCC Group Shares Recommendations on Improving Access to mHealth - 09/25/2012
Varonis Helps Isis Pharmaceutical Track Who's Looking at What Files - 09/25/2012
Survey Finds Most Trust the PC for Healthcare Info Access - 09/25/2012
Tumor Testing Device May Break New Ground for Cancer Treatment - 09/25/2012
Medical Device Makers' Pocket Grow Fat Along with Americans - 09/25/2012
Big Data and its Analysis Revolutionizing Healthcare - 09/25/2012
Healthcare a Good Place to Invest? You Bet. - 09/25/2012
Use of Electronic Health Records Showing Some Cracks - 09/25/2012
Charges for Most Expensive ER Services Doubled, Ultimately Hurting Taxpayers and Elderly - 09/25/2012
Hospital Consolidation Was a Good Idea, but Not So Much Anymore - 09/25/2012
If States Opt Out of Medicaid Expansion, Premiums for Others May Rise - 09/25/2012
Hello Dr. Robot, Goodbye Surgeon? Not Yet - 09/24/2012
X-rays Gone Wild! At Least, for Some - 09/24/2012
Twitter Making Inroads in Healthcare - 09/24/2012
MMR Global Receives Patent to Protect EHR Technology - 09/24/2012
Hospital Centralizes Patient Data Management for Security, Privacy - 09/24/2012
HealthTech Zone Week in Review - 09/22/2012
FCC Finalizes Frequency for Medical Body Area Networks - 09/20/2012
NIH Office Looking for Organizations to Help Get Started with mHealth - 09/20/2012
Predict Whether You'll Have a Stroke? Or Prevent it? IndiGO Tells How - 09/20/2012
SuccessEHS Announces Promotions to Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management Business, Other Departments - 09/20/2012
Feds to Collect Almost $7 Billion in Tax Penalties from Medically Uninsured - 09/20/2012
Oklahoma Fighting Healthcare Reform, with a Twist - 09/20/2012
CommUnityCare Working with Nextgen to Improve Revenue Cycle Management - 09/20/2012
Palomar Health Using Cisco's Network Solutions to Improve New Medical Center - 09/20/2012
Arkansas Medical School to Use Video Conference Scheduling Program to Improve State's Health - 09/20/2012
Hospitals, Physicians Considering Merging in Massachusetts to Cut Costs, Improve Services - 09/19/2012
Automating Fluctuating Workflows a New Avenue for Healthcare IT - 09/19/2012
We're Obese, but Does Our Budget Need to Be? - 09/19/2012
Kaiser Permanente Colorado Acknowledged as Keeping Members Healthier - 09/18/2012
Xerox and HealthPlan Services Helping Insurers Get Set Up, Work with Exchanges - 09/18/2012
Vermont Opting - or Hoping - for Single-Payer Healthcare System - 09/18/2012
Pathway Genetics and MD Revolution Join to Help People Manage Healthy Behaviors - 09/18/2012
Beam and Saucony Team Up to Fight Childhood Obesity with New Running App - 09/18/2012
Personal Health Records Empowering Patients, Changing Healthcare - 09/18/2012
Not So, Say Medical Device Makers, When Told New Tax is in Exchange for Millions of New Patients - 09/17/2012
More Low Income Seniors Helped by Medicare Savings Program - 09/17/2012
Blue Button EHR Technology Should be Offered to All: Mostashari - 09/17/2012
California Moves Forward on Health Insurance Exchanges - 09/17/2012
No Cap on Meaningful Use Incentives, But More Doctors Need to Apply - 09/17/2012
Funds Allocated to Clinics in Three States for Telemonitoring of Veterans - 09/17/2012
Women - Not Knowing - Still Drink during Pregnancy, Now Bars Help Out - 09/17/2012
Medicare Could Lose $11.1B if Deficit Reduction Law Goes into Effect - 09/17/2012
Secure, Private Faxes Critical to Enterprises and Healthcare Today - 09/17/2012
Healthcare Data Breaches Down, But People Affected? Exploding! - 09/17/2012
HealthTech Zone Week in Review - 09/15/2012
Telemedicine Units to be Set Up in Africa to Provide Remote Care to Population - 09/13/2012
Royal Philips to Donate 1,000,000th Defibrillator to Rescue Unit - 09/13/2012
Son Uses Kinect to Help Mom Get Back on Her Feet Emotionally after Stroke - 09/13/2012
Texas and Louisiana Receive Grant to Provide Telemedicine Services to Rural and Underserved Communities - 09/13/2012
Employers Face Eight Percent Increase in Healthcare Costs Next Year - 09/13/2012
CDW Healthcare Receives HealthTrust Vendor Excellence Award for Second Year - 09/12/2012
For Those in Early Recovery from Detox, Telemedicine Provides Safe Way to Heal - 09/12/2012
Wear a Robot? It's Here, and Helping the Disabled Walk Again - 09/12/2012
Toshiba Helps Lifelong Medical Center Upgrade Its Network to Better Connect Administrators, Staff and Patients - 09/12/2012
Core Health Technologies Now Setting Its Sights on Providing Health Information Security - 09/12/2012
New Apps Let You Look Inside the Body, Research Diseases, and Learn about Generic Brands - 09/12/2012
Accountable Care Organizations Already Able to Reduce Healthcare Costs - 09/12/2012
PatientPoint and Cornerstone Working Together on Patient Engagement - 09/11/2012
Medical Device User Fees Could Fall Under the Budget Ax - or Logjam - 09/11/2012
Arkansas Rising Out of Its Image as Poorest, Sickest State with Slick New HIE - 09/11/2012
Health Insurance Costs for Workers Only Inching Up, But Fewer Employers Paying - 09/11/2012
Almost $7 Billion Paid Out to Healthcare Providers Who Show Meaningful use of EHRs - 09/11/2012
Futura Mobile Solutions Remotely Help Physicians Provide Better Care - 09/11/2012
South Carolina Telepsychiatry Program Gets Boost from Polycom Video Solution - 09/10/2012
Polycom Telemedicine Carts Can Reduce, Eliminate Hospital Stays - 09/10/2012
New Surgical Head Camera System Provides Sharper, Clearer Images - 09/10/2012
Phytel Chosen to Manage Population Health Improvement at Loyola - 09/10/2012
New Skin 'Tattoos' Monitor Vital Signs - 09/10/2012
CDC Looking for Better Way to Submit Data to National Healthcare Safety Network - 09/10/2012
HealthTech Zone Week in Review - 09/08/2012
Extraordinary Waste in Healthcare Spending Continuing to this Day - 09/07/2012
Healthcare Investor Raises the Ire of Doctors When He Says 'Medicine Equals Voodoo' - 09/07/2012
New Family of Smart Wireless Healthcare Devices on Way, Firm Predicts - 09/07/2012
ClearDATA Networks to Distribute Cloud-Based Clinical Image Archiving - 09/07/2012
IOM Report: Technology Big Piece of the Puzzle for Healthcare Innovation and Improvement - 09/07/2012
Bring-Your-Own-Device Good for Employees, Maybe Bad for Employers - 09/07/2012
Crouse Hospital Implements New Automated Alerts System - 09/07/2012
HIEs and HIXs Moving Forward in Some States, Not in Others - 09/06/2012
Teleflex Wins Three-Year Contract for Vascular Positioning System - 09/06/2012
Healthcare Reform Causing 'Ground to Change under our Feet' for IT - 09/06/2012
Philips Healthcare Picks Communications- as- a- Service to Keep Imaging Systems Up 24/7 - 09/06/2012
Two Organizations Come Together to Create Technology Center Jobs in South Carolina - 09/05/2012
PureWellness Now Offers Continuity of Care Documents so Members, Patients and Doctors can Share Information - 09/05/2012
Health Net Federal Services Judged A 'Center of Excellence' by BenchmarkPortal - 09/05/2012
Telehealth Gaining Fans in Leaps and Bounds - 09/04/2012
Missed Medical Conditions Kill as Many as Breast Cancer Every Year - 09/04/2012
New BodyMaps 3D Modeling App Lets Physicians See Down Deep without Perils of Radiation - 09/04/2012
Royal Philips Electronics Joins with mVisum to Improve Heart Attack Survival Rates using Smartphone - 09/04/2012
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Adds 'Extra Layer' of Safety to ICU with 24/7 Telemonitoring - 09/04/2012
Desktop Fax, way to go for Most Physicians for E-Prescribing - 09/04/2012
HealthTech Zone Week in Review - 09/01/2012
Doctor Shortage Could Be Eliminated if Residency Cap Lifted - 08/30/2012
Hillcrest Chooses Phytel to Improve Patient Care and Communication - 08/30/2012
Social Media a 'No-No' for Most Medical Staff - 08/30/2012
Cleveland Health System Churns through Massive Data in Record Time to Complete Research Goal - 08/30/2012
Waterbury Hospital Streamlines IT Operations with Software for Unified Desktop - 08/30/2012
Johns Hopkins Given Grant to End Preventable Hospital Deaths - 08/30/2012
HealthStream and NurseCompetency Partner to Test Nursing Skills - 08/29/2012
Two New Devices Remove Blood Clots More Safely from Stroke Victims - 08/29/2012
Aetna's Voices of Health Seeking Votes for Organizations that Best Support Minority Health Needs - 08/29/2012
Aetna to Help Providers, Employees, Members through IT Services for Better Health - 08/29/2012
Retirees Furious at Possible Medicare Changes - 08/28/2012
Imprivata Survey: Virtualized Desktops A Hit in Healthcare Technology - 08/28/2012
Want to Make Big Money? Embrace Middle Class in Emerging Healthcare Markets - 08/28/2012
New KPMG Study Reveal: Healthcare Execs Agree on Business Models Changing - 08/28/2012
Erie County Medical Center Selects Omnicell's Solution for Safer Patient Medication - 08/28/2012
Ohio Working Hard to Better Care for its Sickest - and Costliest - Patients - 08/28/2012
Matrix Medical Network Acquires Ascender for Healthcare Information Technology - 08/28/2012
Dell and SoloHealth Combine Forces in Healthcare Kiosk Venture - 08/28/2012
Retail Clinics Replacing Doctors? For Common Ailments They Are... - 08/27/2012
Maryland Moving Ahead on Developing Health Insurance Exchange - 08/27/2012
HealthTech Zone Week in Review - 08/25/2012
Health Insurance Industry to be Reshaped by Deals like Aetna-Coventry Merger - 08/24/2012
Webcam Technology Soothing Parents of Babies in NICUs When They Can't Be There - 08/24/2012
Ouch! Walmart Adding Nurse-Administered Flu, Pneumonia Shots to its List of Inoculations - 08/24/2012
Palomar Health and Cisco Join to Make Hospital Experience Better - 08/24/2012
QualChoice Health Picks Trizetto to Administer Payments to Providers - 08/23/2012
New CMS Initiative for Primary Care Physicians Will Revolve Around Healthcare IT - 08/23/2012
Blue Shield Hooks Up with Two California Healthcare Groups to Form ACO - 08/23/2012
CBO Reports Net $160B Decrease in Federal Healthcare Spending - 08/23/2012
American Well and Allscripts Come Together to Combine Provider Network with Telehealth Services - 08/23/2012
Letsfcancer: Young Woman Uses Social Media to Get the Word Out - 08/23/2012
Florida ER Employee Steals Records of 2,200 Accident Patients for Attorney, Chiropractor Referrals - 08/22/2012
Walgreens Moving to Customized EHR System for All 8,000 Pharmacies - 08/22/2012
Growth for Cardiac Rhythm Devices Market is Bleak - 08/22/2012
New Surgical Mats Prevent Electrosurgery Patients from Burns - 08/22/2012
Zynx Health Claims Black Book Rankings' Top Prize for its Clinical Decision Support Tools - 08/22/2012
Cloud Computing: Good or Bad for Finance, Healthcare Industries? - 08/22/2012
Businesses Finding Healthcare Wellness Programs Providing Benefits Mostly to Them - 08/21/2012
Two Ohio Physician Practices Successfully Share Immunization Data Over EHRs - 08/21/2012
Teen Wins $75k Award for Discovering Test for Early Stage Pancreatic Cancer - 08/21/2012
Answer to Overworked, Error-Making Pharmacists? Robots! - 08/21/2012
Significant Number of Americans Worried About Medical Mistakes: Survey - 08/21/2012
Doctors Love Their Digital Devices: Study - 08/21/2012
PureWellness Adds Healthcare Organizations to its Employee Wellness Programs - 08/20/2012
MD Anderson Reports Third Breach of Patient Data This Year - 08/20/2012
Smartphone Health Apps May Now Be Paid through Insurance, But Issues Still to be Worked Out - 08/20/2012
EHRs Crucial for Healthcare Evolution but Flaws, Mistakes Still Prevalent - 08/20/2012
Doctor or Robot? Many Choose Robot, if it Saves Money - 08/20/2012
Venture Capitalists' Interest in Healthcare may be Decreasing - 08/20/2012
HealthTech Zone Week in Review - 08/18/2012
Next Step for EHRs: Analyzing and Using All This Data Being Collected - 08/17/2012
Medicare Audits on Upswing, but New Software Helps Ease Response Submissions - 08/17/2012
Telemedicine and Prisoners: Saving Costs, Possibly in Texas - 08/17/2012
New Wrinkle: Hackers Extorting Doctors After Breaching Medical Files - 08/17/2012
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Set Up ACO with Aurora Healthcare - 08/17/2012
'The Wild, Wild West': Doctor Commenting on Mobile Health - 08/17/2012
SoloHealth Wellness Kiosks Now Do Everything but Take Your Temperature - 08/16/2012
Cell Phones to Become 'Disease Management Platforms' in Future: Janssen Healthcare Innovation - 08/16/2012
Continua Health Alliance Chosen by Denmark to Set Up Telemedicine Infrastructure - 08/16/2012
Companies Win Awards for Telemedicine, Emergency Room Alternatives from Independence Blue Cross - 08/16/2012
Intelligent InSites Selected by Group Health to Provide Better Patient Experience - 08/16/2012
i3 Analytics Releases Suite of Products to Help Biopharma Industry Sort through Data - 08/16/2012
New Vitals Mobile App Lets You Find a (Good) Doctor Anywhere, Anytime - 08/16/2012
FDA Asked to Crack Down on Approving Recalled Devices for Resale - 08/16/2012
IBM Joining Forces with CDC and Others to Reduce Public Health Threats Worldwide - 08/16/2012
New Skin Health Monitor Tracks Vital Signs and Activity - 08/15/2012
EHRs and Privacy: How Do Patients Feel? - 08/14/2012
New Cloud-Based App from Doc-To-Help Provides Content Creation and Design Abilities for eBooks - 08/14/2012
Harris Corporation Joins with Quest Diagnostics to Add Technology, Thousands of Doctors to Florida HIE - 08/14/2012
AT&T Joining with Healthcare Institutions for High-Speed Data Delivery to Accelerate New Science into Treatments - 08/14/2012

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