Welcome! I write about science, technology and business, and how they intersect to change all our lives. No topic is too arcane! Complicated is good. Controversial is nice, but not required.

I have a particular interest in health information technology and how it affects the quality and cost of health care. I started my journalism career as the information technology beat reporter for Modern Healthcare, and spent several years as a contributing editor to Health Data Management.

I’m very proud to announce my first credited book project, as co-author of Advanced Introduction to Artificial Intelligence in Health Care.  

I enjoy covering medical meetings, and my strategic location in the Chicago area gives me easy access to a trove of them. For several years I was a regular correspondent for the largest of them all, the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

I was lucky to help document the development of the commercial Internet. I spent the dot-com years as a contributing writer at Internet World, and have more recently contributed to Internet Retailer and the ClickZ Network.

I spent the early 2000s covering micro- and nanotechnology as a contributing writer for the magazine and website Small Times (one of the greatest titles ever dreamed up for a business publication). I loved writing about the commercialization of discoveries that would have sounded like science fiction just a decade earlier.

In addition to my writing activities, I am a developmental editor for NEJM Catalyst  and its associated peer-reviewed journal, Innovations in Care Delivery, both of which seek to propel the conversations about health care quality, access, equity, and cost in useful directions. I help authors clarify their message and bolster it with solid arguments and evidence.  I also edit papers for another NEJM publication, NEJM AI.

I have written white papers, reports, practice protocols, and other types of information-heavy material for government agencies, companies, and nonprofit organizations, and have served as a ghostwriter and/or editor. I’m happy to discuss any projects along those lines and provide per-word, per-hour, or flat-rate estimates depending on your needs.

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