Are there enough informaticians to meet the need? Are there enough informaticians to meet the need?I was struck by a recent report in CBS MoneyWatch on the…
On July 20th, The Washington Post did an expose on the process for setting the Medicare physician payment schedule entitled, How a secretive panel uses data that…
The plethora of mobile apps comes under scrutiny and the market grows … The plethora of mobile apps comes under scrutiny and the market grows …The Food…
The hospital lobbyists in the “no way” states are trying to get the Governors to reverse course. The hospital lobbyists in the “no way” states are trying…
President Obama announced the BRAIN project, but we should harken back to prior efforts to change our thinking and framework – the Wilkes project comes to mind.…
New research is showing that crowdsourcing is more effective than traditional surveillance methods in finding healthcare problems. Are we surprised? New research is showing that crowdsourcing is…
First posted on The Fickenscher Files on 3/4/2013Essential health benefits are defined, but the cost of care continues to escalate in an unchallenged fashion… First posted on The Fickenscher Files on…
Physician burnout is a growing problem and docs are turning in lots of new directions like moving to concierge medicine from traditional Medicare. Physician burnout is a…
First posted on The Fickenscher Files on 1/6/2013My thoughts on the events and directions of the healthcare community in 2013 …Before I go down the road of making predictions…
Employers are quieting changing their plans to encourage care delivery at high volume, good outcome, low cost facilities…. Employers are quieting changing their plans to encourage care…
