Health Tech Hatch – A New Way to Fund Innovation in Health Care
Health Tech Hatch (HTH), my new health care crowdfunding site officially launches on 10/8/2012. Please join us is celebrating our Hatch Day! Health Tech Hatch (HTH), my new health care…
The Healthcare Elephant
If you just joined us here in the United States and watched the recent Presidential debate, you would get the idea that cutting or shifting health care costs would fix…
Implementing Innovative Value-Based Purchasing and Readmission Reduction Strategies
No longer is the clock ticking; rather the alarm has sounded and value-based purchasing has commenced. As this aptly titled article, “Medicare Rolls Out Carrots and Sticks for Hospital Quality”,…
Patient Satisfaction Strongly Tied to Corporate Culture
A Focus on Patient Experience In recent years, healthcare organizations have turned the spotlight on patient satisfaction more than ever before - mostly due to new governmental regulations and increased competition…
EMR Incentives Derailed?
Lawmakers Urge HHS To Halt Payments for EHR Incentive Programln a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, House Ways and Means Committee Chair Dave Camp (R-Mich.) and GOP chairs…
You Are Not Your Doctor’s Customer – But You Can Do Something About It
Our care is generally good in theUnited States but not as good as it could be nor as good as it should be. There are multiple problems to consider. First, ours…
A Primer on the Economic Levers CMS Has To Improve Patient Satisfaction
Effective this month, CMS will institute its Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program, changing how providers get reimbursed for services provided to Medicare and Medicaid patients. Effective this month, CMS will institute…
Even Our Pets Are Too Fat: Weight Loss for Pets
That's a fat cat. In a month that celebrates Adopt-a-Dog Month and National Cat Day, it is only appropriate that we have this. Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts…
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Nearly one quarter of women will experience abuse at the hands of an intimate partner in their lifetimes. Certain statistics, like this one, are so overwhelming, so seemingly insurmountable,…
Appropriate Use of Medicines to Save Lives and Dollars
A new study, “Advancing the Use of Medicines: Applying Levers for Change,” highlights the opportunity to save half a trillion dollars in global healthcare spending a year by supporting the appropriate…
