10 by 50: Health Screenings Women Need By Mid-Life
Women often put the health and wellness of kids, spouse, or parents first. It’s easy to shrug off doctor’s appointments until “later.” But if you don’t take care of yourself…
Larklife: The Wristband That Tracks You Eating, Sleeping or Running
Now there is a wristband to track your daily activities. Called Larklife, created by Lark, this wristband tracks your diet, sleep, calories burned and distance traveled. The concept behind…
The 5 Major Causes of Patient Falls
Patient falls don’t just happen because of intrinsic risk factors like chronic illness or previous fall history. Most often, patient falls are caused by a multitude of factors: Patients…
Balancing Technology and The Art of Medicine
When I was a medical student at Wake Forest University in the early 1990s I often had very full pockets in my short white coat. Here I carried all of…
High Quality, Low Cost HealthCare Video Interview Series: Jeanne Pinder and ClearHealthCosts
Last week in this series, we listened to David Arterburn explain Decision Aids and how they can reduce health costs while raising patient satisfaction and quality of care. This week,…
The Ethical Foundations of Health Policy
One thing that seems to be completely lacking in contemporary discussions of health policy is any discussion of what is and is not morally justified. In what follows I will…
Provider Onboarding: The Foundation of Revenue Cycle Management
Provider Onboarding Enables Revenue Cycle Management Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) has been a major focus within the healthcare industry for some time. Simply stated, the activities involved in RCM drive getting…
6 Ways Big Data Could Change Healthcare
6 ways Big Data could change healthcare per Rock Health’s new report that explores how Big Data could lead to big improvements for US healthcare 6 ways Big Data could change…
Celebrate National Physician Assistant Week October 6-12
This week has been designated as National Physician Assistant Week, so LifeBridge Health proudly joins in the celebration. An estimated 81,000 certified PAs currently practice in the U.S., including most…
Nostalgia and the Local Pharmacy
Recently a patient in our practice requested his Plavix renewal from a 90-day mail order pharmacy. When the "estimated" price came to $585 he decided to stop taking his cardiac…
