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…
Medical Ethics: Why I Wouldn’t Write a Prescription
Medical ethics is woven into the Whistleblower blog. I have presented vignettes exposing ethical controversies in the medical profession. I have pointed out scenarios when patients test the steeliness of…
Why Information Therapy Has Become Even More Important Today
As medical knowledge grows exponentially , it becomes increasingly hard for a doctor to keep updated with all the latest advances . This is why family physicians are often forced…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: Bringing Telemedicine to Remote Areas in Latin America
GlobalMed teamed up with several organizations from Aug. 21-25 to bring healthcare to people living in remote communities in Colombia.From Aug. 21-25, GlobalMed joined local reseller Redsicom in an…
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…
