8 Things Medical School Failed to Teach Me About Being a Physician Executive
You Will Have to Move a LotI went to medical school in Cleveland and did my pathology residency in San Francisco at UCSF. I was on the medical school faculty…
Best Hospital Lists: Rating the Rankers
Hospital ranking systems have been getting more attention in recent years as the number of rankings has proliferated, and as patients, purchasers, health plans and the government have taken a…
EHR and Changing Healthcare Dimensions
Frank Quinn, Marketing Executive at CureMD discusses EHR and changing healthcare dimensions regarding the increasing adoption rates of EHRs Frank Quinn, Marketing Executive at CureMD discusses EHR and changing healthcare dimensions regarding the increasing…
Free Market Medicine
David Henderson explains: David Henderson explains:I was driving and so my wife got on the iPad and did a Google search. What came up was a site called “Just Answer.”…
Private Insurance Exchanges in the Mainstream
Employer-sponsored health insurance exchanges are featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal today, as Sears and Olive Garden’s parent start providing employees with benefits dollars to be…
Person-Centered HealthCare: How Decision Aids Help Patients
Last week, we heard from Trish Broome at LifeBridge Health and the use of social media to engage and educate patients. Last week, we heard from Trish Broome at LifeBridge…
Expect The Unexpected: Rajiv Mehta and the Caregiving Journey
Caregivers are a hearty lot. Social media can play a distinct supportive role in their activities. Most of us at some point in our lives will care for an…
Advancing Solutions and Addressing Cultural Barriers to Prevent and Better Manage Chronic Disease
Last Friday, the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD), in collaboration with WellPoint, proudly participated in the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 2012 Health Braintrust, an in-depth discussion on effective programs…
EMR-Wars: Attack of the Clones
Cloning (Photo credit: borkweb) Cloning (Photo credit: borkweb)A warning-shot from Medicare has advised healthcare providers that “cloned” medical records notes will result in payment denials, and the Dept. of Health…
Men Can Develop Breast Cancer Too: What to Watch Out For
What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you see or hear the term, “breast cancer?” Is it the image of thousands of women walking hand in hand…
