Minnesota Announces New Strategies Dealing with Opioid Abuse
Minnesota has been a pioneer of sorts in the manner in which it approaches policies of addressing prescription opioid abuse. Minnesota has been a pioneer of sorts in the manner…
Using Smartphones to Check for Skin Cancer
A lot of mobile apps are just for fun, but some categories are really useful. The Atlantic has an impressive review of dermatology apps, and I encourage you to read it.…
High Doses Vitamin D May Prevent Fractures
Daily high dose vitamin D supplementation is effective in preventing fractures in the elderly according to researchers at Tufts University. They studied data from 11 randomized trials — comprising more than…
What Makes a Leader?
We can never talk enough about the concept of leadership, and I know that many of those bloggers who contribute to Healthworks Collective, and many of our readers, are already…
Person-Centered HealthCare: How to Become an ePatient
Last week, Joe Kvedar talked about the Quantified Self movement and the importance of self motivation to keep healthy. This week, I wanted to explore the ePatient movement and how…
Medscape Releases an Analysis of EHR Use by Physicians
Medscape recently released their assessment of how the trend toward deployment of EHRs is proceeding within the healthcare community. They had a total of more than 21,000 respondents across 25…
Unnecessary Health Care Expenditures
As reported in various sources last week including the Washington Post, the Institutes of Medicine (IOM) recently convened a Committee to explore how health care practitioners and providers can learn…
Can Decision Aids Help Lower Medical Costs?
The third-party reimbursement model drives up medical costs because patients miss out on the price signals that in a normal market would cause them to seek less costly alternatives and…
Concierge Medicine Will be Driven by Looming Doctor Shortage
I believe the projected doctor shortage caused by the Affordable Care Act will drive primary care into two opposite tracks I believe the projected doctor shortage caused by the Affordable…
