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…
Doctors in Australia Will Please Maintain Silence on Social Media.
The Americans never got it right in healthcare anyways. The Canadians have a beautified version of the same. The Europeans have their hearts in the right place and are still…
Blood Cancer Awareness Month: Awareness Alone Is Not Enough
This month (September) is Blood Cancer Awareness Month. It’s pretty personal for me since I have lived with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) since 1996. When I was diagnosed it was…
Protecting Seniors From the West Nile Virus
This year marks the country’s worse West Nile virus outbreak since 1999. The CDC is now reporting over 1,993 nationwide across 38 states, including 87 deaths. This year marks the…
Prostate Cancer Awareness: Detection and Treatment
Stanley M. Redwood, M.D. FACS Stanley M. Redwood, M.D. FACSProstate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed type of cancer in American men. According to the American Cancer Society, “About 1…
Mitchell Poll Reveals that Boomers will Purchase Health Care Apps
How important is social media to mobile health apps? Very, according to Mitchell Research, a national polling company based in East Lansing, Michigan. Susie Mitchell is founder of MitchellPR…
Demanding More From Medical Homes
Published 9/4/12 in Medical Home News Never confuse motion with action. Benjamin Franklin Published 9/4/12 in Medical Home News Never confuse motion with action. Benjamin Franklin A reporter called the other day to tell me…
