Hospitals Aim to Apply Direct Payments of Care Delivery to Increase Resources
A New York state hospital system is carefully laying the groundwork to essentially cut out the middleman, as it were, in an effort to constrain costs as it shores up…
3 Reasons You Should Shake Sugar Out of Your Diet
It's sweet, delicious and makes you feel so good! Unfortunately, sugar is also one of the primary reasons for obesity in the United States. As wonderful as sugar may taste,…
Continuing Physician Education: A Key Lynchpin in Quality Care
In doing some recent research regarding the latest innovations in decision support tools, I ran across a 2005 article published in the American College of Physicians. Their report found that…
How to Use the Multiplier App
Back in April we told you about the amazing new Multiplier App that was developed by the International Center for Limb Lengthening at the Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics at
Mobile Health Around the Globe: What’s Happening in mHealth in Australia
National eHealth System National eHealth System Australia is currently moving towards a government initiated eHealth care system with secure electronic health records that can be accessed through mobile phones. A…
StethoCloud–A $20 Stethoscope Attachment for a Smartphone to Diagnose Pneumonia In the Works
This won the Final of the 2012 Imagine cup in Australia. The Imagine Cup is where students compete in regional areas around the world and the winners advance to the…
The Best Twitter Responses to the ICD-10 Delay
Roundup of the best twitter responses to the ICD-10 Delay Roundup of the best twitter responses to the ICD-10 Delay Last Friday, the HHS announced the final rule that changes the…
An Electronic Health Record misAdventure
We thought we were ready. We had all our training. The staff was pumped. The doctors were apprehensive but willing. Tuesday morning "GO LIVE" began. Fortunately the hardware folks just happened to…
A House Panel’s Outrageous Move to Keep Patients in the Dark
We know that research can be very informative to decisions we make regularly; from what car to buy, to what schools are right for our children, to what home insurance…
