Medical Megatrends Stem Cells – Part III
A cure for spinal cord injury? Diabetes? Macular degeneration? Hope or just hype? A cure for spinal cord injury? Diabetes? Macular degeneration? Hope or just hype? There are now some clinical…
Minnesota Community Measurement and Consumer Reports Publish Physician Ratings
Minnesota Community Measurement (MNCM) and Consumer Reports (CR) have teamed up to publish ratings of physician practices on diabetes and cardiovascular care. The MNCM/CR ratings are based on objective, quantitative…
Mayo Clinic Driving Innovation to Improve Quality
Kaiser Health News reports that improving quality and lowering costs are driving a new Mayo Clinic strategy aimed at helping hospitals and physician groups work together more effectively. In the past year,…
How to Reduce Hospital Acquired Infections in Your Facility
Multiple C. difficile outbreaks throughout 2011 made headlines and caught the attention of consumer watchdogs. One investigation led by the consumer reports program CBC Marketplace looked into the unsanitary conditions…
(Crowd)Funding Patients to Attend Medical Conferences?…Now That’s a Great Idea
I’m a physician and have spent a lot of time over the years attending Medical Conferences talking to my colleagues about stuff we can do for and to patients. As…
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…
