The Real Debate: Who Should Pay If Providers Fail to Curb Medicare Costs — Seniors or the Government?
Medicare has moved to the center of this year’s presidential campaign for a single overriding reason: shrinking the nation’s long-term government deficit demands dealing with health care costs. No one…
Elder Care Acronyms, DEBUNKED!: Your Pocket Guide to Confusing Healthcare Terms
When your healthcare provider speaks to you, do you feel your brain turn to jelly? When your healthcare provider speaks to you, do you feel your brain turn to jelly?As…
Young Americans May be Ready for Robotic Medical Assistants
When given the choice most people in their 40s or older prefer speaking with a live person to interacting with an automated system. But make people pay more for the privilege –as…
Health Records for Your Kids Now in the Palm of Your Hand
By the time a child becomes an adult, he or she will have seen about 18.7 different doctors, according to a Practice Fusion survey. Seeing that many doctors can make…
Pre-Diabetes Interventions at All Levels
The Wall Street Journal’s Health Blog reports that many health care providers are stepping up their efforts to assist patients in making the lifestyle changes necessary to ward off Type 2…
Low Risk of Shingle Re-occurence in Elderly
Shingles is a skin irritation disease that is caused by the same virus as the chicken pox. It is usually triggered by emotional stress, immune deficiency, cancer, or other illnesses…
Collaborative Care With Private Social Networks for Patients and Doctors
Private social networks for patients and doctors is a huge opportunity for improving the collaboration between doctors, patients and pharmaceutical companies. Pharmas don't do social media but they are world champs in…
Telemedicine ROI: A Needle in a Haystack
If your facility or practice is seriously considering a telemedicine program, you understand the meaning of the title of this blog post. Telemedicine Return on Investment articles are few and…
Making Patients With Devices Less Dependent on Doctors
New Medical Devices Get Smart in today’s Wall Street Journal tells an encouraging story about how patients with prosthetics are gaining more autonomy from physicians. It features a man who…
Issue Brief Finds Twelve States Have Obesity Rate Above Thirty Percent
A new issue brief released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) found that 12 states currently have an obesity rate above 30 percent. A…
