Major Forces Driving Medical Technology
In the medical technology arena, there are numerous forces and trends that persist year to year, only occasionally tempered by current economic or other events. The trends I outline below…
The Partnership with Patients Agenda
The Partnership With Patients Summit:The first patient summit in Kansas City supported by crowd-funding, designed using social media with art by Regina Holliday Patients, Providers and Health Professional from all over…
Why Every Hospital Physician Should Have a Nexus 7 Google Tablet
When you think of a doctor using a smartphone or tablet in the examination or operating room, the first device that probably comes to mind is an iPhone or iPad.…
Why Telehealth Consults are Better Than Face-to-face – Wisdom From Dr. Jay Sanders
Dr. Jay Sanders, founder of The Global Telemedicine Group, has been advocating telehealth for over 40 years! He is one of the founding members of the American Telemedicine Association. He…
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…
