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…
Things Aren’t Always As They May Seem: The Challenge of Diagnosing and Treating Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Recently, television personality Rosie O’Donnell was in the headlines after suffering a heart attack. Her presentation with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) was atypical; her symptoms were different from the traditional symptoms…
Innovating The Nurse Practitioner Role in Chronic Disease Management
In a special Health Affairs report, Rachel Garfield, PhD, of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, and Anthony Damico, PhD, of the Kaiser Family Foundation, determined that Medicaid’s…
Invasion of the C.Diff
I often do things that frustrate my children. Whether is singing loudly off-key or ruffling their hair in front of their friends, my response to their complaint is always the…
Forecast Looks Clear for Cloud Computing
According to a MarketsandMarkets report entitled “Healthcare Cloud Computing Market – Global Trends, Challenges, Opportunities & Forecasts,” the global healthcare cloud computing market is projected to increase to a value…
Equipping EMS Workers: Trying to Create an ER on Wheels
Cardiac arrest kills nearly 300,000 people per year in the U.S. Of these victims, more than half die within two hours, sometimes long before ever arriving at a hospital –…
Most Patients Who Contact Telenurse Follow Advice
According to a study conducted by Dr. Bev Williams, associate professor at the University of Alberta in Canada, most patients who called a telephone health advice line known as LINK…
