Report: Childrens Healthcare Spending Outpacing Adults
Posted in Knowledge & MedicinePharma & DevicesPolitics & The LawScience & Research Posted in Knowledge & MedicinePharma & DevicesPolitics & The LawScience & ResearchPer capita spending on children’s health care…
Folding
There are a few members of the press who are also members of the Walking Gallery. Over the past year I have asked many to join us in this movement,…
Michigan Harnesses Telemedicine Technology
This may have escaped your notice this week due to the July 4th holiday, but the state of Michigan has joined 13 other states in how it treats claims for…
Social Media in Healthcare: The Modern Link to Effective Patient Engagement
Dorland Health has a new report titled Social Media in Healthcare: The Modern Link to Effective Patient Engagement and it is approved for continuing education credit. It is a really good…
2012 HIPAA Violations and Audits
In August, I wrote a blog post on 2011 HIPAA Violations and Audits and created an infographic representing the type of breach by percentages. Now over a year later, it’s time…
It Pays to Be a Boy–and a Radiologist
I think my readers have guessed by now that I like my research down and dirty. From journals with high impact factors, with lots of statistics and graphs, and a…
The Connected Elderly: Improving Their Health
No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.. . .Any man’s death diminishes me. . . because…
Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Are A Major Threat – Preventing Transmission is Critical
Imagine a person that develops an acute problem that requires hospitalization and even a time in the ICU. Serious but something that modern medical care can deal with and cure.…
How American Independence Created a New Kind of Patient
First posted on e-patients.net on 7/3/2012The empowered patient, skeptical of professional authority, is not a new phenomenon: he was actually created by the American Revolution. First posted on e-patients.net on…
Addendum to Posts on How to Get Support Online–For Any Illness: patientslikeme
A quick but relevant addition to the posts on online support for medical conditions, if I may (see, for example, today’s “Getting Support for Bipolar Disorder A quick but relevant…
