How To Increase Patients? Think Like A Patient (5 Quick Ideas)
Being a doctor and having to move to another state or another town can be frightening because you have to build your practice from scratch. Over the course of…
How To Find a Job in Home Health Care, Elder Care, or Aging Using Social Media
Believe it or not, the field of aging is where the jobs are. Believe it or not, the field of aging is where the jobs are.By 2020, 16% of adults…
Are You Using the Improved Google Health Tools?
According to 2011 comScore data, over 130 million people go online every month to search for health-related information. Many go to learn more about a symptom a loved one may…
Obama Signs Law to Regulate HIT – Someday
July 11, 2012, President Obama signed into law the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act. July 11, 2012, President Obama signed into law the Food and Drug Administration…
SoundBite Medical Device Connects with Teeth To Restore Hearing For Those Who are Deaf In One Ear
This is fascinating technology and is helping those who have lost their hearing in one ear. As mentioned, the company hopes to win Medicare approval. The FDA cleared the device…
Will Information Technology Squeeze Physicians Out Of Their Central Role In Health Care?
Not by a long shot if patients have anything to say about it.Turns out that while most of us (90%) would like be able to make a doctor’s appointment and…
Forget the Ambien and Prozac–Just Put Away Your Cell Phone, Part I
It strikes me as fairly incomprehensible how attached people are to their mobile phones–even in our family, which is of course a bastion of mental health. It strikes me as…
Hospital Ratings on Patient Experience
Yesterday I came across Business Over Broadway's really cool Map of US Hospitals and Their Patient Experience Ratings. Yesterday I came across Business Over Broadway's really cool Map of US…
DHHS: Does this lie make me look stupid?
There is pounding in my temples, my back muscles are in a spasm, and I might even be turning green and busting out of my clothes. What caused all this?…
The Importance of Physician Leaders in Medicine Today: Blazing a Trail to Better Healthcare
In today’s healthcare environment, nearly half of all new physicians are salaried employees of a hospital or healthcare system. Now, more than ever, physician leadership is of paramount importance. With increasing…
