Developing a Diabetes Management Service
Last year, the AAMC held its first-ever Readiness for Reform Innovations Challenge, to which academic medical centers across the country submitted best practices. Three winning institutions were honored at the…
A Consideration – Putting On the Brakes So We Can Move Faster…
by Kevin FickenscherKevin Fickenscher, MD, CEO AMIA by Kevin FickenscherKevin Fickenscher, MD, CEO AMIARecently, in the May 30 opinion section of The Wall Street Journal, Scott Glottlieb and J.D. Kleinke…
Medical Costs Could Fall by $36 Billion Annually With Price Transparency
Medical Costs Lower with Price Transparency – Imagine That !In most markets around the USA, patients are incurring lower medical costs courtesy of a new wave of cash discounting…
mHealth & Multi-Compliance
Last week, Eric Wicklund, Editor of mHIMSS.org reported on new tools for physicians and patients to support payment processing and the ability to check insurance eligibility while using an iPad,…
The True Impact of the SCOTUS ACA Decision Will Rest with Voters
The tide of negativity continues to rule the buzz surrounding the forthcoming SCOTUS ruling on the the ACA’s constitutionality. Perhaps the most affected and monitored constituency of the ruling…
Minimum Dose, Maximum Speed
There’s been a lot of chatter at the annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging about radiation dosage. The society even released a radiation dose optimization…
The Supreme Court Decision on the Health Reform Law (has not yet been issued)
I am drowning in a deluge of blog posts, op-ed pieces, newspaper articles and more about the health reform decision that the Supremes have not yet announced. I am drowning…
The Ambulatory Long Block: Resident Training in a High-Functioning Clinical Microsystem
Last year, the AAMC held its first-ever Readiness for Reform Innovations Challenge, to which academic medical centers across the country submitted best practices. Three winning institutions were honored at the…
SCOTUS Ruling Imminent
SCOTUS ruling on the constitutionality of the ACA is Imminent. Can it be any easier to politicize this most divisive issue? On one hand, striking down the key provision…
ChickRx – Expert Medical Advice To Get Happy, Healthy & Hot
The best way to describe ChickRx, a new medical advice website, is to have you think about what would happen if WebMD met Cosmo. Instead of a dry, rather…
