Patient Portals. PHRs, & On-line Decision-Support Tools Alone Will Not Lead To Greater Patient Engagement
Patient engagement is getting a lot of attention these days, particularly in the health information technology press. Anticipation of Stage 2 Meaningful Use criteria is certainly driving much of the…
Are We on the Verge of a Primary Care Renaissance?
Written by Madelyn Young, Associate Content Writer at CareCloud.Twitter’s power as an information-sharing tool has made it today’s strongest measuring stick for emerging trends. If you visit the microblogging site…
Appropriate Use of Social Media and Social Networking in Medical Practice
The Federation of State Medical Boards has released Model Policy Guidelines for the Appropriate Use of Social Media and Social Networking in Medical Practice. It addressed the physician-patient relationship, professional and ethical…
Balloon Kyphoplasty in Spine Surgery Standing Out in Growth Markets
Technologies in spine surgery are, for the most part, growing in sales worldwide, but some technologies are seeing rather variable growth worldwide, particularly as driven by greater adoption outside the…
Keep ePHI on Secure Networks, Not Mobile Devices, Recommends OCR
2012 Healthcare Data Breach UpdateOf the 425 reported breach events to the OCR (Office of Civil Rights), two-thirds of all large breach cases involved loss or theft of information and…
ACOs and Patient Safety: Dos and Don’ts: Video
Proponents of ACOs hope increased care coordination will ultimately lead to improved patient safety. But getting there will require ACOs to address a series of regulatory, legal and structural hurdles,…
Engaging UCSF Residents in Quality, Safety, and Cost Reduction
By Robert Baron, MD By Robert Baron, MDEngaging residents and fellows in quality improvement and patient safety activities has become a goal for all GME programs and a reality for…
How Exercise Impacts Cancer Risk: Some Stats To Get You Moving!!!!
By Dr. Nalini Chilkov. By Dr. Nalini Chilkov.Dr. Nalini Chilkov, founder of The Amrita Institute for Integrative Cancer Care. This article was first published in the PeerTrainer website, and I…
Integrative Medicine Part II — Health Care of the Future
Is it possible that health care can become more effective, more personalized, more attuned to real health and wellness in a manner that truly benefits you the customer? At the…
What to Tell Our Kids About Cancer
Discussing cancer with adults can be difficult, but most adults have some experience with cancer and can relate to this in some way. How you discuss cancer with children is…
