“To be Effective, Patient Engagement Must be Defined”
By: Waco Hoover, CEO, Institute for Health Technology Transformation By: Waco Hoover, CEO, Institute for Health Technology TransformationIn April 2011 the Institute released a research paper on patient engagement entitled,…
Calcium Supplements May be Bad for Your Heart. Or not.
I feel caught between the proverbial rock and hard place. A new study just released in the journal Heart shows that calcium supplements — the type that many women take…
A New, Improved Genetic Code? You Betcha!
What if I told you that in the not-too-distant future, scientists could make antibodies that are 100 times more effective than the ones nature provides, or that they could create…
Unhappy Doctors
According to the survey, only 54% of physicians would choose medicine as a career if they had to make the decision again as opposed to 69% in the previous year.…
Meaningful Use Top 10 – iHT2 Special Report
Recently the Institute for Health Technology Transformation conducted an analysis of the most current data sets provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs…
#Doctors20 & You Conference: #mHealth, #ePatients, #Collaboration
Doctors 2.0&You succeeded in bringing together interested intelligent healthcare thinkers from all over the globe to talk, connect, and collaborate on mHealth issues for 2 days in the beautiful…
Action Item: We Need Open Access to Scholarly Research Now – A Petition to Sign
Thanks to Lesa Mitchell of the Kauffmann Foundation for alerting me to this issue at the Rock Health/XX Women in Healthcare 2012 Retreat. Please, dear readers, take the time to…
Reducing Fragmentation in Patient Care NOW not Next Year
I do not recommend doing this, but today I attempted to listen to two Webinars at the same time. One was also tweeting the discussion and the other had very…
Kicking That Smoking Habit, Social Style
Many smokers are taking a new approach to kicking the habit. It’s not the patch. It’s not the gum. It’s moral support through social media channels. Many smokers are taking…
Interview: Why I Choose To Be Active in Medicine and Social Media
The Intersection of Medicine and Social Media:I had a fun the other day being interviewed by The Feed Agency regarding my online presence and why I am active in digital…
