Using Facebook to Market Your Medical/Dental Practice: Social Networking for Doctors
Most businesses today realize that an effective Facebook presence is an absolutely necessity. Social networking for doctors is no less important. Attention-grabbing Facebook content can greatly increase the number…
It’s National Nurses Week. Check Your Nursing IQ.
National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6th and ends on May 12th, Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Across America, registered nurses are being saluted for their dedication and commitment to…
The WiFi Revolution in Healthcare IT
Written by Irene Froehlich, Director of Marketing at Dr FirstHealthcare is on the verge of a revolution in mobile technology thanks to WiFi. Written by Irene Froehlich, Director of Marketing…
Mass. Proposes Plan to Cut Acute Healthcare Costs
Posted in CorporateHealthcare Policy & The MediaKnowledge & MedicinePolitics & The Law Posted in CorporateHealthcare Policy & The MediaKnowledge & MedicinePolitics & The LawMassachusetts state lawmakers have introduced a bill that…
Trouble in Telepresence
I get the feeling that Jeff Cavins isn’t on the Cisco or Polycom Christmas card list. Not after the “guest post” for the online version of Forbes Magazine. I get…
10 Most Overhyped Health Products on the Market
The notoriously ubiquitous "hand sanitizer" The notoriously ubiquitous "hand sanitizer"Health products are notorious for making bold claims that are often bold-faced lies, but it doesn’t take much for a person…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: The Future of mHealth in the EU
Roberto Ascione Roberto Ascione EXCLUSIVE POST - Roberto Ascione is a physician and marketing specialist from Italy. He founded his first company, Healthware in 1996. This company was acquired by Publicis…
Robotics Are Revolutionizing the Delivery of Medical Care
EXCLUSIVE POST - Does your surgeon actually stand by the operating room table anymore? Is there a scrub nurse present? What about the surgeon’s hand tremor and his low back…
The Electronic Medical Record Doesn’t Tell You the Story
By Karen Sibert, MD By Karen Sibert, MDOne morning recently, I found another physician standing morosely at one of the mobile computer terminals we refer to as “cows”—computers on wheels—that…
Nothing About Me Without Me – Participatory Medicine, Meaningful Use, and the American Hospital Association
Meaningful Use Stage 2 regulations were released in March by CMS and ONC. Over the past month or so, I've been working with other members of the Society for Participatory…
