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…
Philosophy of EHR: Form and Function
Written by Ahmed Mori, Content Writer at CareCloud Written by Ahmed Mori, Content Writer at CareCloud According to philosopher Monroe Beardsley, aesthetic soundness depends on function within a particular context.…
Reglan and Tardive Dyskinesia: Medical Malpractice or Guilt by Association?
There was phone message on my desk to call a lawyer. There was phone message on my desk to call a lawyer. I had no idea what he was seeking,…
Social Media and Meaningful Use
Jennifer Dennard talks about “Blowing the Social Whistle on Patient Acquisition” Jennifer Dennard is Social Marketing Director for Atlanta-based Billian's HealthDATA, Porter Research and HITR.com. Connect with her on Twitter…
Your Genes Need Not Be Your Fate: Nutrigenomics To The Rescue
Are you concerned about a family history of heart disease? Or cancer? Worried that you genes will be your fate? We know that good dietary habits are generally good for…
Imagine a World Where mHealth, Telemedicine and EMRs Integrated Seamlessly
With the close of the American Telemedicine Association’s 2012 Conference and Exposition this week, I have seen a number of articles regarding the confluence of tele and mobile health…
Doctor/Patient Relationship: Too Much Information, Too Little Communication
One of the biggest problems with health care today is that there is way too much information and way too little communication going on between providers and patients.Here’s a great…
Why Does Fraud Happen?
Bernie Madoff; looks like anybody's grandfather. Bernie Madoff; looks like anybody's grandfather. Is Bernie Madoff inherently evil? Certainly his victims think so. But a more interesting question is what went through his…
