Physicians to Lead ACOs, AMA Says
More details are forthcoming regarding ACO establishment and leadership. One of the key announcements is that 27 of the leaders of ACOs will be physician leaders. AMA Medical News announced…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: Spain and InShapeMoms
Kaisa Tuominen Kaisa Tuominen EXCLUSIVE POST - Kaisa Tuominen, Director and owner of Fitness Integral in Banyoles, Spain, is a 2005 graduate from Oregon State University with a B.S. in Exercise…
Can Long-Term Physician-Patient Relationships Be Bad For Your Health?
I wonder how many problems like non-compliance, usually attributed to “poor patient behavior,” actually stem from long-term physician-patient relationships in which both parties have just given up?You know what I mean…physicians…
Making Priority-Setting a Priority for Global Health
This is a joint post with Kate McQueston. This is a joint post with Kate McQueston.This week the World Health Organization made dementia a priority, while Jim Kim—next in line…
Duel Eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid Leads to Confusion
By Coleen Kivlahan, MD, MSPHDual. Usually “dual” reflects a positive state or condition: dual citizenship, dual degrees, dual ownership. But for the dual eligible’s, or “duals” those 10 million Americans…
How the iPad is Increasing Accuracy and Simplifying the Life of Physicians
After meeting with a patient, have you ever not been able to quite recall the exact patterns of each of their symptoms?Have you ever wished you could more accurately take…
Frivolous Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Targeted by Medical Justice
Whistleblower readers know my views on the perverse and dysfunctional medical liability system. Whistleblower readers know my views on the perverse and dysfunctional medical liability system. I have read numerous…
Physician Burnout: Three Symptoms, Three Phases, Three Cures
Physician Burnout – the Three Symptoms, Three Phases and Three CuresAre YOU in the Danger Zone and What You Can DO about it.In my work with physician burnout and…
Innovation: Aligning Physicians and Hospitals to Create Sustainable Health Care Delivery
According to a recent HealthLeaders Media Industry CEO report, the biggest strategic challenge facing hospital, health system, and physician group practice chief executives is care coordination and the continuum of…
Obesity Treatment Moving Toward Fragmented Clinical Approaches
The obesity market is on the verge of new product introductions (especially drugs) and will soon become more fragmented by treatment options and competitors. The FDA has relented in the…
