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…
Medicare Fraud/Abuse: Don’t Do It
Many of our readers are not health professionals, and they are observers of our (their) wounded health system. The following stories such as these point out how sociopaths impact the…
Colbert Takes on “Debt Panels” AKA Accretive Health
Watch this video to the end to see Colbert hilariously skewer Accretive Health, the “hospital debt collection” company under fire for its Revenue Cycle Management practices Watch this video to…
