Social Media in Healthcare—Where is it Leading Us?
The following selection is from the blog “Occupy Healthcare” The following selection is from the blog “Occupy Healthcare”Do you remember when people had a family doctor that made house calls.…
Does the Healthcare Industry Need to Revisit ‘Marketing 101’?
Healthcare practitioners and technology developers alike are experiencing new pressures to either reduce delivery costs or to consider cost-effectiveness when developing new products. As an illustration of this new pressure,…
Helping Patients Communicate More Effectively About their Health
I'm much more involved in patient engagement these days, so I'm really pleased to share some tools that will help patients communicate more effectively about their health. We know that…
Interview/Podcast: Tim Fowler Discusses Bluetooth®-Low-Energy Enabled iPhone M-Health App Pt.2
Second part of this interview/podcast series, HIT Consultant speaks with Tim Fowler, Commercial Director, Wireless Division of Cambridge Consultants to learn more about: Second part of this interview/podcast series, HIT Consultant speaks…
Sinai Clinic Keeps You Running Right
You could say running is a way of life for 15-year-old Sam Silverman, a freshman at The Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore. She participates in track and says she’s played…
Working Together to Improve Health Outcomes While Saving Money
Recently, the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation launched Choosing Wisely, an initiative designed to encourage physicians (and their patients) to reconsider their use of 45 common medical screenings and…
If It’s Unnecessary, Who Cares Which Stent Is Better?
The Lancet in its latest edition has another “paradigm-shifting” study (its words) on whether invasive cardiologists should use bare metal or drug-eluting stents in people with coronary blockages. For those…
Blogging for National Healthcare Decisions Day: A Rally for Our Loved Ones and Ourselves
As part of National Health Care Decisions Day (NHDD), the Wing of Zock is participating in a blog rally to help those across America have conversations about advanced care with…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: mHealth and Social Networking in Rural Tanzania
Marc MitchellEXCLUSIVE POST - I first heard of Marc Mitchell and D-Tree International when I spoke with Jorge Fernandez about his conference, Apps on Health for a post in the…
Healing Environments
EXCLUSIVE POST - In light of our upcoming webinar, Transforming Patient Outcomes with Healing Environments, I decided to research the subject a bit for my own edification. There is a…
