Can We Squeeze the Waste Out of Medical Education?
Patricia Salber, MD, MBA, Principal, Zia Healthcare Consultants Patricia Salber, MD, MBA, Principal, Zia Healthcare ConsultantsI had a chance to “moonlight” in the internal medicine “drop-in” clinic at the Kaiser…
The Cloud in Healthcare – Top 10 Takeaways from iHT2 San Francisco
Last week, our media partners, the Institute of Healthcare Technology Transformation hosted their 2 day conference in San Francisco. An emerging leader in the HIT cloud market, Cloud Prime…
Do’s and Dont’s for Physicians on Facebook
So finally Social Media has hit the spot with doctors. Its the first form of technology which Doctors have adopted worldwide on their own( without pressure, incentives or kickbacks.) So…
What is ePrescribing?
ePrescribing(Electronic prescribing ) is the computer-based electronic generation, transmission and filling of a medical prescription,in effect automating the prescribing processes. E-prescribing allows a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant to…
How to Make Safer Decisions in Medicine
I love when an article I read first thing in the morning gets me to think about itself all through my morning chores and then erupts into a blog post.…
HealthCare Social Media Review: First Ever Edition!
Welcome to the First Ever! Edition of the HealthCare Social Media Review. Welcome to the First Ever! Edition of the HealthCare Social Media Review. First, I would like to thank my…
How To Create a Pinteresting Healthcare Social Media Strategy
EXCLUSIVE POST - A recent study revealed that Pinterest, the latest social networking site to take the social media world by storm, is now driving more traffic to websites and…
Infographic: EHR vs. Traditional Paper Records
There are many differences between electronic health records(EHR) and traditional paper-based medical records – probably more than you would expect. The benefits of an EHR are numerous when you compare…
Smart is the New Rich!
The world is changing.Fast. The world is changing.Fast.The equity that will matter most isn't green (as in money) but is grey (as in grey matter). As the world emerges from…
How You Look Affects How You Feel
With more than 11.5 million operations a year, Brazil is the world’s second biggest consumer of plastic surgery after the United States, but here there’s none of the kind…