Meaningful Use Guide for Radiology
This document has been prepared by Merge Healthcare Incorporated and Center for Diagnostic Imaging for their customers. ©Copyright 2011 Merge Healthcare Incorporated and Center for Diagnostic Imaging. This document has…
Do You Really Understand What it Means to be Uninsured in America?
The Kaiser Family Fund (KFF) has developed a quiz that helps you understand the uninsured and the consequences of not having coverage. It is worth taking the quiz because you may…
iMedicine: The Influence of Social Media on Medicine
iMedicine: The Influence of Social Media on Medicine was the topic of the day-long 27th Annual Physician Student Awareness Day (SPAD) held on April 24, 2012 on the campus of…
Two-Factor Authentication to Meet HIPAA and PCI Compliance
What is Two-Factor Authentication?The simplest example may be the use of an ATM/debit card – this combines two factors; one is something you own (the card) and the other is…
How Doctors and Patients Do Harm!?
Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society, has a new book, “How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick In America.” He’s the…
Chocolate: it does a body good
Now this is my kind of study. Now this is my kind of study.Dark chocolate may lower your risk of heart disease by lowering levels of blood glucose and bad…
It’s Easy Bein’ Green At LifeBridge Health
Many of us may plan a ramen-noodles-every-night budget, but all we really need to do is make a few tweaks to our daily routines. “Go green” isn’t just Captain Planet’s…
Did the Supreme Court Hearings Change People’s Minds About the Affordable Care Act?
The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) has published its April 2012 Health Tracking Poll that assesses the public’s knowledge and attitudes about the Affordable Care Act. This is the first KFF…
Genomics: A Transformational Megatrend
Genomics promises to fundamentally change much of medical care as described in the two prior posts on this subject. But the ultimate value of this new understanding of basic human…
The Technology Corner: 3 Companies That Could Eradicate Ebola Virus
To the scientific community, the Ebola virus is one of the most noxious pathogens identified to date. To the general population, the virus is dreadful, made especially frightening in pop…
