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…
Video:Telemedicine on the Frontier
As rural providers work to expand access to care to far-flung patients, telemedicine is an increasingly essential component of those efforts. In this exclusive video interview, the leadership team at…
Patient Power: Many Miles Traveled, Many More to Go
I am writing this in flight across Canada. West to East. At Niagara Falls I will join a gathering of patients. I have met few of them but know many.…
What is the Value of Hope in Cancer Care?
We have all heard about cancer treatments that cost $100,000 or more, but only yield an average survival of a couple of months. Is it worth it, you may have…
6 Unique & Inspiring Ways To Use Pinterest In the Field of Healthcare
A few months back we posted an introduction to Pinterest – the now third most popular social network in the U.S. behind Facbook and Twitter. As it remains the talk…
