Grand Rounds on HealthWorks Collective!
I am honored and excited to be hosting Grand Rounds for the very first time! Recent hostings by Jennifer Dyer at EndoGoddess and John Mandrola at…
Look Out for These Medicare Scams
Beware Medicare ScammersThe web site Medical Billing and Coding has published Medicare Scams that you should be on the lookout for. The Poser Scam One of the more common ways…
Tips from Real Users on How to Succeed with Electronic Medical Records
There are important differences between the health care providers who truly reap the benefits of switching to EMR, and those who don’t. I’ve covered some of these differences before…
Targeted Therapies Improve Cancer Treatment – Sometimes Dramatically
The revolution in medicine brought about by greater understanding of genomics has led to a number of targeted therapies in cancer care. The basic concept is to first find the…
Prevention Axed To Pay for Doc-Fix
Would you sell your home’s storm doors to pay for this winter’s heating bills? That’s what Congress did Friday to pay for part of a 10-month “doc fix.” Would you…
Interview/Podcast:HIT Interoperability with Cameron Deemer, President at DrFirst Pt. 1
Cameron Deemer, Presdient at DrFirst For years DrFirst has been primarily known as a leader in the e-prescribing space and the only certified solution to e-prescribe controlled substances with…
Online Patient Communities Garner Interest at Social Media Week, Toronto
I was honoured to represent the healthcare sector at Social Media Week Toronto. For the SMWTO official lauch event, PulseCheck, organizers invited 10 representatives from 10 industries to present a 5-minute…
(Some) Docs Launch War on Overutilization
(Reuters)–A leading group of U.S. doctors is trying to tackle the costly problem of excessive medical testing, hoping to avoid more government intervention in how they practice. The American College…
Kick-starting Healthcare Innovation with TEDMED2012
Having just written about crowdsourcing for healthcare innovation, I was intrigued by a recent tweet for the TEDMED2012 Conference. Landing on the TED home page, I found myself selecting a…
Congress Has a Panel on Women’s Health and No Women Were Invited At the House Hearing – ”Default Topics” of Abortions and Birth Control Returned to the Floor
What were they discussing…birth control. Imagine a women’s panel with no women to add content. Nancy Pelosi was quick to jump on that one as well. The second panel had…
