Hospitals Can Be Dangerous
Patient rooms were found to contain overflowing trash bins, excrement and blood. Hundreds of medications were improperly administered to patients. Dozens of beds remained empty despite crushes of patients seeking…
NYT: Social Media May Offer Avenues of Mental Health Disease Recognition & Treatment
I am not an aficianado of Facebook, though I do realize its appeal among the social media faithful — within and outside the discipline of medicine. Don’t get me wrong. I…
HIMSS12 Storified: TwitBits, Thoughts, Takeaways
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Siemens Moves into Health Information Exchange
EXCLUSIVE POST - Siemens Healthcare arrived with a major presence at HIMSS and major announcements as well. The first was the acquisition of an Health Information Exchange developer, MobileMD. MobileMD…
Online HealthCare: Understanding Search Engines to Improve Your Searches
A larger number of physicians are now relying on Google to help them find information sources to help them diagnose or treat their most difficult cases. A larger number of…
Health Insurance Industry Has Worst Customer Service – Survey Says
Health Insurance Industry ranked last of 18 industries surveyed in the recent 2012 Temkin Experience Ratings. Kaiser Permanente was the top rated health plan, the only plan to receive…
Biz Stone, Co-Founder of Twitter is Keynote for #HIMSS12
EXCLUSIVE POST - HIMSS made the unusual move of inviting Biz Stone, cofounder of Twitter, to be the keynote for the largest health IT conference of the year. Kicking off…
Stage 2 Meaningful Use NPRM Now Available
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for Stage 2 meaningful use was posted to the Office of the Federal Register today. The proposed rule outlines the next stage…
House Dems Attempt to Address Contraception Issue on Their Terms
Posted in CorporateHealthcare Policy & The MediaKnowledge & MedicinePolitics & The Law Posted in CorporateHealthcare Policy & The MediaKnowledge & MedicinePolitics & The LawIn response to the widely criticized all…
Searching Online for Health Information
Many Physicians nowadays are relying on Google to help them find information sources which help them diagnose or treat their most difficult cases. It's no surprise then that a large…
