Social Media Risks
ECRI has a fairly comprehensive overview and guide on social media that includes some great advice for hospital and other provider human resource managers. There is also an interesting bit of…
Can HealthCare Providers Afford to Ignore Social Media?
Social Media in HealthCare can no longer be ignored. There are simply too many benefits to providers and patients. Those providers or patients or potential patients who choose to ignore…
Healthcare Collaboration: A Dream for All
With the recent celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, we are reminded about his passion for the dignity of life and justice for all Americans. He would have turned…
Graduation Day from a Clot-Preventing Clinical Trial
It’s been six months since a warm, swollen right calf sent me to the emergency room at midnight. Ultrasound showed I had a blog clot in my right leg and…
2011 LTC Costs Met Life
The Met Life Market Survey of Long-Term Care Costs published recently. This survey, conducted in conjunction with LifePlans, Inc., contains daily private-pay rates for private and semi-private rooms in licensed…
Interview Podcast: Healthcare Cyber Security Issues in 2012 with Alan Brill Vol. 1
Alan Brill, Senior Managing Director at Kroll Alan Brill, Senior Managing Director at Kroll Recently the Cyber Security and Information Assurance Division of Kroll Inc. released their annual top 10…
Wellness Programs To Improve Health and Reduce Corporate Expenses
Some 80% of healthcare costs go to just a few very serious complex chronic diseases including the likes of diabetes and heart failure. But these are all largely preventable with…
Blue Button Download of Personal Health Data to be Expanded to Federal Employees and Their Families
Below is a little history on the Blue Button to include the HealthVault information that Veterans have been able to use as well. To me this is the way to…
The Government Takeover of Health Care That Isn’t
Among the wide array of hyperbolic complaints about health reform, the phrase “government takeover of the health care system” has always struck me as an odd one. It makes it…
Consumer Directed Health to Social Media…’Consumerism’ Has Become the Undeniable Force in Healthcare
Healthcare can no longer deny nor ignore the importance of social media. As a communication platform, it’s being used to educate, engage and empower consumers about topics ranging from legislation,…
