California Health Budget Slash
Governor Brown surprise budget announcements. Major revisions will be made to California’s health safety net, with reorganization and downsizing big government. No doubt this will be unpopular in…
How is Gaming Changing the Landscape in Health Care? Part 2 | Joseph C. Kvedar, Center for Connected Health
Health care industry insiders answer the question: “How is gaming changing the landscape in health care?” Health care industry insiders answer the question: “How is gaming changing the…
Academic Medical Center Advertising: Pump Up the Volume
More academic medical centers are turning to national advertising, with many seeking to boost admissions of well-insured (or simply wealthy) patients from outside their local catchment areas. It’s hard to…
Making Sense of the French Silicone Breast Implant Scare
Europe’s debt and currency issues were briefly push Europe’s debt and currency issues were briefly pushed aside when France recently announced that about 30,000 women should have removal of substandard…
NIMS: Guidance for HPP 2012
The NIMS objectives for hospitals have been reduced from 14 to 11 and there is some new clarification and guidance. The changes, effective July 1, 2012, include: The NIMS objectives…
Video: What Will Healthcare Look Like in 2017?
Source: Dexigner Source: Dexigner Healthcare IT News recently sat down with healthcare decision makers Michael Manning, MD Medical Director, Murphy Medical Center, Greg Wolverton CIO ARcare, and James L Holly, MD…
Whistleblower Lawsuit Prompts Fed Action on Alleged Medicare Long Term Care Fraud
Posted in CMSCorporate Posted in CMSCorporateThe long term care marketplace is one of those sectors in healthcare delivery on the cusp of markedly innovative practices in this young century, buoyed…
Coleman’s Laws of Medicine
Dr Vernon Coleman qualified as a medical doctor in the UK many years ago ; and has published an excellent series of books on health and wellness. They are packed…
PFCD 2011 Year in Review & Looking Ahead to 2012
In an effort to raise awareness of the leading cause of death, disability and rising health care costs in our country, the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) worked throughout 2011…
Doctors Going Broke–You Can’t Even Give a Practice Away
That’s the word from MDs in southern California anyway from several of the ones I know and according to this CNN article it extends way beyond this geographical area. I’m…
