Looking for Lucrative Customers: Hospital Marketing Gets Serious
Are you commercially insured with cancer, heart disease or an orthopedic problem? If so, you are a juicy marketing target for hospitals, which drool over the prospect of high fee…
HealthCare Marketing: Context is Everything
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to talk with an innovative company about a new product. I make it a policy not to endorse any particular company or…
Primary Care Physicians – Why Wellpoint Wants to Pay You More
Primary Care Physician Pay – you ready for a raise? WellPoint recently launched a major new initiative to increase reimbursement for primary care physicians who keep patients healthier and…
A Better Way to Avoid Pregnancy
You know we have entered the silly season when a major national debate gets underway over whether people should be given something for free that they could easily pay for…
Caregivers Health a Concern in New Study
Caregiving Costs: Declining Health in the Alzheimer’s Caregiver as Dementia Increases in the Care Recipient released by the National Alliance for Caregiving shows a significant decrease in family caregiver health…
Five Questions to Ask Your Business Associates: #3 Policies & Technologies
Our third most important question to a Business Associate is: What policies and technologies are used to protect my applications and PHI data? Our third most important question to a…
How Europe is Growing Health Apps
EXCLUSIVE POST - Health and medical apps are growing at an incredible pace in the US. But what about Europe? Are there equally creative ideas going on across the pond? Fortunately,…
When Should a Doctor Fire a Patient?
His signature is, 'Your're Fired!'. His signature is, 'Your're Fired!'.Photo by Gage SkidmoreRarely, I have fired patients from my practice. Why do I do this? You might think that we…
Study: Emergency Dept. Performance Measure Quite Stable among Safety Net, Other Hospitals
Posted in CMSHealthcare Policy & The MediaKnowledge & MedicineScience & Research Posted in CMSHealthcare Policy & The MediaKnowledge & MedicineScience & ResearchAgainst the backdrop of the so-called safety net hospital…
Collaborative Care for Living Well with Chronic Disease
In observance of National Wear Red Day, Americans will wear red to show their support for women’s heart health. Poor heart health can lead to congestive heart failure, one of…
