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…
Primary Care Workforce Shortage: Possible Solutions
In Matching Supply to Demand: Addressing the U.S. Primary Care Workforce Shortage the National Institute for Health Care Reform observes that the primary care workforce expansion components of the Affordable…
HealthCare News Blurbs
Nine in ten Americans who have ever made food-related New Year’s resolutions have broken them. Anti-obesity ads shame fat kids. Martinis and beer may be just as effective at extending…
How is Gaming Changing the Landscape in Health Care? Part 1 | Fabio Gratton, Ignite 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…
2012 – Year for mHealth?
I received several items in my email regarding different organizations’ proclamations for 2012. Most of them predict that 2012 will be the year for mHealth to ‘break-out.’ Here are 5…
Hospital Robot Disinfects Rooms
This is pretty neat and there’s a case study about how it works to stop the spread of C Diff and other germs and bacteria that exist in hospitals. Send…
Webinar: 3M ICD-10 Imperatives for Education and Code Translation
The following recorded webinar will provide insight into 3M’s Translation Management tool and ICD-10 training program. The first 30 minutes of the webinar reviews 3M’s Translation Management tool with…
Mayo Clinic Video–Know Your Numbers Blood Pressure, Lipids and BMI
To really appreciate this you need to be a baby boomer and remember the song and this To really appreciate this you need to be a baby boomer and remember…
Employee Makes Fun of Patient on Facebook
When will our employees learn not to identify patients on Facebook or any other social media site. This recent example goes beyond a simple error in judgment to a complete…
