Sharecare Experts on Twitter Chat – Social Media Networking Event
Social Media Networking Event – @BarbaraFicarra Social Media Networking Event – @BarbaraFicarra Join me @BarbaraFicarra and @SharecareNow experts on 12/13 from 11am-1pm EST for a tweet-n-eat family health…
Physician Online Reputations: What Role for Hospitals?
Dr. Bryan Vartabedian has a thoughtful post on 33 charts about online reputation management. He begins: I spoke to a group of academic physicians recently. Afterward I was and asked,…
New Regulation Threatens Agents, HSA Plans
HHS recently issued its final standards on how to rebate money from insurance carriers that fail to reach the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) standards for 2011. This has sparked a…
Does Caffeine Reduce Depression?
@David Emmite, Getty ImagesAccording to the Huffington Post (HP), a Harvard Nurse's Health Study that looked at caffeine's effect on depression in over 50,000 women who worked in healthcare showed…
Hospital Leadership
I'm a student, educator and practitioner of leadership. Hummm, wonder if practitioner is the right word... I'm a student, educator and practitioner of leadership. Hummm, wonder if practitioner is the…
Healthyroads, Inc. Chooses Santech to Enhance Mobile Technologies for Total Health Improvement
SAN DIEGO (Nov. 29, 2011) – Healthyroads, Inc., the wellness subsidiary of national health services organization American Specialty Health Incorporated (ASH), announced that it has chosen Santech to help build…
Aaron Carroll Defends Retail Clinics
So almost 20% of people need to wait at least a week to see a doctor when they are sick. Try getting a same day appointment if you can. Or,…
5 Ways Healthcare Organizations Can Reduce Security Breaches
According to a recent study by Ponemon Institute, there is an epidemic in security breaches in healthcare organizations increasing over 32 percent in the past year costing an…
2012 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Important for Telemedicine
The recently published 2012 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule (November 28 Federal Register) contains an important provision that is moving us even closer to resolving the reimbursement issue related to…
Five Reasons Why Physicians Need to Use Social Media
EXCLUSIVE POST - Physician participation in social media is a health care imperative according to Dr. EXCLUSIVE POST - Physician participation in social media is a health care imperative according…
