Cravings
Put an electrode in that part of a rat’s brain, and it will become obsessed with stimulating those areas. When rats are allowed to push a lever in exchange for…
Wal-Mart and Your Health Care
It’s just a matter of time. As you exit your local Wal-Mart or SuperWalmart notice the Optometrist and the Optical Shop. Fairly soon you may also see ‘The Medical…
Dealing With Negative Feedback on Your Hospital Social Media
As healthcare marketers we often say vague things like “social media is a conversation” but what we really mean is, unlike traditional marketing and communication which were uni-directional, social media…
Does “Evidenced Based” Include the Blogs?
Via Austin Frakt, here is Dr. Herbert Chase, a consultant to the Watson project: Via Austin Frakt, here is Dr. Herbert Chase, a consultant to the Watson project: Patients have…
Who Runs the Nursing Home? CNA’s
The following is a guest post from Elizabeth O’Malley: With the advances in healthcare and surgery techniques, more adults are living into their eighties and beyond. Many are able to…
Debt Ridden Hospital in the UK Taken Over By Private Firm
The hospital was facing closure due to debt, and that sounds a lot like many hospitals in the US for that matter. It sounds like it was either outsourcing the
Which Types of Inequality Are Not PC?
Academic inequality is socially acceptable. It is perfectly fine to demonstrate that you are in the academic top 1 percent by wearing a Princeton, Harvard or Stanford sweatshirt. Ancestor inequality…
AMCs: The Journey from Idea to Action
This is a joint post with Kate McQueston November 12th is fast approaching and with it comes world pneumonia day. Unfortunately, pneumococcal diseases still pose an enormous global threat–remaining…
Are We Ready to Set Priorities for an AIDS-Free Generation?
Yesterday I attended the USAID and World Bank sponsored debate on “Treatment as Prevention,” where debaters were asked to support or oppose the proposition that countries should spend the majority…
Atlanta Occupy Location Tests Positive for Tuberculosis
In the last 3 months 2 people at the homeless shelter have been positive for TB when tested and since it is spread via the air, a move to a…
