The Buck Doesn’t Stop Here
America's Health Insurance Plans commissioned consulting firm Oliver Wyman to make some predictions about what will happen to health insurance once the Affordable Care Act is implemented. According to the…
What is Meaningful Use?
The purpose of the Healthcare IT incentive program is not static adoption of EHRs. The program has been devised in a manner that incentivizes only the “meaningful use” of your…
How Healthcare Reform Will Change Healthcare Communication Forever
As an agency that works primarily with healthcare clients, I think we can say with some authority, healthcare communications has always been about increasing the bottom line. That's not to…
Project Diabetes 11.11.11 Ideas
Over at Diabetes 11.11.11, I have started to list some ideas for Project Diabetes 11.11.11. Please go check them out, as there is only 6 days to GO!!! Feel free…
Hospital Social Media Success: Even More Attention Than Expected
Hi Christina, If you don’t mind, I’d like to share a real success story we recently experienced. I continue to enjoy your blog and the insights on Twitter. Keep…
Ranking Health Aid Quality: Worthwhile or Waste?
This is a joint post with Denizhan Duran. This is a joint post with Denizhan Duran. Two months ago, we set out to create an index that measures the quality…
Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: A Surgeon Makes the Case (podcast)
Open surgery is still the most common way to perform a hysterectomy, even though minimally invasive approaches could be used in most cases. In this podcast, Dr. Robert Darrow of…
California Hospital Association Sues HHS
Governor Brown signed a new law that is retro-active to June 1st, and the federal government approved, so does this mean hospitals and doctors will have to pay back payments…
November is National Family Caregiver Month
In 1994, the National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) began promoting the celebration of family caregivers during the week of Thanksgiving. President Clinton signed the first presidential proclamation in 1997 and…
Will State Health Information Exchanges Cross State Lines?
This is a great article written by Josh Israel and Kimberly Leonard from iWatchNews that addresses the interoperability of state health information exchanges ability to communicate with other states and…
