Study: Many Medicare Beneficiaries Obtain Surgeries in Last Year of Life
A new study out of Harvard finds that approximately a third of all Medicare beneficiaries in the last year of life chose to have a major surgical procedure. The operative…
Health and Wellness Programs: Medicine or Marketing?
There’s a new term that has entered the medical lexicon. The word is wellness. Hospitals and medical offices are incorporating this term into their mission statements, corporate names, business cards,…
Using Information Therapy to Put Patients First
All of us will be patients some day. What can we do to ensure that we get the best medical care when we fall ill?Information Therapy – the right information…
Hospitals No Longer Non-Profit?
Hospitals in the United States are a mix of for-profit and non-profit entities. The latter group gets a big benefit in the form of being exempt from taxation. To qualify,…
Health Barometer – Youth Lead the Way
In an excellent presentation on the Health Barometer, international survey results, exploreing “how social interaction and technology can spread good health. One of the findings is that the Activitists in…
It’s Not Just a Job….
Learn more about It’s Not Just a Job…..There are so many reasons I enjoy coming to work everyday… Every patient who walks in and thanks myself and my staff for…
The Threat to Legalized Cannabis
Some states have legalized the growth of marijuana for medical purposes. Other states have bills proposing the same laws.Sources, including the AP, are reporting the Department of Justice plans…
Cialis Approved by the FDA for Enlarged Prostate–But It’s Not Cheap
If a man is unfortunate enough to suffer from this condition, there’s relief in more ways than one it appears and Lilly will be pushing it. There are other drugs…
E-patients – Engaged, Empowered, and Enabled : One Patient’s Story
It’s fitting that in a book which talks about how we can use Information Therapy to put patients first , the last word goes to the most important person in…
The USPSTF Finally Acts on Prostate Cancer Screening Test
Two-and-a-half years after studies appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine questioning the efficacy of routine prostate cancer screening for middle-aged men, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force finally…
