Why You Should Perform a HIPAA Risk Assessment
A core element in preventing breaches is a healthcare-compliant risk assessment. However, the most obvious reason that a risk assessment that meets the parameters of the Health Insurance Portability…
3 Ways Stress Management Therapy Can Reverse Effects of Cortisol
Cortisol is the hormone your body produces under stress. It is part of our fight or flight survival system. While this hormone can provide the push you need to…
Medical Data & Patient Privacy: An Update
When it comes to the handling and dissemination of patient information, is it possible that a free market and data privacy are incompatible? The short answer, unfortunately, is yes.…
The Surprising Connection Between the Microbiome and Childhood Development
Remember playing in the dirt when you were young? Did you ever get in any mud fights? Remember laughing as the family dog licked ice cream off your face?…
Senior Living Communities Evolving to Meet the Needs of Baby Boomers.
Baby boomers are changing the face of senior living. While previous generations were content to retire quietly and humbly, this generation is very active, even after being admitted into…
Tragedy in Numbers: 5 Facts About Medical Malpractice
Doctors and medical professionals have a professional obligation to provide their patient with a level of care that promotes the health and well-being of the patient. This understanding is…
The Complicated Rise of Interventional Cardiologists
Cardiac surgeons and cardiologists are at war. In one corner stands the surgeons, representing the traditional approach to heart health. In the other corner stand the interventional cardiologists, doctors…
The Outreach Mindset: How Doing Crisis Care Improves Medical Practice
TV medical dramas may not be the most accurate representation of what goes on in our hospitals, but in season 9 of Grey’s Anatomy, the doctors of Grey-Sloan Memorial…
Nanobots: The Bright Future of Surgical Robotics
The use of da Vinci Surgical System is no longer a news to the healthcare sector, but the artificial assistant-based robots and nanobots are next big thing in surgical robotics…
How are people successfully handling work-related injuries?
When an employee gets injured while on office premises, a sequence of procedures need to be pursued immediately. When you are confronted with an unpleasant situation of this kind,…
