Storytelling Enhances Content, Connections and Compliance
A highly successful internist we know frequently enhances his doctor-patient encounters with low-key, casual (but purposeful) chitchat. It turns out that the friendly anecdotes always have a useful healthcare punch…
Are House Calls for You?
Not sure which practice model is right for you? An increasing number of physicians are looking toward a growing specialty that has its roots in the past. If you don’t think…
10 Ways to Build a Better Physician Reputation
Even the most carefully constructed 37-page Curriculum Vitae is a sure-cure for insomnia. Other than the doctor who compiled the CV, it’s common for heads to droop after the first…
The Latest on Burnout in Healthcare: What You Can Do
Physician burnout is getting worse. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic conducted a survey of physicians in 2014 and compared the results with a similar survey done in 2011. Their suggestions for improving…
Monitoring for Deteriorating Conditions
Monitoring patients at risk of a deteriorating clinical condition (DCC) is a growing patient monitoring need in almost every hospital. Here’s why… For many years, the need to monitor patients…
Can Cannabis Treat ADD or ADHD?
Among the plethora of conditions that cannabis has been known to treat, scientists are just finding out that ADD and ADHD are two of them. In fact, it is becoming…
Is Generally Regarded as Safe (GRAS) safe enough?
What did I eat? What did I eat?Unlike most people exposed to the Frontline investigation of supplements and vitamins, I really didn’t find it shocking that a lot of supplements are dangerous and that…
The Singularity of Hospital Branding Success
If today’s patient-now-informed consumer isn’t at the center of your branding universe, you don’t have an effective brand.In the rarified world of physics and mathematics, “singularity” is a point at…
The Internet as a Resource for TBI Patients and Their Families
The Internet is an excellent resource for a wide range of medical information, including traumatic brain injury. There is a wealth of information, personal stories, and more that TBI patients…
Health Literacy: The power of infographics for patient safety
In 2008 The HELP Project of Bellevue Hospital released results of research on medication administration by caregivers of young children. They found that graphics instead of text heavy narratives resulted in…
