FDA’s Agenda for 2016: Biggest Issues on Agency’s Calendar for the New Year
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has great influence on a vast array of issues impacting the medical industry in the U.S. The decisions it makes in 2016 will have…
Staying on top of the technology trend: 4 things to learn from young healthcare professionals
Success in the healthcare field, like all consumer-driven business, is about marketing. That means not just attracting patients with excellent care and service, but carving out a niche in a…
10 Things to Know to Survive Your Medical Residency
You graduated medical school and are officially an MD or DO. The funny thing is, you may not feel ready to be responsible for other peoples’ lives just yet. But…
Transitioning To Electronic Health Records: From Financing To Implementation
Due to a combination of forces related to both technological advancement and requirements under the Affordable Care Act, more medical practices and hospitals are transitioning to electronic health records (EHR).…
Weekly Dose of Top 5 Healthcare Stories You Might’ve Missed
From our partner site, Healthcare Dive, we want to share the top 5 stories that readers were talking about and sharing last week. Since it was the first week of the…
How to Destroy Patient-Physician Relationships in a New York Minute
If there is one dominant factor that quickly erodes the patient-physician relationship, it is lack of respect—particularly a feeling of disrespect for the patient’s time.Patients have a limited ability to…
Why My Patient Left the Office
A patient came to the office and refused to see me, although I was quite willing to see him. I’ll present the scenario followed by the patient’s reason he took…
What’s the Glasgow Coma Scale?
The most common way to describe a person’s level of consciousness is called the Glasgow Coma Scale. It is the most common way to describe the level of consciousness in…
Know It or Not, the Competition is Drinking Your Milkshake
There’s no need to remind motion picture fans—which is nearly everyone—that the 2016 Academy Awards nominations will be announced next week…or that the annual glitz-and-glamour event is next month. (February…
Health Reward Stat of the Day – Jan 8
Higi study finds monitoring based on reward incentives can lower blood pressure and may create lasting behavioral changesHigi, a leading retail-based health and wellness platform, today released the findings…
