Five Must-Read Articles From the Past Week
A new week means a new Diagnostic Reading. This week we’re looking at digital breast tomosynthesis, patient portals, how hospitals use cloud services, hospital safety, and the future of healthcare.…
Healthcare at the GOP debate
Look at my healthcare policy! Look at my healthcare policy!I didn’t watch the Republican presidential debate on CNBC, so I’m glad MedPage Today provided a synopsis of the healthcare discussion,…
The Emotional Side of Cancer
By Steven LewisEach year, more than 40,000 Americans are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and 95 percent die within 12 months. Many victims have been celebrities such as Steve Jobs, Patrick…
Use The Force: 4 Ways to Improve Orthopedic Service Lines
It would be hard to argue that there’s a more-anticipated movie in 2015 than “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.” After a somewhat disappointing reboot of the prequel trilogy…
When Should a Doctor Lose His License?
This afternoon, as I write this, a professional football player was ejected from a game for committing the transgression of unnecessary roughness. This infraction should be taken seriously in a…
Study Shows that a Glass of Wine Can Improve Diabetics’ Health
People who have been newly diagnosed with diabetes enter a brand-new phase in their lives -- one in which their entire lifestyle must change. From limiting sweets to monitoring blood…
Testing a new data model to support evidence-informed decision making
By Simon Hagens, Director of Benefits Realization (@infoway)Simon Hagens By Simon Hagens, Director of Benefits Realization (@infoway)Simon HagensA few months ago, Canada Health Infoway’s ImagineNation Data Impact Challenge put out a call to all…
eHealth collaborative brings health information technology home
Bringing health IT home Bringing health IT home Five years before the federal government launched the HITECH program to encourage adoption of electronic health records, the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC) was…
The Cost of a Credentialing Mistake
It is said that “Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.” This is, however, not true if mistakes are made when practitioners are on-boarded, credentialed/re-credentialed and…
Healthcare Marketing to the Millennial Mindset
If you’re going to reach Millennials, you must be where they are: online. That’s no earth shattering surprise, but can you actually break through the online clutter and connect? And…
