Big Data Doctors: The Future of Healthcare and Business Intelligence
In the healthcare world, the term “big data” isn’t always cast in a positive light. Healthcare workers worry about being flooded by irrelevant information, resulting in alert fatigue and causing truly salient…
Social Media Mastery for Healthcare Marketing
Continuing Series: An excerpt from the forthcoming book by Mark Tager, MD, and Stewart Gandolf, MBA, for private practice physicians and healthcare administrators about reaching, recruiting and retaining private pay…
Federal Election 2015: A Vote for Health?
Almost simultaneously, yet separately, Joelle and Aurelia asked if I thought #hcsmca would be interested in talking about health and the upcoming federal election. They had never met, but agreed…
Cash for mammograms is ‘ethically troubling,’ JAMA article says
Summary: “Offering women money, paid time off, or other incentives to undergo mammography screening is ‘ethically troubling,’ contends the author of a viewpoint published in the September 8 issue of JAMA.…
Health Reward Stat of the Day – Sept 11
According to the 2016 Towers Watson “Emerging Trends in Healthcare” survey, employers are stepping up their focus on employee engagement and accountability:66 percent expect to develop a workplace culture…
Celebrating 125 years at Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center
LifeBridge Health is proud to celebrate the 125-year anniversary of Levindale! Levindale was established in 1890 in east Baltimore as the Hebrew Friendly Inn, a welcoming place for Jewish immigrants.…
This Month [August] in Telemedicine
This Month in TelemedicineModerated by: Jonathan Linkous Chief Executive Officer, American Telemedicine AssociationGary Capistrant Chief Policy Officer, American Telemedicine Association This Month in TelemedicineModerated by: Jonathan Linkous Chief Executive Officer,…
Cadillac tax or Yugo tax: Which one would be better?
Yugo Tax anyone? Yugo Tax anyone?The main provisions of the Affordable Care Act are already in place, but a pretty important one is slated for 2018: a 40 percent excise…
My New Adventure in the World of CLL
My adventure in the world of CLL started in February 2013, when during a routine physical, my physician noted that my white counts were “elevated.” Having a rather offbeat sense…
How a Cardboard Box Pays Tribute to 9/11
Six days after my 26th birthday, and 14 years ago tomorrow, Mom awoke me at 8:49 a.m. and said to turn on the TV. She said an airplane crashed into…
