Diagnostic Reading: Five Must-Read Articles From the Past Week
In this week’s Diagnostic Reading we look at a new breast screening study, response time for stat mobile x-ray, consumers and healthcare technology, EMR adoption, and gamma imaging dense breast…
Health Reward Stat of the Day – Oct 16
SmartShopper, a program offered by health care data firm Vitals, works by offering financial incentives for about 40 categories of medical tests, from lab tests to some surgeries. The program gives…
NFL Money Backs Gathering In Pittsburgh Some Concussion Experts Calling A PR Stunt
The field of neuroscience, and the world at large, are struggling to answer how to protect and repair our most complex organ, the brain. As the science advances exponentially, policymakers,…
How many self-employed research associates does it take to change a light bulb?
I loved LinkedIn. I really do. The connections I’ve made on the platform have been useful for professional networking. I often use it to find industry experts, research job candidates,…
A Go Live of EPIC Proportions
In exactly two weeks my office will “GO LIVE” with Epic EHR (Electronic Health Record) 2015. In exactly two weeks my office will “GO LIVE” with Epic EHR (Electronic Health…
Bad Blood: Orthopedic Surgeons vs. Hospitals
If you have a radio, you’ve probably heard Taylor Swift’s most recent number one hit, “Bad Blood.” Swift was probably not talking about a workplace feud, but the song got…
Let’s stop calling flu vaccine for the elderly “High Dose”
How high is that dose? How high is that dose?From everything I’ve been reading, the higher dose flu vaccine is very effective for older people. But I’m concerned that the name,…
Medicare Rates Set to Soar
The Fed is talking about raising interest rates and now Congress so far has failed to find a way to stave off an unprecedented premium increase for millions of recipients…
How to Get More Mileage out of your Healthcare Content
With so much buzz surrounding the huge role of content marketing in reaching today’s healthcare consumers, one critical factor is often overlooked: the importance of quality over quantity. Sure, it’s…
Eliminating Risk with Independent Review Organizations & External Reviews
We’ve been talking a lot lately about how and where Independent Review Organizations, or IROs, fit into denial management. The Peer Review process, which brings in an unbiased third party…
