EEOC Regs on Wellness Incentives: Progress, but Many Issues
On April 16, 2015, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) released proposed regulations to guide employers on designing their wellness programs and associated incentives in compliance with the Americans with…
EHR Interoperability: Let’s Stop Beating a Dead Drum
For the past many years, I’ve been strongly advocating that the best model for electronic health record interoperability is one that is cloud-based and puts the patient/citizen at the center.…
As a Physician Do You Have Adequate Financial Expertise?
Book Review – Physicians (and dentists, nurses, nurse practitioners, and other health care providers) need to understand money but most have limited financial expertise. No wonder and it’s not your…
Disruptions on the Yellow Brick Road
Part I: CycloneCyclones or tornadoes are awesome forces of nature. Winds spin into funnel clouds, roaring across the landscape, wreaking destruction. Dorothy and her dog were whirled from Kansas into…
ResearchKit: The Tip of the Iceberg
In March, during the much-anticipated Apple Watch keynote, Apple carved out a few minutes to announce ResearchKit, a system to enable faster and easier healthcare research. The announcement was received…
Clarifying the ICD-10 Implementation Process
CMS recently reported completion of successful end-to-end testing of new ICD-10 coding. CMS recently reported completion of successful end-to-end testing of new ICD-10 coding. This is sure to be a…
What Specialty Pharmacies Can Teach the Healthcare Industry
Patient Satisfaction: Behind the BuzzwordPatient satisfaction seems to be a major buzzword in healthcare, and with good reason: with the move toward value-based payments, the quality of care is going…
Wallet Burn and the Nasty Side of Pay-per-Click Advertising
On the surface, Pay-per-Click (PPC) advertising—sometimes known as cost-per-click—seems friendly enough. Advertisers only pay for the advertising space when someone clicks on the ad. On the surface, Pay-per-Click (PPC) advertising—sometimes…
Healthcare Hackathon for Caregivers
Caregivers of people with dementia face many challenges. To aid in problem solving for them, NCHICA, Northwest AHEC and Quintiles sponsored a healthcare hackathon on April 11-12, 2015.00:00 Open and…
E-cigarettes: The California Cooler of the 21st Century
Just a harmless, tasty treat? Just a harmless, tasty treat?If like me you came of age in the 1980s you remember the California Cooler, a sweet wine/juice combo that made it…
