A Starter-Pack of Tips for Social-Media-Shy Doctors
It seems that consumers have collectively decided about social media and health care. They’re in favor of it as an information tool and use in droves. More importantly, over 40…
Custom Publishing: Take Control of Your Brand
Communication with patients and potential patients is key to any healthcare facility’s success; it’s essential for branding and other marketing purposes. But unlike other industries – like retail and automotive…
Big Vertex Bonuses Seem Defensible to Me
Is that for me? Is that for me?The Boston Globe devoted its top story this morning to criticizing Vertex Pharmaceuticals for paying $54 million in retention bonuses to top executives…
Life Expectancies and Lethal Injections
Paving the WayThe TaoTwo stories converged unexpectedly in yesterday’s news. The first was an article in the New York Times discussing income inequality and shortened life expectancies. The other story…
Digital Tools to Maximize Your Fundraising Efforts
Money is essential in the world of medicine, especially for medical research. It can be the difference in updated technology – and saving a life. Money is essential in the…
Dying of Embarrassment
In his memoir On Writing, Stephen King tells the story of his mother's 1971 trip to Minnesota for her sister's funeral. On the plane, she begins to bleed. She's long since…
MediKidz: Super Heroes for Health Education
Dr. Kate Hersov was a Pediatrician with a problem that would take some Super Heroes to solve. She was working in New Zealand with children who had difficult health situations and no…
Do-It-Yourself Death Panel
How you feelin’ today, mom? How you feelin’ today, mom?Federal law allows states to recover Medicaid costs from heirs. This little known provision is getting more attention as part of the debate…
A Humble Opinion: Book Review
Book Review - Readers of my posts know that I am a strong advocate for primary care and especially a primary care physician (PCP) that provides each patient with sufficient…
