Hospital Cost Reduction Efforts See Hope at the End of New Platform
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), almost one out of the every five dollars in America is spent on health care, resulting in close to $3 trillion spent in 2014.…
The All-Payer Claims Database: What You Need to Know
Summary: A friend told us the other day that the all payer claims database, also known as an APCD, is the answer to health cost transparency. By collecting the payment…
Your Keys to Safer, Even More Secure Healthcare Cloud Services
In my last HealthBlog post, I made the case that we need to focus more on simplicity in healthcare and health IT. Simplicity should be the watchword for solutions in 2015. Thus…
Your 2015 Checklist for The Joint Commission (TJC)
The Joint Commission’s review (TJC) is one of the most stressful times for any hospital. You never know the exact day that they’ll show up, but you’ll have a ballpark.…
Legislative History of Health Rewards: We’ve Come a Long Way
Today, financial rewards for driving patient and provider behavior have become a foundational element of any behavior change initiative. Today, financial rewards for driving patient and provider behavior have become…
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BioPharma Beat: Wearables for Health – A Mile Wide and an Inch Deep
I'm reporting from the third day of CES 2015 in Las Vegas. I have walked nine to eleven miles each day – with each of my two sensors reporting completely…
Congenital Hearing Deformities at the Brink of a Breakthrough
3D printing and 3D bioprinting in the field of medicine has done groundbreaking work, and a new team of scientists is close to the start of an exclusive trial that…
Doctors and Their Patients: Commitments to Caring
Root of the ProblemHumilityContrasts can be startling. The contrasts in physicians’ commitment to patients in our money-soaked system can be particularly stark. Even to those of us inured to unfairness,…
Leveraging Beacons to Improve Patient Experience
Have you ever walked into a busy healthcare facility and not know where to go or what to do? This inconvenience may be a thing of the past with the…
Top 7 Reasons a Busy Doctor Needs a Powerful Website
I recently bumped into a specialty practice that did not have a website. The Internet has become such a significant “front door” for healthcare providers and hospitals that having no…
