Ebola Prevention Measures Likely Will Have Long Term Benefits
In light of the recent Ebola panic that has been racing across the nation from Texas to Maine, hospitals nationwide are beginning to review or create protocols directly related to…
Pre-habilitation: Effective Preventative Medicine for Rehabilitation
If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, what can a knee bend do? The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons recently answered this question with the results of a…
The Concerns of BYOD in Healthcare
Mobile devices and recent tech advances have simplified a lot of areas in our lives. Being able to communicate and access data from anywhere is fantastic, not to mention all…
Telehealth at Mercy Health: Podcast Interview with CFO/EVP Strategy Shannon Sock
https://healthbb.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/shannon.mp3 https://healthbb.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/shannon.mp3Shannon Sock, Mercy Health CFO & EVP of StrategyToday’s Center for Connected Health Symposium #cHealth14 featured a high-powered panel discussion with top executives from Wellpoint, American Well, and the VA…
The Effectiveness of SEO vs. PPC in Physician Marketing Plans
It’s bad enough that healthcare professionals have to learn medical and pharmaceutical terminology, deal with insurance system overhauls, and cost-efficiently manage a practice. Now they are also expected to become…
Utilization Review vs. Utilization Management
Utilization Review versus Utilization Management? Although the two terms are often used in the same way and to mean more or less the same thing in healthcare, the two concepts…
Ebola: Are We Relying on EHR to Tell the Story?
Ebola — this word has its own hashtag, millions of tweets, hundreds if not thousands of articles in the past month, and the power to frighten many people. Fear is…
Cancer Social Media: A Story of Wins and Losses
Social media that connects me with other people with cancer—especially the specific cancers I have dealt with—has been a godsend to me. Social media that connects me with other people…
Ebola: Chronicle of a Debacle Foretold
Paths to Caring?Ebola is a harrowing disaster in West Africa, killing thousands and leaving devastated families in its wake. Ebola is a surreal debacle in America. Leaving outraged politicians and…
Social Media Safety: Virtual Connections Provide Realtime Results
Natural disasters including hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, earthquakes or even pandemics like the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Liberia can change lives forever. Back just 20 years ago when these types of…
