Trashing Charlie Baker on Outsourcing: Uncalled For
Charlie Baker (R), candidate for Governor of Massachusetts Charlie Baker (R), candidate for Governor of MassachusettsThe mud-slinging continues in the campaign for Governor of Massachusetts. This time Democrat Martha Coakley is…
Health IT: A Rapidly Changing — and Lucrative — Industry
As technology plays an increasingly important role in reshaping the public healthcare system, there is a naturally an increasing demand for health IT specialists. Health IT specialists are different from conventional…
Clinical Documentation Improvement: Why Care About Synoptic Reporting?
Synoptic reports provide a more complete view of a patient’s condition than is generally achieved with longer narrative formats. Synoptic reports provide a more complete view of a patient’s condition…
Beyond the Buzz: The Beginners’ Guide to Healthcare Blogs
In an earlier Beyond the Buzz column, I outlined 7 reasons that healthcare professionals should blog. If it inspired you to start your own blog but you aren’t sure…
Can You Afford Readmission Penalties in 2015?
CMS recently released the final regulations for 2015 in regard to
Patient and Family Advisory Council: Lessons Learned
I recently set up a patient and family advisory council to address safety and quality concerns from the patient/family perspective. Creating an organizational structure that would fit within the culture…
Hospitals Going Concierge: Creative Marketing at Its Best
Offering concierge service is one way a hospital can kick it up a notch, but what does it entail? This is one of the newest perks that hospitals are using…
The ENGAGE Conference: Top Insights for Patient-Centric Digital Health Innovators
MedCityNews invited me to attend their ENGAGE “Innovation in Patient Engagement” Conference and I found the content, speakers, and overall quality quite good. Since I chair several conferences every year I…
Price Transparency: The Devil is in the Detail for Hospitals
Let’s say an informed patient determined that the cost for “arteriography and angiocardiography using contrast material” was half as expensive at “Hospital A” as compared to “Hospital B.” At half…
Cerner and Missouri Forging a Real Partnership for Population Health
Increasingly, the United States is looking to “population health” as a means of providing better health and care to entire communities. Nevertheless, defining such communities and how to improve outcomes,…
