Governors Mandate Ebola Quarantine
Who says that bipartisanship is dead? Just recently, Governors Cuomo and Christie – a Democrat and a Republican – were shoulder to shoulder as they announced a new and improved…
CMS Announces Win-Win to the Tune of $840 Million
October 23, 2014 - The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) announcement of an $840 million initiative to improve patient care and lower costs underscores the value of coordinated…
Cautious Optimism in Spinal Cord Research
You probably saw recent news about a novel new treatment for spinal cord injury that enabled a man with a severed spinal cord to walk. Cells were cultivated from olfactory cells…
Health IT and Digital Health Jobs, Qualifications, and Certification Benefits
I’ve written a number of articles and a few video interviews on job opportunities in digital health recently and have received a steady stream of questio I’ve written a number of articles…
Make Your Hospital’s Facebook Page a Content Generator
It is essential to keep your hospital’s Facebook page current with fresh, compelling content, or you’ll risk giving the impression that you’re disconnected from your audience — or worse yet,…
Incorporating Patient Reported Outcomes in Post-Surgery Evaluation
How do you determine if a procedure was successful? Patient-reported outcomes (PRO’s) are increasingly important in evaluating results of treatment. How do you determine if a procedure was successful? Patient-reported…
Rising, Fading Technologies in the Global Market for Wound Closure
Technologies emerge, gain clinical acceptance, grow in caseload and become the standard of care. Then new technologies emerge, developed to improve on or eclipse established technologies. They gain acceptance and…
Calling for Responsible Healthcare Journalism
As the Ebola virus lands closer to home, it has been disappointing to watch the hype, inaccuracies and blame circulating in various media on what continues as a yet-to-be controlled…
5 Collection Strategies That Won’t Ruin Your Relationship with Patients
When patients have outstanding balances, it can be frustrating for all involved to collect that money in a manner that keeps everyone happy. Even the term “collections” brings to mind…
4 Approaches to Improving HCAHPS Scores Through Mobilization
Patient satisfaction’s impact on reimbursements has many inpatient hospitals focusing on HCAHPS There are many approaches to improving HCAHPS. Improving communications, patient education, collecting better data, and making services and…
