Common Mistakes to Avoid When Marketing Your Medical Practice Online
Internet marketing can help your medical practice grow, help to sell your auxiliary products and services and put important health information in the hands of patients between appointments. However, Internet…
A Three-Pronged Approach to Organizational Analysis
When was the last time your organization performed a SWOT analysis? If you aren’t familiar with SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) it’s a widely used strategy in many industries,…
Ebola or Epic: Which Do US Hospitals Fear More?
How’s that for workflow? How’s that for workflow?I don’t laugh easily, but I did chuckle when I heard that a Texas hospital was blaming its electronic medical record for the…
3 Steps Toward Preparing for a Provider Rating System
There has been a lot of dialogue lately regarding CMS’s potential expansion of a star rating system to providers. Not surprisingly, it is being rather heavily opposed. The difficulty with…
Why Patients Need “E Interventions” Now
"The future is here, it's just not evenly distributed yet." – William Gibson "The future is here, it's just not evenly distributed yet." – William GibsonWe can sequence human genomes of babies…
Did We Learn the Secret to Fixing Healthcare in Kindergarten?
Do you remember at age five sitting anxiously at your desk waiting for the teacher to pass back that math or grammar test you took the week before? Do you…
What Is HIPAA Compliant Hosting?
According to security guidelines established by HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act), it’s not only covered entities—that’s those who provide treatment, payment, and operations in healthcare—but also…
Is Facebook the Next Big Thing in Healthcare?
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock during the last week or so, the news about Facebook and healthcare has probably not escaped your notice. Unless you’ve been hiding under…
Singapore Scores a 10 in Health and Healthcare
In the same week that my company introduced Windows “10” to the world, I was contemplating a 10 of a different kind while on a business trip to Singapore. During one of my business…
Are We Returning to a Life Before Penicillin?
Life before antibiotics is a scary thought, but a clarion call for behavior change has come from the Center for Disease Control (CDC). We are on the verge of an era…
