The Future of Medicine: Incredible Innovations to Expect by 2064
The Fred Alger Management team reached out to me recently asking what innovative changes I thought the medical and healthcare industry will be going through over the next 50 years.…
Next-Gen Sequencing Could Unlock Ebola’s Secrets
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has dominated recent newscasts and shocked many people with the speed and ferocity of its spread. Any such outbreak raises questions about its origin,…
Unbundling the Bundled Payment Program
The Bundled Payments for Care Improvements (BPCI) initiative of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) seeks to improve the quality of care - the outcome - while limiting the…
Challenges Evaluating mHealth’s Success
I saw another exciting news story on a mobile health intervention the other day. I honestly don’t remember the company or product, but what stuck with me was the declaration…
What Do We Really Know About Patients?
"Mary is a 90 year old woman that is admitted to the hospital for Congestive Heart Failure." This is the beginning of the story that's been told many times by…
Healthcare Spending: Administrative Costs out of Control
When we talk about healthcare spending being “out of control” does anyone ever say why? When we talk about healthcare spending being “out of control” does anyone ever say why?…
How Hospitals Can Leverage the Rise of Google Plus [PODCAST]
Tom Jensen, Mercy Health System Tom Jensen, Mercy Health System Lonnie Hirsch, Co-Founder of Healthcare Success talks with Tom Jensen, Director of Marketing for Mercy Health System about Mr. Jensen’s upcoming…
The Medical Marijuana Movement Deconstructed
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past five years, you know that marijuana is making its way into more and more peoples’ lives. Many things…
Watch Your Back! Surprise Medical Bills May Await
Dr. Richard Amerling, president of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, writing from New York, had this to say in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal: Dr. Richard Amerling, president of the…
Informal Influence in Healthcare: #NPSFLLI7
The 7th Annual National Patient Safety Foundation and Lucian Leape Institute Forum and Gala was held last week in Boston, gathering patient safety leaders together to share knowledge, recharge and…
