After Fighting Mike Tyson, Wouldn’t We All Need Rewards to Take On Healthcare?
At the end of every major boxing match, Jim Lampley interviews the winner and asks the inevitable questions “are you going to retire? At the end of every major boxing…
Modern Family Doctor Visit
American healthcare is in crisis! American healthcare is in crisis!Your patients are facing higher medical expenses than they ever have before. In fact, according to a study put out by…
The Skinny on TJC Accreditation
Since its rebranding in 2007 to simply The Joint Commission (formerly “Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations or “JCAHO”) the way that TJC surveys hospitals has evolved from its…
Stanford Ends Anthem Contract, Cites PriceCheck Data
Summary: Price transparency has some unexpected consequences. Stanford, the big university-centered health system, cut off its contract with Anthem Blue Cross, the big California insurer, on September 5. Anthem…
How to Focus Your Medical Device Marketing Strategies?
If you are having problems getting leads for your medical device, is it possible you have lost your focus? Marketing campaigns that are too broad will negatively impact conversions. For…
HIMSS Privacy and Security Forum: Managing Social Media While Protecting Privacy and Security
I spoke at this week's HIMSS Privacy and Security Forum in Boston on the privacy and security issues surrounding the use of social media by health care organization workforce members.…
Apple Watch: Not a Digital Health Breakthrough – Yet
As a surprise to no one, Apple announced a smartwatch at the company’s event yesterday in San Francisco. Apple has been under mild pressure to introduce such a device to…
Measuring Physician Productivity through RVUs
When it comes to the financial bottom line, medicine has evolved to be a business. When it comes to the financial bottom line, medicine has evolved to be a business.…
Interoperability of Electronic Health Data: Is It Time to Herd Unicorns in a New Direction?
While most of the Information Technology world was focused on Apple this week (okay, even I had one monitor tuned to their live stream), those of us who pay most…
OCR Audits: The Skinny
Linda Sanches, Senior Advisor, Health Information Privacy, at OCR, DHHS, spoke with Tom Sullivan (@GovHITeditor) at the HIMSS Media #HITprivacy and security conference in Boston on September 9, 2014 about…
