Personalize Your Hospital with Instagram’s Hyperlapse App
Instagram is the world’s most popular photo app: its fans upload in excess of 60 million photos daily. As if that soaring popularity weren’t enough, the company recently released a…
Crowdfunding Cancer Research: Martin (Marty) Smith
Martin (Marty) Smith is a serial entrepreneur and founder of an exciting initiative: Tech Cures Cancer Fund at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Cancer Center. He is also the…
An Exemption to the Insurance Mandate That Looks a Lot Like Insurance Without the Assurance
A few months ago, while flipping through an issue of Christianity Today magazine, I came across an interesting full-page advertisement. Usually, I’m more interested in the articles on theology and…
TalkItt: An App That Gives Voice to the Speech Impaired
The gift of speech is something most people have for granted: you just think of a few words and your mouth says them, clearly as usual - and around 16,000…
Moving from Volume-Based to Value-Based Reimbursement
5 initial Steps to improve operations and increase patient satisfaction.The shift from a volume based reimbursement format to value based one is taking shape across the country. 5 initial Steps…
Post or Perish? Disseminating Scientific Research and the Kardashian Index
Publish or perish has long been the mantra of academic research. While this used to be limited to peer-reviewed journals, researchers are increasingly needing to include public outreach through social…
Promote Your Research Departments, Promote Your Clinical Trial
The successful marketing of your clinical trial can make or break a product launch. But let’s face it: clinical trials are not always the easiest sell. The successful marketing of…
Medical Image Archiving in the Cloud? Consider the 4 S’s
One of the most compelling arguments for storing digital data in the cloud is medical imaging. It is estimated that data from medical imaging (digital x-rays, CT, MRI, PET scans,…
Think Like a Reviewer: Utilization Review
One of the many ways in which healthcare organizations are assessed these days is both internal and external in the form of utilization review. Internally, there are reviews done by…
Health Care Conferences This Fall
Your faithful HealthBlawger will be out and about at a number of conferences and events this fa Your faithful HealthBlawger will be out and about at a number of conferences…
