5 Things to Know About How Physicians Use Tech
As much as we like to think of ourselves as individuals, our habits are pretty predictable based on who we are – and who our peers are. Physicians are no…
Consumer Reports Lets Us Down with Attack on Zohydro ER
Guess who’s got acetaminophen? Guess who’s got acetaminophen?Readers like me trust Consumer Reports to provide objective, unbiased recommendations on products and services. That’s why I’m so disappointed in the September cover story,…
Assuring Safe Patient Health Information (PHI) in Radiology
PHI may be referred to as "personal health information" or "patient health information", and both of these acronyms are technically true, as the information in question is personal to the…
Doc Foreman: Suicide Education and Twitter [PODCAST]
Get Social Health talks to Dr. April C. Foreman (or @DocForeman to her healthcare social media crew). She is a Licensed Psychologist serving Veterans in Louisiana as a Suicide Prevention Coordinator…
Open-Source EHR: Benefits and Drawbacks
As open-source software’s popularity grows, health IT has been slow to join the rising tide, even though EHRs were born open-source. What are the pros and cons of open-source EHR…
AHRA 2014 Keynote Highlights: Lessons for Your Radiology Department from a Fighter Pilot
Radiology’s “top guns” are being tested and success in the changing healthcare environment is dependent on your commitment to yourself, the mission and your team. This was the message from…
Traumatic Brain Injuries Are a Major Public Health Problem [INFOGRAPHIC]
We have written before about the importance of sports medicine, and how it doesn’t apply only to athletes but to recreational enthusiasts too. One of the areas we highlighted was…
The Disturbing Confessions of a Medical Scribe: Adding to the Bill
Summary: How a little bit of money can become a lot of money is described here in an anonymous blog post by a “scribe,” a person occupying this relatively new…
Leveraging Social Media to Support Your Cause
In the past few weeks, you may have come across videos of your friends dumping a bucket of ice cold water on their heads. This viral campaign isn’t just about…
Practice Pointers in the Wake of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Privacy Settlement
An OB/GYN at Johns Hopkins was fired last year after a colleague reported her suspicions about a "pen-like device" that was always around his neck, and that turned out to…
