Creating a Living Laboratory Together [VIDEO]
Salvato Trigo, founder of University Fernando Pessoa in Oporto, Portugal, envisioned a new kind of private hospital: Where quality and up-to-date education go hand-in-hand with access to healthcare services for…
How to Communicate with Patients When Words Won’t Work
(Originally published on Patient Empowerment Network)What if you were a patient with a serious illness, alone in a hospital and you couldn’t communicate verbally with the medical staff?The feeling of…
BioPharma Beat: No, the Facts Don’t Always Speak for Themselves
Shouldn't healthcare be all about making evidence-based decisions? Shouldn’t we credit research and data more than just anecdotal stories? At least that’s what we’re led to believe when we hear…
Health Business TV: Concierge Medicine, Provider Engagement, and HIPAA
In this fourth episode of Health Business TV, I discuss my mixed feelings about concierge medicine, the 29.3% price hike Blue Cross Blue Shield is imposing on us for next year, Quantia’s provider…
Healthcare Employees Plus Social Media Can Spell T-R-O-U-B-L-E
Social media is a powerful information tool that has revolutionized how we communicate with each other on a daily basis. From saving lives in the wake of natural disasters to…
An Easy Way to Improve the Cash Flow of a Medical Practice
Most medical practices have tight and challenging cash flows. These practices often deal with private and government insurance programs that want to pay less and take longer to pay. Expenses,…
Picture of Mental Health [INFOGRAPHIC]
The number associated with mental illness in the Unites States are staggering, mind-boggling. The supply and demand for mental health services is completely off kilter. As we are aware, there…
Electronic Health Record Solutions Don’t Make Errors: People Do
HealthITNews reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expressing increased alarm about patient care errors that are being introduced as a result of poorly designed or poorly implemented…
At Your Service: The Rise of Concierge Care
Guests looking for 5-star accommodations with business centers, chef-prepared meals and spa services don’t have to check into luxury hotels. Rather, they can now access all of the comforts of…
Start Using Electronic Data Capture in Clinical Trials
A recent publication suggests that Electronic Data Capture systems, or EDCs, should be implemented in clinical trials. The EDC software can reduce the overall trial costs by an estimated…
