Advanced Care Planning: What to Do Now
(Originally published on Patient Empowerment Network)If you are an adult, you need to think about your future and your wishes and desires in terms of your health care. And you need…
Socialcam: Mobile Video Sharing Made Easy
Social media, specifically video, is getting bigger every day, and with YouTube being the second largest search engine in the world, it is very important to have video content readily…
Creating the Ultimate App for Your Clinical Trial
Mobile devices are rapidly changing the way people seek information. Mobile devices are rapidly changing the way people seek information. In fact, in February 2014, more Americans used smartphones and…
Act on Oncology [VIDEO]
Act on Oncology from Patient Power on Vimeo. Act on Oncology from Patient Power on Vimeo.In this age of medical specialization there is a critical need for new processes to…
Patient Nonadherence: A Rational Reaction to Sub-Optimal Physician-Patient Communication
I have been working on a paper exploring the link between physician-patient communication and medication adherence and the implications for health care costs. Medication nonadherence among patients is and has…
Top 8 ACA Delays: Blatantly Illegal or Temporary Courses of Action?
Summary: With so many ACA delays thus far, is the ACA really what we bargained for? Should the President have the authority to delay ACA provisions at his discretion or…
Keeping Patients in the Dark
Back when I slaved in the depths of Hunter Thompson’s “shallow money trench,”we had a phrase we deployed whenever we thought the grownups were keeping us in the dark. We…
Managed Care Organizations and Data Based Management
Managing With Data in Managed Care OrganizationsIn the increasingly complex world of healthcare, data based management is becoming increasingly important. This is especially true for Managed Care Organizations, those organizations…
Remote Monitoring Is on the Rise
Worldwide, 3 million patients have a remote monitoring device at home that is monitored by a professional caregiver, states a new report by Berg Insight. Whether this market will grow…
4 Easy Rules for Using Numbers in Titles
Numbers in titles should be handled with careWriting numbers in titles of presentation slides, in web pages, and on medical blog posts should be handled differently than when numbers are…
