To Be Heard in Health Care, Choose Your Medium Wisely
One of the keys to providing high-quality health care is communication.Organizations as complex as hospitals, or even physician practices, couldn’t function if the people within them did their own thing.…
Seeing Is Believing: Infographics Revolutionizing the Patient Experience
Infographics and visualizations are hugely popular in all cultures, and there is unlimited opportunity to use them in a complex field like health care. Infographics and visualizations are hugely popular in all…
7 Ways to Improve Your Readmission Rates
Summary: As most of us are aware, readmissions is a hot topic, especially in terms of the penalties assessed for readmission rates which are excessive. What can you do to…
Case Study: Improving “The Market” Slide in a Medical Presentation
Tutorial: Improving a slide in a medical presentationThis is how we structured and designed the market slide in a presentation (field of multiple sclerosis).You can implement most of these principles…
How to Manage Your Ortho Team Like the Miami Heat
It’s NBA Finals time and the Miami Heat are making their fourth appearance in a row and angling for their third straight championship. Running a high-performance team is no easy…
For Telehealth Patient Safety Needs, An Evolution in Policy
Editor’s note: For more on this topic, see the February issue of Health Affairs, which features a series of articles on connected health. Editor’s note: For more on this topic,…
Social Media in Healthcare: Recognizing Challenges and Providing Value
I wrote a post for the HIMSS blog and want to share it with my readers here, as well. Leave your thoughts on the HIMSS post or here! I wrote a…
4 Key Components Your Hospital Marketing Plan Could be Missing
Who knows what lies down the road for hospital marketing? The convergence of factors such as the Affordable Care Act, the connected society, empowered patients, and many other dynamics could…
A Profitable Match: Healthcare and Relationship Marketing
For a healthcare facility to be successful and profitable, relationship marketing is essential! Unlike mass-marketing type efforts in print or TV, relationship marketing is designed to develop strong connections with…
Are We Picking on VA Hospitals Too Much?
How long do you think we’ll have to wait? How long do you think we’ll have to wait?Ugly stories about waiting lists and poor care in VA facilities are coming…
