Beyond the Buzz: A Healthcare Guide to Maintaining Professionalism on Facebook
Social media have blurred the distinction between personal and professional identities, challenging health care professionals to redefine professionalism in the digital age. The professional standards expected of health care professionals do…
Improving Clinical Workflow, Physician Satisfaction with Health IT
On the heels of yesterday’s post about physician and nurse dissatisfaction with health IT, I thought I would provide some balance by showing how technology solution vendors and medical provider organizations are…
Q & A Part One: Technology and Healthcare Efficiency—Not Always the Perfect Match
David Lee Scher, M.D., is a cardiac electrophysiologist and a pioneer in remote patient monitoring, adopting such devices to his medical practice more than 13 years ago. David Lee Scher,…
Technology Makes You Soft
You hear all sorts of concerning and sometimes even philosophical things on the NYC Subway system. I was recently taking the D for a nice trip to Sylvia’s in Harlem…
Mosquito-Dissecting Robot May Bring Malaria Vaccine Closer to Reality
First published on MedCityNews.com. Biotech company Sanaria has spent the last decade working on a malaria vaccine that in early tests has shown tremendous potential to protect people from the…
Time: The Impediment to Being a Good Primary Care Doctor
Did you get more than a few minutes with your doctor at your last visit? Probably not. Why not? Not enough time. The primary care physician (PCP) is the…
The Triple Aim: Better Health, Better Care, Lower Cost
The Triple AimWith hospitals moving toward a value-based payment system there is more demand now than ever for strategies that will help healthcare systems hone in on population health. The…
The Old Wives Club: Which Health Myths Are True?
I was in line at my favorite coffee shop, gabbing with the teenage barista as I waited for her to finish my iced latte. We’d just gotten to the finer points…
Do Colors Influence Website Visits?
Your website is the online hub of your hospital or healthcare facility. If the website is designed with easy to find and accurate information, you may have a good chance…
Lessons to Be Learned for Clinical Trials
FHI 360, a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions, published a Communications Handbook for Clinical Trials: Strategies, Tips, And…
