Some Top Tips for Budding LinkedIn Influencers
Last month in my exclusive post for HealthWorks Collective, I wrote about LinkedIn’s influencer blogging programme, and how it was potentially missing a trick by focussing too much on C-level…
The Doctor’s Customer Is the Insurer: Shouldn’t It Be the Patient?
You the patient are really not the customer of your primary care physician. Since the insurer will determine whether and how much the physician will be paid for attending to your…
Why I’m Against Wellness
I’m a physician and I’m against wellness. Let me explain.Wellness is the new health mantra that has much more to do with marketing than with evidence-based medicine. Wellness institutions and…
One More Way ObamaCare May Lead to Single Payer
One reason opponents of ObamaCare are so vehement is that they fear the Affordable Care Act may lead the United States to a single payer system. They’re not entirely wrong.…
Aesthetics and Reconstructive Surgery: A Market in Transformation
Aesthetic and reconstructive surgery has been undergoing a transformation over the past ten years. A wide range of forces are changing the dynamics of clinical practice and the market for…
How Wearables Will Transform the Health Insurance Game
It’s official: Developing wearable gadgets is all the rage.From fitness bands to sensors that can be swallowed, wearable technology is expanding the possibilities of medicine. The evolution and expanding capabilities…
There’s No Difference Between mHealth and Telemedicine [VIDEO]
I’ll be heading to the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) annual conference in Baltimore in a couple of weeks. To see what I might learn there I interviewed Jon Linkous, CEO…
Health Advances Fight the Dangers of Sedentary Lifestyle
Studies show that those whose workday requires little movement throughout the day can suffer a variety of negative effects. From reduced memory ability, to obesity, a shorter lifespan and bad…
Understanding Utilization Review
When a patient needs medical treatment of any kind, their insurance company needs a way to establish how much they’re going to pay for the services. An insurance company may…
How to Make Semantic Search Work for Your Medical Practice
Go to Google and enter a query phrased as a question. You may see something new. Wherever it can, Google is using what it calls Direct Answers to give answers…
