It’s Okay to Care About Your Work, Especially If You Work at a Children’s Hospital
The Wall Street Journal has become more like Cosmo since Rupert Murdoch took it over, with all sorts of advice on lif The Wall Street Journal has become more like Cosmo…
Telemedicine Is Expanding But Faces Obstacles
Summary: As a result of the ACA and the increase in patients while the physician shortage is magnified, efforts are under way to address the lopsidedness of supply and demand.…
How Much Can We Demand of Consumer Connected Health?
A few years back, when I first became fascinated by self-tracking, I committed to use and understand all of the trackers on the market at the time. It would be…
The Long Road to Digitization: A History of Healthcare Informatics [INFOGRAPHIC]
A couple of weeks ago I touched on the differences between good and bad health IT. So I thought it’d only be appropriate to take a walk down the long…
Cleveland Clinic and Genzyme Will Pursue New Multiple Sclerosis Treatments
First published on MedCityNews.com. In the latest pharma-academia partnership, Genzyme and Cleveland Clinic researchers will align their efforts to better understand and treat multiple sclerosis. First published on MedCityNews.com. In the latest…
Top 5 Online Strategies for Successful Physician Marketing
These can be very challenging times for modern medical practices. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) makes health insurance available to more consumers, but individual practices must still motivate individuals to…
Shifts in Product Usage in Wound Management, 2012 to 2021
Wound management is a field and an industry in a constant state of flux. With so many different technologies involved in addressing wounds, from the chronic to the acute, with technologies…
Why Most Patients Don’t Make Referrals (and How to Fix That)
Somewhere in the recesses of their brains there’s a point of professional pride among doctors that tells them: “Being a good physician and providing excellent clinical care will carry the day…
Transforming Healthcare Through IT in Washington State
It seems every week there’s another health IT event in Seattle these days and we’re pretty excited about that. The grassroots efforts to build a health community really seem to…
Patient Failed His Therapy, or Vice Versa?
Who failed? Who failed?The other day I heard a physician use a phrase I really don’t like. “The patient failed his therapy,” he said. Although I don’t want to be too…
