Obama Announces Consumers Can Keep Health Insurance Plans 2 More Years
President Obama announced earlier this week that consumers with healthcare plans that do not comply with the new law will be able to renew their plans for another two years.…
GAO Report on Health Information Exchange Focuses on Standards
Last week the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report for Congressional Committees titled, “HHS Strategy to Address Information Exchange Challenges Lacks Specific Prioritized Actions and Milestones.” Last week the…
Why Tablets Are the New Frontier for In-Home mHealth
It’s hard to deny that the health care industry is looking to technology as a means to lower utilization costs (hospitalizations and ER visits), improve patient care, and to facilitate…
X-Ray Dosimeter Improves Radiation Dose Management in Real-Time: Or, How a Little Badge Provides Real-Time Radiation Dose Data
At the University Hospital Erlangen, Germany, patient and staff safety are considered equally important. When Dr. Tobias Struffert, senior physician in the Neuroradiology Department at University Hospital Erlangen, Germany, prepares…
Would You Call 911 for a Hangnail?
Summary: Preventable visits to the Emergency Department are a significant source of waste contributing to the exorbitant costs of healthcare. Summary: Preventable visits to the Emergency Department are a significant…
How Patients Can Receive Financial Assistance For Medication
During the past several years, the media has talked continuously about health costs in general and medication costs in particular. During the past several years, the media has talked continuously…
Wound Market Analysis: A Case Study in Understanding Context
Analysis is a funny thing. If done thoroughly, accurately and carefully to represent a subject from all relevant angles, it can reveal very important considerations by those with a vested…
Embrace Patient Storytelling to Strengthen Your Healthcare Marketing
Storytelling has been around far longer than man's capacity to put those stories into words. People tell stories with their hands, their eyes, their smiles, and yes, their words. The…
Five Tips for Folding FDA’s New Medical App Oversight into Your Business Strategy
In my post for InformationWeek Healthcare, I discussed the implications of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) final guidance for medical apps. In my post for InformationWeek Healthcare, I…
