7 Tips: Taking Your Social Media Persona to the Next Level
The popularity of social media in its various forms—Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, blog, etc.—is a fairly recent phenomenon. And for a large segment of society, it is social media that stitches…
Hospital Promotional Partners Leverage Clever Ideas for Greater Impact
If you missed the final score in St. Luke’s 2014 Baby Bowl…the boys won. If you missed the final score in St. Luke’s 2014 Baby Bowl…the boys won.And from a…
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HIMSS14: Why We Need Healthcare Intelligence (As Well As Intelligent Healthcare)
Healthcare intelligence sounds like an oxymoron, since so much about the U.S. healthcare system befuddles the mind. I set out, a seeker among the 37,000 attendees at the HIMSS14 annual…
Transparency in Health Care: Can It Happen?
Most people, regardless of their political leaning, can agree that the market for health care in the United States isn’t really working well. Take one step further, though, and disagreement…
10 Healthcare Industry Trends Guiding Medtech M & A
First published on MedCityNews.com. Investment in medical devices fell last year, but medtech companies continued to do deals amongst themselves at a steady pace. First published on MedCityNews.com. Investment in medical devices…
HIMSS14: Early Adopters? Not So Much
Healthcare providers are still taking baby steps in their adoption and implementation of mobile technology, according to a survey released today by HIMSS Analytics at the organization’s annual meeting in…
HIMSS14: Who’s Afraid of Big, Bad Data? Or, How to Eat an Elephant
HIMSS14 is chock full of interesting folks, as befits a mini-city of 37,000 souls. One of them is Charles Nguyen, vice-president of Netmail, a Montreal-based firm that markets an alternative…
HIMSS 2014: Looking Back to See Ahead
Last year, we summarized several key areas of innovation and consolidation that were front-and-center at the HIMSS 2013 Conference in New Orleans. As this year’s conference enters its last couple…
Predicting the Future of ePatients
Nearly half of ePatients living in the United States say the web has helped them get treatment faster, better communicate with their doctors, understand medications, or otherwise “CareHack” the health…
Pioneering Healthcare in Brazil
Medical Solutions Magazine recently sat down with Dr. Romeu Domingues, Chairman of DASA, the largest diagnostics company in Brazil. Created through the fusion of some of the most traditional Brazilian laboratories…
