Majority of Seniors Want Digital Tools to Manage Their Health
As the aging population booms, tech-savvy seniors are turning to technology for long-term solutions for managing their health and independence. As the aging population booms, tech-savvy seniors are turning to…
Medicare Advantage: The Coming Tsunami
Uwe Reinhardt had a column the other day in which he argued that: Uwe Reinhardt had a column the other day in which he argued that:We are paying Medicare Advantage…
20 Rules to Kick-Start Successful Email Marketing
Email marketing—a popular form of marketing directly to the customer/subscriber—has the appeal (and appearance) of being free. Well, it’s not free…but the cost is low, and when done correctly, the…
Need to Improve the Health of Your AP Process? Think Automation!
Are your Accounts Payable processes “healthy” for your organization? If your AP department is still using a paper-based system, they are stuck with antiquated technology. Are your Accounts Payable processes…
Satisfaction with Provider Communication Is Lower in Patient Center-Medical Homes
A recent blog headline on the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) recently caught my attention. It was entitled Patient Satisfaction With Medical Home Quality High. I was intrigued. I asked…
3 Ways the ACA Affects Physician Payment
In 2014 the Affordable Care Act will create the largest insurance coverage expansion since the 1960s. The influx in patients with coverage will have a drastic change on how practices receive payments.…
Essure: More Dangerous Than Alternatives or Simply a Failure to Communicate Risks?
By Zuzanna Fiminska Précis: There’s been something of a public backlash against Bayer’s permanent contraception solution, Essure in recent years. By Zuzanna Fiminska Précis: There’s been something of a public backlash against Bayer’s permanent…
Doctors: Beware the Doc Fix
Let’s talk about the Doc Fix. No, it doesn’t mean that surgeons will get any less cranky or that your urologist will improve his bedside manner. What I am talking…
Twitter Cheat Sheet: Microblog Quick Guide for Marketing
Social media platforms have become marketing instruments for patient engagement, service line awareness, new business development and other communications objectives. Each channel has a distinct purpose and personality. This educational…
Two Strategies for the Integration of Patient-Generated Data into the EMR
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” Robert Frost “Two roads diverged in a wood,…
