Medical Tourism Initiative Enables Nigerian Hospital to Deliver Quality Medical Care
Delta State University and Teaching Hospital is a 300-bed facility in Nigeria that is actively developing a center of medical tourism to deliver local quality medical services at standards comparable…
Sky-High Hospital Prices: A Result of Government Interference
Despite its editorial position in favor of more government control of people’s access to medical care, the New York Times has an excellent track record of journalism covering the real problems in…
Covering the Needs of Patients in Nizhny Novgorod
The general director of the Tonus Group of private clinics, Olga Mikhalyova, MD, has clear objectives in setting new standards in the Russian Healthcare business. The general director of the…
Covering the Needs of Patients in Nizhny Novgorod
The general director of the Tonus Group of private clinics, Olga Mikhalyova, MD, has clear objectives in setting new standards in the Russian Healthcare business. The general director of the…
Are We About to Face a Severe Doctor Shortage?
“No, there won’t be a doctor shortage,” wrote Zeke Emanuel and Scott Gottlieb in The New York Times the other day. “No, there won’t be a doctor shortage,” wrote Zeke…
Health Predictions for 2014: 6 Sources of Disease and Distress We Expect in the Coming Year
“The future’s uncertain, and the end is always near.” Although a tad grim, Jim Morrison’s lyrics contain a certain and unwavering truth. “The future’s uncertain, and the end is always…
Avoidable ER Visits: Lessons from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
This is the transcript of my recent podcast interview with Susan Mende of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.David E. Williams: This is David Williams from the Health Business Group. I’m…
5 Big Data Questions with Ryan Brush, Distinguished Engineer at Cerner
Big data, data analytics, and population health management are hot topics in health IT. Actually, big data and data analytics are buzz words in every industry, but population health management…
6 Forces Pushing Healthcare Outside Hospital Walls
While hospital success is primarily based on what happens within their four walls, their future depends on patients not in the hospital. There are several new reimbursement models that have…
Keeping an Eye Out for Medical Fraud
The federal government is losing billions of dollars each year because of Medicare fraud, reports Forbes magazine. Ultimately this costs the taxpayers. The federal government is losing billions of dollars…
