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…
How EHRs Can Help You to Save Time, Cost and More
Electronic Health Records is a term which is being chanted more often than ever in the United States. Through the 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act,…
Researchers Seek Link Between Your Health and Your Surname
What’s in a name? For those who believe in nominative determinism, which suggests that people feel compelled to enter a particular profession based on their surname, well, your very future…
Using Web Technology for Patient Referrals
According to Pew Internet & American Life Project Study, 72 percent of Internet users have gone online in the past year specifically for health-related information. With the potential of that…
Google Helpouts: Live Video Competition or Marketing Opportunity?
Google Helpouts: Live Video Competition or Marketing Opportunity?If “Helpouts” was just another Silicone Valley infant—with high hopes and little funding—it might not survive long enough to write about. Google Helpouts:…
