5 Numbers Essential to Your Kidney Health
Today 26 million Americans are living with chronic kidney disease (CKD), and seniors are especially at risk. According to the CDC, nearly 45% of persons living with chronic kidney disease…
Healthcare’s Interoperability Problem: A Q and A with HIMSS CEO
First published in MedCityNews.The idea that providers own patient data is still prevalent in healthcare today because payment models encourage it, and that’s one of the big barriers still standing…
3 Trends Transforming the Patient Experience
The healthcare industry has historically been slow in adopting changes that have previously been implemented by other industries to enhance the processes, service levels, and efficiency of business operations. The…
Entering a New Era for Clinical Computing and Patient Engagement
I distinctly remember the day everything changed. I entered one of my exam rooms to see a new patient. She greeted me with a handful of pages she had printed…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: Nokia Sensing XCHALLENGE mHealth Finalists
i-calQ’s smartphone-based POC reader (Image: i-calQ)Originally published on MedCityNews.com i-calQ’s smartphone-based POC reader (Image: i-calQ)Originally published on MedCityNews.comOvershadowed by the $10 million Tricorder challenge is another challenge unearthing amazing sensor…
Pioneer ACOs: Some Say Risk Not Worth Reward
Pioneer ACO Experiment Produces Mixed ResultsAfter a one year experiment with the Medicare Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model which has 32 participants, nine of these organizations will be transferring…
Healthcare Emergency: Shortage of Nurses Will Impact Patient Care [INFOGRAPHIC]
Healthcare reform is here; this, coupled with the aging population of the United States, points to the extraordinary need for advanced Nurse Leaders today and into the future. Currently Registered…
What Do You Really Know About Obamacare? [INFOGRAPHIC]
According to a poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 57 percent of Americans don’t know enough about the Affordable Care Act to understand how it will affect them. Do you?…
Remote Patient Monitoring’s Future: The Game Is On
The personal Emergency Response System (PERS) marketplace, which is often associated with providing the elderly and chronically ill population with a remote mechanism for communicating medical emergencies while in the…
