Cost Containment: The Importance of Nurses
Due to ever increasing healthcare costs, stakeholders in the healthcare system rely heavily upon front-line workers to assist in containing costs to help make healthcare more affordable. Since nursing is…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: Robots Care for the Elderly in Japan
(photo: Tokyo Times) (photo: Tokyo Times)In Japan, a rapid increase in the elderly population is spurring an effort towards affordable robotic care. These robots would aid the elderly by performing daily…
The Cost of Colonoscopy: A New Payment Model
There is a steady push to change the way that physicians are paid. No compensation model is ideal. The fee-for-service (FFS) model has become Public Enemy #1 as it is…
What’s Wrong with Psychiatry?
I’ve always harbored a certain sense of suspicion about the scientific basis of Psychiatry. As early as in medical school I clashed with my psychiatry instructor. I wrote up a…
EHR Implementation Struggles: Three Ways Forward
In this article, I will share three important concepts that will take a lot of the struggle out of your EHR implementation. Each one of these is simple to…
Would You Use Your Smartphone as a Therapy Tool?
When feeling depressed or anxious, some people do not want to go to a therapist, either because of the cost, the stigma, or both. MoodKit is a smartphone app that…
The Coming Disruptive and Transformational Changes in Health Care Delivery
There will be some very disruptive and some transformational changes in the way health care is delivered, not as a result of reform, but as a result of the drivers…
Health Awareness Observances for the Month of July
Do you know why it’s important to save your baby’s cord blood stem cells? How many people each year receive eye injuries directly related to the fourth of July? What…
SAS and GSK Pull Big Pharma Into Big Data Collaboration
(Editor's Note: Dan Munro writes for Forbes under the heading HealthCare Compass) (Editor's Note: Dan Munro writes for Forbes under the heading HealthCare Compass)Of all the companies that specialize in…
Medicare Needs to Emphasize Prevention and Quality of Care
(Editor's Note: Stephen Schimpff has been a member of our Advisory Board since the very beginning. He has given us numerous exclusive posts; here is his latest!) (Editor's Note: Stephen…
