Celebrity Spokespeople: A Double-Edged Sword
(Editor's note: This post is from our latest member of the HealthWorks Collective Advisory Board, Mr David Davidovic. We thoroughly thank David for this exclusive post!) (Editor's note: This post is…
Obamacare Spurs Food Reform in Hospitals
Oddly enough, the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) is being credited with spurring big improvements in the quality and convenience of hospital food. Oddly enough, the Affordable Care Act (aka…
Interest Groups: Hurtling Us Down the Road to Ruin
By Brian Klepper and David C. Kibbe By Brian Klepper and David C. KibbeA recent New York Times article that focused on colonoscopies highlighted the questionable science, predatory unit pricing, and overutilization that characterize this…
Jewish Home Lifecare Partners with eCaring to Demonstrate Effectiveness of Home Care Management System for Elderly Home Care Patients
Jewish Home Lifecare and Senior Health Partners leveraging in-home health data and web-based care management tools for innovative, new initiative complementing telehealth with the help of eCaring Jewish Home Lifecare…
One Health Initiative: People, Animals, Environment
The One Health Initiative is a movement towards collaboration of physicians, veterinarians and environmentally related disciplines. Numerous medical and veterinary organizations have joined this movement, as have hundreds of individual…
Racial Segregation, Hospital Quality, and Disparities in Surgery
A new study from Justin Dimick and colleagues appearing in the June issue of Health Affairs builds on the established evidence that blacks are more likely than whites to have…
Why Are Medicare Costs Rising So Fast? It’s Actually Not Complicated
(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…
How Social Media Can Help Address the Diabetes Pandemic
This weekend, “diabetes” is a big buzzword in social media as the 73rd American Diabetes Association Scientific Session is taking place in Chicago. So far, there have been 3,500 tweets…
The Cost of Treating Uninsured Patients
I treat uninsured patients and insured folks who face high deductibles who are under financial strain because of the sagging economy and other personal pressures.These folks need care that may…
