Treatment with Antidepressant Results in Lower Rate of Mental Stress-Induced Heart Attack
According to a study in the May 22/29 issue of JAMA, patients taking According to a study in the May 22/29 issue of JAMA, patients taking six weeks of treatment…
Your Online Reputation
@KevinMD has a great new book that is designed as a guide for physicians to establish, manage and protect their online reputations. @KevinMD has a great new book that is…
High Quality, Low Cost Video Interview Series: Dr Seth Feuerstein Talks Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Previously, we spoke with Kelly Tappenden from the Alliance to Advance Patient Nutrition. Today, Dr Seth Feuerstein will tell us about the Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) products that Cobalt Therapeutics…
Is mHealth Just Technology-Driven Hype?
This mHealth report from PwC reveals that mobile is positioned to have a huge impact on how healthcare is delivered. It offers opportunities to address one of the most pressing…
Hospital Price Transparency Is Here to Stay
Read our previous post on the topic of transparent prices among hospitals, How to be Named the Costliest Hospital i Read our previous post on the topic of transparent prices…
Doctors 2.0 – First Blog Post
It's a few days early but why not get a leap on my conference blogging? My daughter and I arrived in Paris in preparation for the Doctors 2.0 conference: It's…
Annual Healthcare Costs For Family of 4 Now At $22,030
(Editor's Note: Dan Munro writes for Forbes.com under the heading "HealthCare Compass")It’s that time of year for our annual check-up with the folks at Milliman. We’ll cut to the chase –…
Further Disruptive Changes in Health Care Delivery
Technology to lower costs rather than accelerate them. Smart phones to increase physician and other providers’ productivity. Fewer primary care physicians but more involvement by nurse practioneers and others.…
Creating Your Mission in Health IT Can Lead to Unanticipated Consequences
The title sounds all sunshine and daffodils, doesn’t it? Create your mission in health IT, how cute. But let’s deal with reality: very few people in health IT have the…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: eMocha Helps With HIV Screening in Kabul
(Editor's note: This post was written with collaboration and help from Dr Alexander Vu, Director of the Johns Hopkins University International Emergency and Public Health Fellowship Program. I thank him,…
