GMO Part 3: Allergies
Allergies: what are they?An allergic reaction is an inflammatory response to a protein. That protein is something that is harmless and that is what makes little biologic sense. Common proteins…
Healthcare Reform: A 9-Minute Explanation
Do you have nine minutes? We just had to share this video. It is the simplest and most straightforward explanation we have ever seen. Do you have nine minutes? We…
Why Hospitals, Health Plans and Medical Groups Should Invest in Patient-Centered Communication Skills
“Patients are, in fact, overly patient; they put up with unnecessary discomforts and grant their doctors the benefit of every doubt, until deficiencies in care are too manifest to be…
Control Your Blood Pressure with Online Tool
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in every three American adults has high blood pressure. That adds up to 67 million American adults. According to…
In-Office Imaging for Radiologists: An Uncertain Future
Physicians have long been used to working within the framework of the Stark Law. This 1989 legislation placed restrictions on the ability of doctors for self referrals, for Medicare and…
Chat 129: An Apps Pharmacy Coming to a Neighbourhood Near You?
By Fanny Gillet and edited by Colleen Young By Fanny Gillet and edited by Colleen YoungOn Wednesday 22nd, hcsmca-ers put themselves in a large academic health center CIO’s shoes to imagine what health care application they…
What If Shared Decision Making Costs More?
I’d like to read the articles in JAMA Internal Medicine about shared decision making, but am too cheap to pay for access. So I’ll rely on the LA Times article…
News from Doctors 2.0 & You’s 2012 Winning Start Up #doctors20
Denise Silber: Hello Erik and Erich, tell us about your year since Doctors 2.0 & You 2012. Denise Silber: Hello Erik and Erich, tell us about your year since Doctors…
Reduce Claim Denials and Recoup Lost Revenue: 7 Steps
Health insurance claim denials are one of the largest areas of lost revenue for health care organizations. They are also one of the simplest things to quantify, address and correct.…
Can Toys Decrease the Cost of Health Care Devices?
What may be a new and disruptive technology in healthcare is being studied and developed at the MIT Little Devices Laboratory, part of the International Innovations and Health Group.Currently medical…
