Medical Abbreviations Explained by Mobile App
Does this happen to you? Do you ever find something–something unusual, that perhaps no one else wants–and think to yourself, “Where have you been my whole life?” Does this happen…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: Sending the Right Message on mHealth
(Editor's note: Mobile Health Around the Globe has 2 parts this week. Please read this great article first and then listen to the video of Alain Labrique who takes this…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: Bonus Video! An Overview of Mobile Innovations
(Editor's note: Our Mobile Health Around the Globe series this week includes 2 posts. Please read IRIN's post first and then listen to this excellent video from Professor Alain Labrique.)…
Twitter: A Social Soundtrack for Medical Meetings
Twitter has changed a lot of things in healthcare. One of them is communication at medical meetings. Twitter has changed a lot of things in healthcare. One of them is…
There’s No Such Thing as Schizophrenia? Really?
On Monday, the Division of Clinical Psychology (DCP) is going public with their statement about mental illness (which is a wee bit confusing, as I already know what they’re going to…
Government Drops Big Data Bombshell on U.S. Hospital Industry
(Editor's Note: Dan Munro is a contributing editor to Forbes. His columns are collected under the heading, "The HealthCare Compass.) (Editor's Note: Dan Munro is a contributing editor to Forbes. His columns…
Wanted: Entrepreneurial Business Models for Doctors
My perception is that doctors in previous generations were more likely to devote their entire lives (professional and “personal” time) to the practice of medicine. Today’s doctors are more likely…
Hospital Chargemasters and Open Data from CMS — The Conversation Continues
When CMS recently released hospital chargemaster and payment data for the 100 hospital codes most frequently billed to Medicare, there was much written and said about the significance of the…
America Spends More on Emergency Medicine Than Previously Thought. Good or Bad?
American emergency departments take a lot of heat from critics who assert that they are one of the places in our health care system where resources are wasted in abundance.…
Obamacare Won’t Cause Fast Food Shortage
Mid-sized, low wage companies will feel the effect of Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation. Currently, many of their workers are uninsured but that is meant to change next year. Health…
