Simplified Access to Patient Data Saves Clinicians Time
Even in some of the most digitally advanced hospitals and clinics I visit, I frequently hear clinicians grousing about access to patient care data and systems. It’s not unusual for…
Top 10 Reminders to Healthcare (and All) Startups
I had the privilege to meet with and speak to the local Healthcare meet-up recently (thanks to Pete Kanee at www.healthcare.mn) and as part of my discussion, I shared a list of…
Top 10 Reminders to Healthcare (and All) Startups
I had the privilege to meet with and speak to the local Healthcare meet-up recently (thanks to Pete Kanee at www.healthcare.mn) and as part of my discussion, I shared a list of…
Tweets and Social App “Vine” Cover Live Surgery in UK
Very recently in the UK, Spire Bushey Hospital in Watford used Twitter and Vine to tweet and video live surgery in the OR for educational purposes. Mr Aresh Hashemi-Nejad, an…
Vue Cloud Serves as Architecture for E-Learning Programme
Jean-Philippe Masson, Chairman, ForcomedA French translation of the following post can be found below, after the English version. Jean-Philippe Masson, Chairman, ForcomedA French translation of the following post can be…
Integrated Health System Adoption: How to Start a Movement
We are seeing the second phase of HIT adoption: the leaders have come and gone, and now the second and third tier of users are multiplying.It is easy to explain…
What Is the Scoop with Medicare?
Summary: What is the latest news for Medicare Advantage plans? What is the debate on the age for which Medicare system changes should kick in? Summary: What is the latest…
Treating Tumors, Not Patients
Older people with short life expectancies often receive aggressive, expensive treatment for non-threatening skin cancers, receive little benefit from the treatments, and experience inconvenience, side effects and complications. Older people…
Helping Patients Make Better Decisions
The relevance of the doctor-patient relationship to better decision making and treatment compliance:An important part of better decision making and compliance is better communication The relevance of the doctor-patient relationship to better decision making…
Lung Cancer Part 5 – Multi-disciplinary Team Care
Lung cancer causes 160,000 deaths each year. Diagnostic and treatment options have improved greatly in the past decade and continue to advance at a rapid rate. Someone seeking diagnostic assistance…
