Government Wants Patients to Report Medical Mistakes – Is This a Mistake?
I’m all for enhancing patient safety. Count me in on reducing medical errors. I acknowledge that medical mistakes harm patients and many can be prevented. The medical profession should…
Health Start-Ups!: Fast Track to Success – Jintronix Rehabilitation Services
One of the really great things about my company, Health Tech Hatch, was getting to be a part of the TEDMED Hive this year and having the opportunity to meet…
Lung Cancer Part 4 – Drug Therapy
Lung cancer causes 160,000 deaths each year – more than the next four cancers combined. Diagnostic and treatment options have improved greatly in the past decade and continue to…
Healthcare Search Engine Optimization
Healthcare Search Engine Optimization – Making Friends With Spiders, Crawlers and BotsFive quick search engine optimization techniques to recognize if your healthcare website needs help with search ranking—to attract more…
The Lap-Band: Operation is easy, aftercare is critical
There is one thing clear about Lap-Bands: it is taking care of the patients after surgery, teaching them how to use the band, that is critical in how it is…
HealthCare Social Media Presentation Video
The video below is the recording of the recent HIMSS So Cal presentation on social media. I'm probably my worst critics, but this one isn't too bad. :) The video…
Happy Birthday to Florence Nightingale, the Founder of Modern Nursing
The name Florence Nightingale has become synonymous with nursing, so it is fitting that National Nurses Week wraps up on her birthday, May 12th. Her pioneering spirit has left a…
NCOA Announces New Online Portal for Older Adults Seeking Employment
The National Council on Aging (NCOA) launched JobSource, a new online portal to help older adults assess their work skills, identify job training opportunities, and find employment. The National Council…
The Federales’ Open Data Policy and the Medicare Hospital Chargemaster Data Dump
So just about everyone is pretty pumped about So just about everyone is pretty pumped about the White House announcement of its new open data policy.Todd Park gives us the…
Using Business Intelligence and Analytics for Radiology Billing
It seems like data is everywhere you look. Businesses rely on marketing data, customer demographics, accounting numbers, and in-depth analytics to make daily decisions. It seems like data is everywhere…
