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…
Enterprise-Wide Medical Deivice Integration and CIS Workflow
Last month I spoke at the first CIS Qatar International Conference in Doha Qatar. My topic was the Importance of Enterprise Wide Medical Device Integration in CIS workflow. Last month…
The FDA Patient Network Website: Pretty Darn Patient-Centered
The FDA launched an impressive patient network website this month, after nearly four years of research, focus groups, usability testing and more. The twin goals for this website are promoting the…
Pause Before Posting: New Social Media Position Paper Guides Physicians
Physicians have been quick to embrace online technology personally, but on the practice and profession side, they have approached social media, blogs, email (and sometimes Internet marketing) slowly and with…
