Reducing Readmissions: Care About Your Care
The RWJF is working to bring some attention to improving transitions from the hospital to home environments and reducing readmissions with the Care About Your Care effort. The RWJF is…
ALS Community and Innovation in Medicine
It sometimes feels strange to me that I am so interested in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). I have no personal connection to this fatal motor neuron disorder. The only association…
ZocDoc High School HealthCare Essay Contest
Earlier this year, ZocDoc, the popular website dedicated to improving access to healthcare, offered high school students the chance to win a grand prize scholarship of $6,000 to the accredited…
Chat 126: Can Social Media Be Used to Influence Healthy Behaviours and Track Diseases?
By Fanny Gillet and edited by Colleen YoungNicole Ghanie-Opondo By Fanny Gillet and edited by Colleen YoungNicole Ghanie-OpondoOn Wednesday May 1st, Nicole Ghanie-Opondo (@todayisbanana) moderated our tweetchat and asked the community how social media can serve…
Health Tap New Resource for Health Information
I came across a new resource called HealthTap. Essentially you can submit questions to a physician via mobile and receive vetted, peer-reviewed health information back. All doctors on HealthTap…
Parkinson’s Disease: 12 Surprising Facts You Didn’t Know
Parkinson’s (also known as idiopathic parkinsonism, hypokinetic rigid syndrome/HRS, or paralysis agitans) was first discovered in 1817 by British doctor James Parkinson, and brought into public attention in the modern times by…
How Is President Obama Doing on His Campaign Promises?
Summary: What promises were made during the Presidential campaigns? Which promises are falling by the waste side? Summary: What promises were made during the Presidential campaigns? Which promises are falling…
High Quality, Low Cost HealthCare Video Interview Series: Dr. Ivana Schnur Explains Sense.ly’s Remote Assesment Hub
Last week, we heard Lou Caputo talk about tracking hand hygiene data to keep patients safe from infection. This week, Ivana Schnur, M.D./Ph.D., Founder and Chief Medical Officer at Sense.ly…
Physicians With High Productivity And Satisfaction Scores Employ Strong Patient-Centered Communication Skills
People are forever telling me that I am wasting my time talking to providers about the need to improve their patient communication skills. Naysayers typically cite one of the following…
Massively Open Online Medicine: Bad Idea or Just Before Its Time?
The new darling of the online educational The new darling of the online educational community is Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The example which figures most prominently in the popular…
