What Sets PCMH Apart from Other Healthcare Models?
Summary: What is PCMH? What does it mean to provide patient centered care? What are the foundations of this healthcare model? Summary: What is PCMH? What does it mean to…
What If a Whole Country Goes on a Diet?
After reminding us that “One should interpret anything about Cuba, or coming out of Cuban data, with extreme caution,” Tyler Cowen links to this BMJ study and this marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2013/04/why-did-cuba-become-healthier-during-the-economic-meltdown-of-the-1990s.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+marginalrevolution%2Ffeed+%28Marginal+Revolution%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">Tyler Cowen…
#BostonStrong – Body and Mind: Of Bicycles and Health Foo
One week ago today, here in Boston, everything changed. Or did it?While the precise motivations of the bombers are not clear, it seems that as they struck down so many…
How Physician Practices Can Prepare For A Health Care Marketplace
What is the path forward for physicians who want to remain in private practice, outside the constraints of health system employment? How will the environment change and what new demands…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: mHealth Helps in Louisiana Oil Spill
Health eVillages, a program of the not-for-profit Robert F. Health eVillages, a program of the not-for-profit Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights, and Physicians Interactive , provides…
Applying to Medical School – Do You Know What Your Digital Footprint Looks Like?
This week Dr. Rajiv Singal, Head of Urology at Toronto East General Hospital, takes the #hcsmca moderator’s seat. Enter your name into an online search engine – do you know…
Health Startups that Interest @HealthCursor @medmocha
Zipdial | India ZipDial is a unique company from Bangalore, India, that monetizes from missed calls. Its business model has caught the attention of Singapore-based Jungle Ventures who invested in…
Boston Marathon vs Terror: Boston Wins
Ohio Stands With BostonI called my son, a Tufts sophomore, hours after the Boston bombs exploded. I already knew that he was ok, but a horror in your own…
The Future of Health Insurance
Perhaps the term “Health Insurance” has become an oxymoron. Health Insurance now has become a waste-basket term that encompasses many different categories for medical bill reimbursement.Bruce Broussard, CEO of Humana…
A Perfect Fit: Uniting Medical Imaging & Patient Engagement
Instead of seeing health reform as a challenge, our own Cristine Kao, global market director for HCIS at Carestream, believes it is an opportunity to improve what we are doing…
