How Healthy Is Healthy Food?
It may be that defining a “healthy food” is more about fashion than fact. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg cited the adverse health consequences of excess soft drink consumption…
Caring for Aging Parents: Dealing with Memory Loss
This post is from Katherine Hauswirth, writer for MyLastingLegacy.com and author of “Harriet’s Voice: A Writing Mother’s Journey”In our family, it started with Mom getting lost while driving. This post…
High Quality, Low Cost HealthCare Video Interview Series: Dr Ricardo Bello Talks Reducing Readmissions @MontefioreNYC
Previously, Dr Lawrence Cheskin from Johns Hopkins talked to us about his mHealth program TRIMM. Today, Dr Ricardo Bello, assistant professor in the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic surgery at…
The Still-Early State of Online Doctor Reviews
A front-page Boston Globe article on a neurosurgeon suing a caregiver for a harsh blog post is exciting but unrepresentative of the overall state of online doctor reviews. However it…
Health of Americans Ranks Worst Among High-Income Countries
Well, this sure is depressing. Well, this sure is depressing.Amid all the news about more Americans gaining health insurance, the to-do over New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s war on super-sized…
Unlocking True Patient Understanding
The concept of “patient understanding” is by no means a new idea. In fact, it’s been discussed for years as a critical component to enhancing the overall efficacy and efficiency…
Dr. Carson on Health Care
Dr. Ben Carson made quite a splash at the National Prayer Breakfast the other day. Elsewhere I discuss the moral vision he provides in his book, America the Beautiful: Rediscovering…
Five Essential Moves to Transform Healthcare Marketing
Across the U.S., healthcare marketers are feeling the pressure to deliver greater returns on marketing investments. Changing economics are front and center, and make a compelling case for the role…
Most Expensive Nursing Homes on the East Coast
According to Caregiverlist.com's searchable online database the most expensive nursing home care is on average is found on the East Coast. The website identified the top 10 most and least expensive…
How Social Media is “Consumerizing” Healthcare
In 2004, Aaron Levie was still a college student at USC conducting research into online storage options for his class project.The need to access data from different places or devices…
