EHR’s a Money Loser (Or is It?)
HealthLeaders Media has reported on a recent study that was conducted on whether or not the conversion from paper records to Electronic Health Records (EHR) is cost effective. The study…
Transforming Home-Based Care with Real-time Information from Inside the Home
While a patient may spend a few hours in the hospital or at a physician’s office, the majority of a patient’s years are spent at home. Until now, however, the…
Actuarial Study Results a Mixed Bag on Costs of Claims under ACA
Out yesterday are the rather unsurprising results from a study commissioned by the Society of Actuaries that notes a sharp increase in claims processing costs under the ACA. Out yesterday are…
Is Facebook a Predictor of Your Health?
I’ve written before about the power of analyzing what you write in order to predict things about your health. As more and more ‘big data’ companies and projects get publicity,…
Reputation Management Primer: The Essential Tool You Didn’t Know About
Most physicians regard their professional reputation as their most prized—and most highly protected—possession. As healthcare providers, there may also be a practice name, a group name, a hospital or medical…
The Mobile Tipping Point: Optimize Your Healthcare Site or Vanish
Sometime this year, mobile phones will overtake PCs as the most common Web access device worldwide, according to a Gartner forecast. Sometime this year, mobile phones will overtake PCs as…
MBAs for Practicing Physicians: Learning to Lead in the New Millennium
Healthcare is changing and physicians and hospital systems must quickly adapt in order to remain solvent in these challenging economic times. No longer is it adequate to be the best…
FDA’s Dr. Katz Talks Social Media and Clinical Trials
I was fortunate to be invited to speak at the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics (ASENT) annual meeting on February 28, 2013 in Bethedsa, MD. I was fortunate to be…
Exchanges Offer More Than Just a Product under ACA
The healthcare provision of online exchanges as part of the ACA is the next big step (hurdle, for some) in the gradual roll-out of legislation that has and will continue…
The Hackerman-Patz House, a Home Away from Home
One of the many advantages for patients and their families of Sinai Hospital, Northwest Hospital and Levindale is the Hackerman-Patz
