Bill Frist Wants to Ban FFS
Here we go again. Once an idea gets fixed in certain minds, it never goes away. Politico reports:The National Commission on Physician Payment Reform is calling for eliminating the fee-for-service…
mHealth on The Colbert Report: Dr. Eric Topol [VIDEO]
I’m returning back after a few days with family, and what better way to start up than with Stephen Colbert and his interview with Dr. Eric Topol from the West…
Inattentional Blindness and the Invisible Gorilla Study: Are Radiologists at Risk?
NPR released an article recently that talked about the Invisible Gorilla Study, which is a piece of research that explains why when you ask someone to perform a challenging task…
Teamwork + SXSW + Minecraft + Healthcare = Sum Greater Than Parts
There is a call in healthcare for all stakeholders to move toward a culture where team-based care is the norm. Where patients are welcomed into the care team as equal…
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…
