Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in their paper ”Policy Impact: Prescription Painkiller Overdoses,” declared prescription drug abuse “an epidemic” in the United States. By far the biggest factor in prescription…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: eMocha Delivers Knowledge at the Point of Care
eMocha (electronic Mobile Open-source Comprehensive Health Application) is an open-source mHealth application that was developed by the Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education and the PEPFAR Uganda Distance…
Track Your Healthcare Social Media Marketing With Pinterest Web Analytics
From its earliest days, I have been an advocate for leveraging the popular social networking site Pinterest for healthcare marketing. Once viewed as a niche player, Pinterest has grown exponentially…
Behind the Curtain of Healthcare’s New CommonWell Alliance
Editor's Note: Dan Munro is a contributing editor to Forbes. His columns are collected under the heading, "The HealthCare Compass. Editor's Note: Dan Munro is a contributing editor to Forbes. …
How Good is Screening Colonoscopy for Average-risk Adults?
As the date of my screening colonoscopy is coming up soon, an article in the March 5, 2013 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine caught my eye. It was…
Insomnia: Fears and Treatment – Part I
What are two major miseries of our well-off modern society? Obesity and sleeplessness. No surprise that they seem to be connected; looks like those who fail to get enough sleep…
New Medical Device Keeps Donor Liver Alive Longer
The device could also increase the number of available livers and is under going clinical trials in the UK. A 62 year old man needed a transplant and he was…
Embracing Change for Healthcare Transformation
With thousands flocking to Chicago for the annual ACHE Congress on Healthcare Leadership, many were interested in learning more about the strategic initiatives, aimed at delivering ‘high value’ healthcare, manifesting…
The New York Times, Aspirin and Melanoma
One of the reasons my blogging has fallen off lately is because I hate sounding like a broken record. Yet here I am again calling this time the New York…
The Physician Friendly Organization Scorecard
Is YOUR organization Physician Friendly?In my work helping hundreds of over-stressed doctors recover from burnout here is one of the hardest parts: A coaching client and I work together…
