Person-Centered HealthCare: At-Home Care is Key
Physicians and wellness practitioners once mandated patient care, providing directives on treatment plans. Once the plan was created, the patient would return home, waiting to see the physician and sometimes…
The Continuing Explosion in Healthcare Costs
First posted on The Fickenscher Files on 3/4/2013Essential health benefits are defined, but the cost of care continues to escalate in an unchallenged fashion… First posted on The Fickenscher Files on 3/4/2013Essential health benefits…
Person-Centered HealthCare BONUS!: A New Level of Patient Engagement
Advisory Councils Are Involved in Hiring, Governance, Quality Measures Advisory Councils Are Involved in Hiring, Governance, Quality MeasuresIn times gone by, “patient engagement” may have meant focus groups about waiting…
Diet Studies: Is There One Best Diet?
Is diet the answer to our health problems? Does diet make a difference in heart disease, cancer, and a host of other chronic diseases? Is diet the answer to our…
Removing the Digital Content Barriers
As a software developer, I always used to joke that our jobs would have been easier were it not for the users. Computer users are a demanding bunch these days;…
Healthcare without Boundaries: Video Solutions
Video Communications: From room to desktop to cloud. How the internet is enabling a new wave of video-enabled healthcare applications Video Communications: From room to desktop to cloud. How the…
Surrogacy in the News: Extreme Story Not Reflective of Ethical Practices
We were appalled to read today’s CNN article out of Connecticut, where a surrogate says she was offered $10,000 to abort a baby with multiple, complex abnormalities. Despite the parents’…
Lucian Leape Institute Report: Creating Joy, Meaning, and Safer Health Care
http://www.NPSF.org http://www.NPSF.orgWith so much coming out this week related to patient safety, I wanted to be sure to share a link to the Lucian Leape Institute report released on Monday,…
Paul Krugman: Stop Being an Embarrassment to the Profession
About two-thirds of all the Medicaid enrollees in the country are enrolled in private, managed care plans. Even those who remain in traditional Medicaid are likely participating in a plan…
