Bacon Cures Cancer
He was raised in the 7th day Adventist religion, and never tasted meat. When he was in high school he rebelled against his family, and became a strict vegan and…
What You Need To Know About Oral Cancer
Did you know that oral cancer is the sixth most common cancer and accounts for approximately 4% of all cancers diagnosed? Most of the oral cancer diagnoses are in patients older than 45 years old. Men are…
Telemedicine Provides Cost Benefit to Monitoring Newborns
According to a new study released in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, there was a big cost savings when low-risk newborn infants are tracked through a website instead of…
ZocDoc Publishes a New Primer on Social Media Marketing for Healthcare Providers
It is no longer a question of whether docs and other healthcare providers need to develop an online marketing strategy, rather the questions are: how soon? and for how much?…
Social Security Expands Online Services
The Social Security Administration has expanded its online service with a my Social Security account, a personalized online account that people can use beginning in their working years and continuing…
Patient Experience: Exceeding the Patient’s Expectations
The challenges of providing patients with a “positive experience” in healthcare are undeniable. Most healthcare organizations work hard to meet the basic level of service standards demanded by their patients,…
National Patient Safety Foundation Launches 7/365 Campaign for Patient Safety
March 3rd-9th, 2013 is Patient Safety Awareness Week!This year, the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) will focus on medication safety and healthcare culture and safety with their Patient Safety 7/365 Campaign:…
FDA Letter Mentions Internal Site Search
We recently reviewed this FDA warning letter sent on January 29, 2013 to Medical Doctors Research (MDR), a nutritional supplement manufacturer. We recently reviewed this FDA warning letter sent on…
Data Mining, Algorithm Medicine and Skeptics
My recent Perspective on iHealthbeat focused on the uses of data mining of EMR data which are yet to be fully exploited. My thoughts were provoked by a New York Times…
Person-Centered HealthCare: Using Medical Education to Drive Adoption of High-Value Care
The biggest problem with health care costs in the United States is not that they are too high. Nor is it the fact that they are rising. The biggest problem…
