Primary Care to Specialist Referral Communication – 12 Reasons to go Electronic.
Primary Care Physicians use referrals to supply additional opinions, order laboratory tests, or imaging studies. The variation in referral use and management is varied and is dependent upon several…
HealthCare Social Media: What Makes Sense?
There are a myriad of articles, posts and entire books written on this subject. However, since the internet, social networking and social media are evolving daily, there seems to be…
FL Governor Scott Reverses Course on ACA Medicaid Expansion Provision
Posted in CorporatePolitics & The Law Posted in CorporatePolitics & The LawGOP Gov. Rick Scott (FL) becomes the latest Republican chief exec to flip-flop on the issue of SCOTUS-sanctioned state…
Transforming Medicaid via the Medical Home Model
With the March 1st sequestration deadline looming, the budget battle continues. Facing potential cuts to public health and stagnant federal relief, ignoring Medicaid expansion could be hazardous to a state’s…
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,…
