Telling Healthcare Stories via Multiple Media
The most amazing example of new journalism was forwarded to me the end of last year. The NYTimes produced a piece entitled, Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek that…
HealthCare Social Media: How Eric Topol Gets His News
How do you turn the flood of news and information into something useful? That's what we try to do at Delve, and for our Wonk Lens series we ask smart…
EHRs and Improper Billing: Should We Worry?
Concerns are emerging that the adoption of electronic health records is leading to inappropriate increases in billings to payers, including Medicare, and that these higher billings could undermine or even overwhelm any…
Smokers Die Ten Years Sooner Than Nonsmokers
We all know that smoking is bad for our health. But how bad is bad? The answer is very bad. It takes a decade off of life.Death rates are…
HIMSS 2013: Radiology IT Undergoing Radical Changes and Meaningful Use is Just the Beginning (Part I of II)
By now, many of you have most likely embarked on your journey to fulfilling Meaningful Use and are under way for attesting your results for 2012. With most practicing radiologists…
Gluten
My daughter is a barista. She came home from work recently and said, "One of the customers came in today and wanted to know if our hot tea was 'gluten-free'.…
What’s Wrong with Pay for Performance?
The quality of teaching has a big impact on student performance. But a lot of other factors are also important. Over the course of a semester student test scores in…
Physician Burnout and the Changing Approach to Practice
Physician burnout is a growing problem and docs are turning in lots of new directions like moving to concierge medicine from traditional Medicare. Physician burnout is a growing problem and…
Cardiac Rehab: Help After a Heart Attack
Surviving a heart attack or living with a heart condition is just the beginning of the journey. Learning to relax and enjoy life again after a crisis can be a…
How to Handle Criticism When You’re a Caregiver
In many caregiving situations, the primary responsibility falls to one person — typically an adult child and more often a daughter. In many caregiving situations, the primary responsibility falls to…
