Collaborating for Community Health Innovation
With the recent Super Bowl festivities and Fat Tuesday fast approaching, New Orleans conjures up images of pomp, circumstance and regalia. While the ragin’ Cajuns will always welcome celebration, the…
HealthCare Social Media: Social Networks Lead to Innovation and Quality
I have spent the better part of the past year describing within the posts on this blog how we should be thinking beyond social media to understand the value of…
What Is Interceptive Orthodontics?
Interceptive Orthodontics is a phased type of orthodontics. Growth is utilized to correct developmental occlusion problems. Staging the treatment can correct immediate problems and future issues. Interceptive orthodontics simply means…
Improving Patient Experience With Personalized Service
No doubt you have interacted with a warm and engaging healthcare provider that has impressed you with their advanced emotional intelligence skills, and was successful at establishing a strong brand…
Policing The Internet: Physician Behavior In Cyberspace
In the last few weeks there have been several articles published examining the behavior of physicians and other healthcare providers on social media outlets. Certainly, professionals must take care as…
The Downside of P4P
The report, which examined conditions at Stafford Hospital in Staffordshire over a 50-month period between 2005 and 2009, cites example after example of horrific treatment: patients left unbathed and lying…
Website Helps You Prepare for End-of-Life
Chanel Reynolds was financially unprepared when her husband, Jose Hernando, was killed in an accident in 2009. She has created a website to help others be more prepared. Chanel Reynolds…
Personal Data Security –Beyond Health Care
The legislature in Utah is considering a bill to notify Medicaid beneficiaries that their personal information will be stored by the state. That’s not an unreasonable move, but I expect the practical…
mHealth: Battling Autism with an iPad
According to the advocacy organization, Autism Speaks and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Autism, affects one in 88 children and has become the fastest-growing serious developmental and communicative disability…
