How Facebook’s Graph Search Can Influence Healthcare
Facebook will be unveiling its new Graph Search in the coming weeks and months to all users. This new search tool will allow users to look up anything another user…
Only 18 percent of Hospital CEO’s are Women
Women make up 73 percent of medical and health services managers, yet only 18 percent of hospital CEOs are women, according to a report from Rock Health entitled “Women in…
The RUC, Health Care Finance’s Star Chamber, Remains Untouchable
Posted 2/1/13 on The Health Affairs Blog Posted 2/1/13 on The Health Affairs BlogOn January 7, a federal appeals court rejected six Georgia primary care physicians’ (PCPs) challenge to the Centers for Medicare and…
Same Day Doctor Appointments? Read the Fine Print
Cleveland and northeast Ohio are not hospitable to private practice medicine. I should know. I’m one of them. Private practice is fading as health care reform suffocates it by…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: Russia Launches Infertility and Maternal Health Support Program
The Health and Development Foundation, a Russian NGO with 10 years’ experience working in public health communication and development, just launched a new nationwide mHealth program for clients in infertility…
Clinton Applauds Carter Kostler (Age 14) at Health Matters Conference
Editor's Note: Dan Munro is a contributing editor to Forbes. His columns are collected under the heading, "The HealthCare Compass.90 second clip of former President Bill Clinton introducing Carter Kostler…
Seeing Red for Heart Health
According to the caption, “heart disease still kills more women than all cancers combined”. And in celebration of National Wear Red Day, the American Heart Association (AHA) wants to know…
National Summit on Advanced Care: Thoughts and Takeaways
Yesterday, I painted with a class of second graders. They were little bundles of captured energy. Their eyes sparkled and they could not be quiet. The majority of the class…
The Importance of Human Touch in Clinical Medicine
One of the most ingredients in healt One of the most ingredients in healthcare is the personal relationship between the doctor and the patient. Unfortunately , we sometimes tend to…
When Gun Violence Strikes Close to Home
I have written about gun violence and the need for common sense gun regulations many times over the years, most recently after the gun massacre in Newtown, Connecticut. This…
