Sinai Surgeon Dr. Yassar Youssef Performs Scarless Gallbladder Surgery
Did you know that Yassar Youssef, M.D., is the first surgeon in Baltimore City to perform gallbladder surgery using just one incision and the da Vinci® Surgical System? Because the single incision…
Direct-to-Consumer Advertising Still Influences Prescribing
Posted in CorporateDiversionsKnowledge & MedicinePharma & DevicesScience & Re Posted in CorporateDiversionsKnowledge & MedicinePharma & DevicesScience & ResearchThe pressure has always been on healthcare providers this century to treat patients…
Top Differences Between ICD-9-CM & ICD-10-CM
With the upcoming switch to ICD-10, major changes are being made to the way things are being done. To help smooth out the transition, here are the most important differences…
High Quality, Low Cost HealthCare Video Interview Series: Dan Munro Talks Value in HealthCare
Last week, e-Patient Dave deBronkart gave us his ideas on visible pricing in healthcare. This week, Dan Munro, HealthCare Compass writer for Forbes.com talks to us about value. Dan…
Healthcare Industry Loses $7 Billion Due to HIPAA Data Breaches
A recent study released in December 2012 by the Ponemon Institute, the Third Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy & Data Security, reveals an inside look at the growing data…
Medical School Debt and Primary Care
I woke up today and found a weird headline in my inbox: “Med School Debt May Push Docs to Primary Care.” It struck me as weird because I thought it…
Bullying–It’s All In the Mind
“My son is miserable in his first few months of high school,” his suffering mother told me. “He’s picked on for being short again.” Jeffrey comes from short parents, but…
5 Options For Victims of Domestic Abuse
Being in an abusive relationship can be one of the most difficult things to deal with in life, especially if children are involved. You may feel hopeless, or like it…
2012: The Year in HealthCare Charts
Editor's Note: Dan Munro is a contributing editor to Forbes.com. His columns are collected under the heading, "The HealthCare Compass.There were a few charts that made the radar this year. In some cases,…
Can We Use Humor to Advertise Our Hospital? Don’t Make Me Laugh.
Swatches Swatches Using humor in advertising—especially healthcare ads—is both difficult and dangerous. It’s difficult to find the precise balance between being funny (which makes it memorable), and communicating a product…
