Patient Flow and the Broken Record Method to Get Home Sooner
In this article I will show you how a “broken record” can help you ~~ create immediate improvements in patient flow ~~ lower your physician stress levels ~~ and…
Engaging Patients in Palliative Care
In celebration of National Hospice/Palliative Care month, it seems fitting to point out the record growth in palliative care over the past decade. Increasing by more than 100%, these programs…
Tips for Living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Tips for Living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)For most of us, breathing is so automatic we do not even think about it; but, when you have COPD, you have…
World #AIDS Day – Stunning Image of HIV Invading a Cell.
In 1988 on the forst World Aids Day, I was sixteen and was chosen by school, with 3 friends, to attend an AIDS awareness event in London. We joined young…
Social Media To Be The Most Common Source Of Continuing Medical Education
Social Media is the most common use of Internet. Everyone uses the internet to access their emails and Facebook accounts. A Google search engine is the gateway to all information…
Health Insurance is Expensive; I’m Glad Folks are Finally Learning the Truth
Bloomberg (Unaffordable Cost Seen for Some Under Affordable Care Act) highlights the challenges many of the newly insured will have in paying for coverage, even with the substantial subsidies available…
Please Choose ’1′ for Dr. X or ’2′ for Dr. Y for Your Telemedicine Consult
While most doctors are cautious as they embark on a telemedicine program, others are plunging right in, seeing and treating unfamiliar patients. While most doctors are cautious as they embark on a…
Dentistry and Sleep Apnea
Snoring is usually not something we are very concerned about, unless our sleep mate is causing a disruption to your sleep. But, did you know that frequent, loud snoring may be…
Prostate Cancer: Wishing for Clear Answers Where There Are Few
Recently I attended EMUC2012 in Barcelona. The acronym stands for European Multidisciplinary Meeting on Urological Cancer and it draws urologists, medical oncologists, and radiation oncologists from Europe and the U.S.…
Research Uncovers Two Potential Tools in the Obesity Fight
Obesity has become a national health crisis in the United States. Carrying about significant amounts of extra weight significantly increases the risk of several serious and potentially deadly health conditions…
