“Guns, Kids, and Commonsense
Another gun massacre and another round of rhetoric. Us gun control types will yammer about how guns really do kill people (this time elementary school children in Connecticut) and how…
Small Hospitals Realize Financial Benefits from Telemedicine
Return on Investment (ROI) on telemedicine programs is today’s “needle in a haystack.” Return on Investment (ROI) on telemedicine programs is today’s “needle in a haystack.”Often the closest that we…
Healthcare Reform and The Cost of Prescription Drugs: Price Gouging or Providing Hope?
There are many factors that have contributed to the massive healthcare expenditures in the US today. Costs of technology, costs of hospitalizations and hospital based services, physician fees, drug costs…
Searching Online for Health Information
Internet activities go beyond using it to check your email, making online purchases, managing your online banking, playing games or updating your status in the social networking circles.80% of internet…
The Learning Healthcare System and Order Sets
One of the most powerful concepts in changing healthcare is the Learning Healthcare System explained in most detail in this Institute of Medicine report. The concept of using evidence from…
Hospital Advertising Proliferates But Critics Question Purpose and Value
In many respects, St. Louis, MO, in the heartland of America, is a typical hospital marketplace and serves as an example of the national trend in hospital advertising of proliferation.…
Person-Centered HealthCare: Can Patient-Centered Care Reduce Hospital Readmissions?
Photo:Hospital/shutterstockA new Press Ganey white paper highlights an association between HCAHPS performance -- patient experience scores -- and lower rates of readmission. (Performance Insights - The Relationship Between HCAHPS…
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In the Event of a Heart Attack, LIFENET Can Save Lives
If you are having signs of a heart attack – chest discomfort or pain, perhaps with pain or discomfort in other parts of the upper body; shortness of breath; a…
HealthPocket: The Kayak of Health Insurance
The audio for this podcast can be accessed here.David Williams: This is David E. Williams, cofounder of MedPharma Partners and author of the Health Business Blog. I’m speaking today with…
