Celebrate National Handwashing Awareness Week December 2-8
In the United States, hospital patients get nearly 2 million infections each year. That’s about 1 infection for every 20 patients. Infections that patients contract in the hospital can be…
How To Avoid Holiday Weight Gain
People who are watching their weight know that the holiday season can be a caloric minefield. Many diets have been laid to waste by the holidays. But with a little…
Health Care + IT: A Brave New World
Over the past couple of years, a lot of attention has been placed on our health care system. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services projects that, by 2020, national…
Following the Money
On The Health Care Blog, veteran analyst Vince Kuraitis reviews a report from the consulting firm Oliver Wyman (OW), arguing that the trend toward reconfiguring health systems to deliver more accountable care…
Person-Centered HealthCare; FDA Approves EarlySense Bedside System
A new monitoring system can dramatically improve hospital patient care and even save lives, according to its manufacturer. A new monitoring system can dramatically improve hospital patient care and even…
2012 State of Mobile Health IT
The 2nd Annual HIMSS Mobile Technology Survey, sponsored by Qualcomm Life, found that over 90 percent of respondents reported physicians using mobile technology in their everyday operations. Eighty percent of…
Is mHealth Ready for Prime Time?
Like everyone else, I believe that we will eventually see smartphones playing significant roles in healthcare, but there are some hurdles that we need to clear. Like everyone else, I…
Retirement Communities: Not Your Momma’s “Old Folks Home” Anymore
There is a common misconception about retirement homes and communities. People think of them as old folks homes, just one last stop on your way out. That may have been…
An Economic Primer on Care Delivery at Home
Patient’s homes are becoming an increasingly important aspect of the continuum of care. It is not difficult to understand this trend when analyzing the benefits of home care delivery to…
The Crown Jewel of ObamaCare Failures
Now we get to the biggest failure of them all — the individual mandate. The premise was simple: If people aren’t buying what they should (in this case, health insurance),…
