RSNA 2012: Some Gain in Detecting Pain to the Brain
Concussions are in the news. The impact on young athletes has received widespread recognition, but professional athletes are finally getting their due. The National Football League, under threat of lawsuits…
Top Ten HHS Management and Performance Challenges
The OIG produces its list of Top Management and Performance Challenges (TMC) every year, and to no one's surprise, implementation of health reform tops the list this year. The OIG…
More Access = Better Health?
Patients who have online access to their medical records and use email to communicate with their physicians are more likely to using traditional healthcare services, according to a recent study…
RSNA 12 Keynote Inspires – Challenge Radiology’s Status Quo
At yesterday’s opening keynote at RSNA 2012, RSNA President Dr. George Bisset issued a challenge to the specialty:“Our future depends on our capacity to develop shared ownership of patients’ needs…
Do We Need So Many Mammograms?
From the NEJM:We estimated that in 2008, breast cancer was over-diagnosed in more than 70,000 women; this accounted for 31% of all breast cancers diagnosed.Data for U.S. women 40+: From…
Medicare’s Sustainability and Disproportionate Impact on Women
In light of the recent election and the number of monumental decisions elected officials, government agencies, policymakers and health care providers have to make around health care reform, the Medicare…
How Computers Can Help Doctors to Improve Empathy
Many people are worried that the introduction of computers into medicine will further depersonalize clinical care . Their concern is that technology will disrupt the doctor-patient relationship because doctors will…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: India – Using eCompliance to Control Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis- TB is caused by a bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, that the WHO says infects one third of the world’s population. Between five and 10 percent of infected people develop the…
Wellocracy Is Coming! Watch For It
After working at this remote patient monitoring game for about 10 years now, we are ready to bring self-care to consumers – couch potatoes, weekend warriors and all of us…
10 Online Reputation Management Tips for Physicians
The 21st century has brought an additional layer of complexity to being a successful doctor: maintaining a pristine online reputation for both yourself and your practice. And while this activity…
