GOP Governors and the Health Insurance Exchanges
In conservative states, especially those with Republican governors, the pushback against implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), perhaps better known as “ObamaCare,” has been quite notable. In fact, these…
Strategy and Practice Intertwine in a New Social Media Book by the Mayo Clinic
Without a doubt, the Mayo Clinic is paving the way in the healthcare social media realm with the development of the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media (#MCCSM). Mayo Masterminds,…
Smart Strategies for Managing Business Health Care Costs
Businesses large and small face an annual cost increase that seems to always outstrip the rise of inflation, typically by at least two to three times that rate. Health care…
Fighting Heart Disease Using the Web: 3 Tips for Success
In the U.S. one in every three deaths is related to heart disease or stroke, which, according to the CDC, equals 2,200 deaths per day or 800,000 deaths per year.…
High Quality, Low Cost HealthCare Video Interview Series: Dr. Stephen Schimpff Talks Chronic Disease
Last week, we spoke with Daniel Wolfson who talked about the Choosing Wisely Campaign and how it raises quality of care by promoting doctor/patient dialogue about testing and screening.Today, one…
Think Like A CEO: Must-Have Skills For Business AND Medicine Today
Kevin R. Campbell, MD, FACC Kevin R. Campbell, MD, FACCNow, more than ever, the practice of medicine has become a business. Traditional business skills and strategies are essential tools for…
Update on HealthCare in China
Let’s try to avoid the clichés and have a curious yet objective look on the Chinese healthcare system and problematics. What is happening there and what are the lessons that…
Top Technology Trends for 2013
Gartner Fellow David Cearley in his paper released in the Gartner ITExpo Symposium held last October, speaks about technologies like Enterprise Application Stores, In-memory computing, Actionable Analytics and ‘Internet of…
Big Data: Medicine By the Numbers?
This is the age of data. Everyone is hopeful that based on number crunching and data analytics, we will be able to improve the quality of health we provide to…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: Mobile Maps Malaria in Kenya
This post is co-authored with Michael Sherman of Wax Custom Communications This post is co-authored with Michael Sherman of Wax Custom CommunicationsMalaria causes about 655,000 deaths each year, according to…
