Innovations in Care Delivery Models and the Role of Physician Incentives
On Tuesday, the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD), in collaboration with WellPoint, held a Capitol Hill Briefing titled “Partnerships in Health: Innovations in Care Delivery Models and the Role…
What Doctors Don’t Know About the Drugs They Prescribe : Video
Medical Journalism and communication has become sensationalistic. Potentially beneficial results are overhyped and harmful possibilities simply brushed under the rug. Positive findings are around twice as likely to be published…
Teaching Hospital Comparisons Benefit from Context
The Dartmouth Atlas Project released a study on October 30, 2012, entitled, “What Kind of Physician Will You Be? Variation in Health Care and Its Importance for Residency Training.” The…
The HIPAA Police Are On Their Way!
One of the lesser known requirements of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act requires the U.S. One of the lesser known requirements of the Health…
Wal-Mart Offers Medical Tourism Legitimacy
Employers are quieting changing their plans to encourage care delivery at high volume, good outcome, low cost facilities…. Employers are quieting changing their plans to encourage care delivery at high…
Freeing Medical Data: Video
Technology has enabled us to collect vast amounts of medical data from myriad sources. But most of this data is locked in silos and unavailable for use by researchers. Performing…
ShopWell Helps You Make Great Choices in the Supermarket Aisle
I had the pleasure to meet Marci Harnischfeger, a registered dietitian at ShopWell. We both spoke at the Nutrition and Aging: A National Summit. I learned first hand about her…
Person-Centered HealthCare: Connecting Homes and People to Improve Lives
You hear the term “M2M” a lot these days in the tech industry, and it means different things for different people. Broadly, machine-to-machine communications is about connecting devices — virtually…
Future of Telemedicine Is Bright
The American Medical News Web site features a story on the growth in telemedicine. The American Medical News Web site features a story on the growth in telemedicine.Pamela Lewis Dolan’s…
Wonder What Your Doctors And Patients Talk About…Or Don’t Talk About…Behind Closed Exam Room Doors?
Soon you can stop wondering…For the most us, our first patient experience was a trip to the Pediatrician’s office with our mother. As we age things don’t change much…the doctor’s…
