Transparency Is On Its Way
The price of a knee MRI in Colorado varies from $350 to $2,336. It’s a huge gap, but it’s also remarkable that the prices themselves are known at all… The…
Patient Access to Their Data
The Open Notes initiative has created a flurry of interest in the on-line medical community but not even a blip that I can tell in my personal world. Patients appear…
Should Your Doctor Be Following You On Twitter?
What a silly question. What doctor has time to follow patients on Twitter? Besides, healthcare is serious business and Twitter is mostly about frivolity, right? Not so fast, let’s think…
High Quality, Low Cost HealthCare Video Interview Series: Dr. Jennifer Dyer and EndoGoal
Last week, we met with Casey Quinlan who advocated asking the question, "How Much Is That?" in order to promote cost transparency in healthcare. Last week, we met with Casey…
Is Big Data Really Big?
Big Data here, Big Data there… but what does it really mean? And to what extend should you, as a small practice or an independent physician, feel concerned about it?…
8 Websites To Help Caregivers Manage Money
Alan Cleaver via CompfightFamily caregivers often assume multiple responsibilities, including control of an elderly loved one’s finances. Given the cascade of mounting medical expenses, confusing tax codes, home improvements, and…
Can America’s Youth be a Focal Point for Bending Healthcare’s Cost Curve?
Analyzing healthcare data and trends is commonplace. From financial and reimbursement metrics to population data and engagement, our team is continually seeking ways to bring clarity to decision makers in…
Five Forces that will Change Healthcare Marketing
In the healthcare industry, powerful demographic, economic, societal, technology and legislative forces are converging to change the underlying basis for competition. For health systems, new economic models, disruptive technologies and…
The Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy
It’s hard to imagine how tough it can be to struggle without power, services, gasoline. And to not know if things will ever be normal again. How to get to…
Self Tracking
Susannah Fox remembers Tom Ferguson, MD who coined the term “participatory medicine”. Dr Ferguson passed away in 2006 but not before “ePatient” became adopted by bloggers and those involved in…
