Insurers Begin Push to Consumers in Advance of ACA
Move over, retail clinics. Say hello to the latest healthcare entrant into the retail space — insurers. Because of the ACA and the mandated offerings due to take place by…
MGMA 2012 Annual Conference – Small Steps, Big Changes
I spent a couple days this week at the annual meeting of the Medical Group Management Association, in San Antonio. I had the opportunity to speak about health care social…
Would Increased Reimbursement And Longer Visits Improve Physician-Patient Communications?
In a word…no.It has been said that a physician’s patient communication skills are just as important as their clinical knowledge. After all, it is only by “talking to and listening…
How Australia’s Universal Health Care System Measures Up Internationally
How Australia’s Universal Health Care System Mesaures Up Internationally How Australia’s Universal Health Care System Mesaures Up InternationallyYou can learn a lot about a country by their healthcare system. Australia…
Do’s and Dont’s for Effective “Lightening” Demos of Your Health IT Product
I’ll be moderating the the first of 3 “Innovator’s Challenge” sessions at the Partners2012 Connected Health Symposium & Expo. It’s not easy for a company to be selected for a…
Protecting Seniors During Flu Season
Older adults over the age of 65 are considered at “high-risk” and more vulnerable to the influenza virus. As we age, the immune system weakens, making a seemingly ”routine” case of…
New Tool Searches Nursing Home Deficiencies
A consumer-targeted Internet tool allows users to search the federal nursing home inspection reports and deficiencies by keyword, city and facility name. The Nursing Home Inspect database covers nearly 118,000 deficiencies…
Online Meningitis Content Raises Concerns About Overall Prescription Drug Safety
Since the beginning of October, the medical world has been rocked by revelations that pain injections developed by the New England Compounding Center were tainted with fungal meningitis. Public health…
EMRs and EHRs: What’s the Difference?
There’s plenty of information about how electronic medical records (EMRs) and electronic health records (EHRs) are changing healthcare. But just what do these acronyms mean? Here’s a breakdown of the…
Readmissions and Consumer Engagement
The term “consumer engagement” is bandied about a lot these days. Often the term doesn’t mean all that much –just a consumer logging onto a wellness website or reading a…
