Smoking and Sudden Cardiac Death: The Time to Quit is NOW!
Tobacco was once the cash crop of the south. I grew up in North Carolina in the 1970s and early 1980s where summer jobs on tobacco farms and “priming tobacco”…
The Popularity of Health Content is Rising on Pinterest
Over the past year or so the question has been asked many, many times among health marketing professionals: what role does Pinterest play in health? We know the site is…
Industry Funded Medical Research and The Integrity of the Scientific Method: Have We Lost Our Way?
Recently, my middle school daughter has been learning about the use of the scientific method in science class. In her school laboratory, she and the other sixth graders learn how…
Irresistible Forces: HealthCare Costs
At our first meeting years ago, Tom Emerick, Walmart’s then VP of Global Benefits, told me,“No industry can grow indefinitely at a multiple of general inflation. It will eventually become…
Health Literacy Resources
I recently looked for some reference materials on health literacy and came across the documents listed below. Each had some valueable information or insight into health literacy and the impact…
Big Data, An Overview.
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?…
High Quality, Low Cost HealthCare Video Interview Series: Casey Quinlan – “HOW MUCH IS THAT?”
Last week, we listened to David Wong talk about SnapHealth - the Go-To place to shop for physicians. This week, Casey Quinlan, author of Cancer For Christmas, comes to us…
Better Late Than Never: China Adopts Its First Mental Health Law
This past Friday China passed its very first law designed to protect the rights of the mentally ill. This past Friday China passed its very first law designed to protect…
Taking the Fear Out of Telehealth Public Policy
For many people involved in telehealth and telemedicine, public policy is still somewhat of a mystery. Does it really have an impact on the success of your telehealth program, product,…
Creating Effective Partnerships With Patients
Look at your clinic through your patient’s eyes by putting yourself in their shoes. Imagine you have poor literacy skills and have difficulty understanding maps, forms and schedules. You find…
