While this does not deal with medical issues, it is an important issue for anyone doing a medical blog. If the blog site becomes chocked with irrelevant comments, readers will not be able to decipher the important comments that helps us all learn and communicate new ideas. Therefore, I am bringing this important issue to [...]
The $64,000 question was asked yet again- should fee for service remain when trying to sustain our current medical care model? Part of the problem in the mix is that the economists are stating that ultimately professionals should be paid less for the good of the system. Yet no where is the issue addressed of [...]
This is a copy of the report found in The Economist Intelligence Unit Report: “Traveling for health: the potential for medical tourism” GLOBAL: What drives medical tourism: New report from the Economist Intelligence Unit A new report from the Economist Intelligence Unit ’Travelling for health: the potential for medical tourism’, has some surprising results when it [...]
Week two of the American Medical Association’s media campaign urging Congress to protect patients’ access to care is underway. Congress continues to hear the urgent message from patient advocates all across the country that scheduled cuts to Medicare physicians will have a detrimental effect on patients’ access to care. Medicare services to patients will be impacted unless [...]
[Written by Alicia Caramenico] The nationwide drug shortage that has led to patients deaths and forced hospitals to buy marked-up meds or look for alternative treatments will require several solutions to fix the problem, healthcare providers told the U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday. With various reasons cited for the shortages–including abandonment of generics due to lower [...]
According to a poll issued in May by Manhattan Research, a whopping 75 percent of U.S. physicians own some form of Apple device. “Despite the success of the Android platform in the overall consumer market,” said Manhattan Research President Meredith Ressi, “physicians are flocking to the iPhone as their smartphone of choice.” Bill Mulderry, president at [...]
It is tragic that a brilliant man (and mind) like Steve Jobs should be struck down in the prime of his life. And yet he is leaving us with a brilliant legacy which is reforming how we think and perform every minute of every day. The electronic usage and digitalization of medical records and even [...]
For all those in government that want to see a decrease in healthcare costs but refuse to broach the topic of tort reform, a review of the obvious is in order. According to a survey published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, physicians admit that liability, malpractice worries and quality measurement systems, compelled them to [...]
The Medical Strategist site would like to apologize to all my readers for the lack of recent posts. The New York division of this site has moved to join the main branch in Florida. However, we will continue to supply updated information as it comes in from this point onward. Happy and Healthy New Year [...]
