Greater public awareness of alternative therapies is causing a significant growth in patients seeking these treatments, including acupuncture and Oriental medicine. An additional stimulant to alternative therapy is a shortage of licensed doctors and a growing reputation. Since alternative care practitioners have not been mandated to implement conversion to digital records which are online, those [...]
The most glaring problem with implementation of EHRs (electronic health records) in the exam room is that it lessens eye contact with the patient thereby decreasing the doctor-patient relationship. There are patients that complain of seeing more of the top or back of the doctor’s head, than the doctor’s face as the patient describes symptoms [...]
Presbyterian Healthcare Services initiated a Hospital at Home program in New Mexico; one which was devised by investigators at Johns Hopkins in 2008. The premise is that: Most people would prefer to recover at home in contrast to a traditional hospital Home care is cheaper Home care is safer Researchers found that it was cheaper [...]
According to a study recently published in the Annals of Family Medicine, patients who utilize interactive PHR (personal health record) applications are much more apt to seek preventive care than those without implementing the PHR options. A 16-month clinical study at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Cancer Prevention and Control Program involving 4,500 patients at eight primary care [...]
Recently, the Federal Government (under hhs.gov) has initiated a program tailored to the individual patient, which would increase health and decrease adverse reactions to medications hopefully. The following information comes from their exciting, innovative program. The Personalized Health Care Initiative will improve the safety, quality and effectiveness of healthcare for every patient in the US. [...]
Since the implementation of computers sharing an examination room with doctors and patients has started, there is a debate as to whether the patient spends more time looking at the top of the physician’s head than the face and that it seemed that the doctor spent more time focused on the electronic record than the [...]
Why would any Governor reject money from the government to expand Medicaid for his/her state and why not have health insurance exchanges? Rick Perry from Texas who represents a state that has 25% of its population without insurance (6.2 million people) gives his answer succinctly. “The healthcare law failed to allow states to create and [...]
The Medical Strategist or health writer would like you to know about a posting from NoMandateTax.com which discusses the need to repeal the healthcare act and thus the taxes involved to support it. It reads as follows: “The United States Supreme Court ignored the entire legislative history of the president’s health care law, dozens of [...]
A study performed by the National Institute of Health showed an increasing patient number seeking alternative medicine. Though claims made by complementary and alternative healthcare providers tout their benefits, many claims have not been substantiated as yet. The study suggested that “Americans seek alternative therapies (including acupuncture, chiropractics and massage) when access to conventional care [...]
We have recently been told by the Supreme Court that the mandate to purchase health insurance will stand and that failure to do so will lead to fines in an amount that has yet to be determined. These fines however, have been labeled (or justified) as a tax, not a penalty. Taxing individuals as an [...]
