While everyone gathered in anxious anticipation to see the smoke signals wafting from the Sistine Chapel chimney designating a new Pope, you were better off watching it from the “sanctity” of your own home and television. Reverend Federico Lombardi, a Vatican spokesman, informed the public that the black smoke in the signal from the conclave’s [...]
Fortunately in the “eleventh hour”, President Obama and Congress consented to renewing the Doctor Fix for another year. This is an agreement to avoiding the 26.5% slash in Medicare reimbursements that is mandated by the SGR (sustainable growth rate formula). The fiscal cliff is also averted by postponing the added 2% sequestration in Medicare reimbursements [...]
This is a special report from iHealth that I would like to share with you all today. SPECIAL REPORT Several Forces Driving Explosion in Mobile Health Care Industry, Experts Say Eric Topol of Scripps Health, Chuck Parker of the Continua Health Alliance and Paul Sonnier of Popper and Company spoke with iHealthBeat about the rapid growth of [...]
Technorati is a great place to find the blogs that provide you with the information that you are seeking, such as The Medical Strategist which keeps you up to date on information and summarizes the latest articles in the health and healthcare field. Initially, you get a code such as 6BVYV43K6QAR so that technorati can identify [...]
A Harris Interactive Survey, polled a national representation of 2,311 U.S. adults between July 16-23 on whether they had access to various tyhpes of online healthcare services. The findings show: Seventeen percent of U.S. adults say they have online access to their health records, according to a recent survey by Harris Interactive. The survey found that 12% [...]
In trying to improve “the patient experience”, most medical practices and health facilities need to know how it is viewed through the eyes of the consumer- the patient. Catalyst Healthcare Research endeavored to do just that. They conducted an online survey of 400 people 52 and older (baby boomers) in March, 2012. Their findings are applicable to [...]
Patients Want Access to Web-Based Health Care Services, Survey Finds According to a recent survey by market research firm Harris Interactive, patients want to use online health care tools, but few have access to such services. For the survey, researchers polled 2,311 U.S. adults between July 16 and July 23. They found that: 65% of respondents [...]
The College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University has started a graduate program in Narrative Medicine. The Mission statement reads as follows: “Narrative Medicine fortifies clinical practice with the narrative competence to recognize, absorb, metabolize, interpret, and be moved by the stories of illness. Through narrative training, the Program in Narrative Medicine helps doctors, nurses, [...]
Are you all over the place when you put out blogs or newsletters highlighting your services? Long gone are the days when you put out a shingle announcing an M.D. is in town and everyone flocks to the office for medical services. Now, competition dictates that a business plan is in place and information disseminating [...]
The latest PHR (personal health record) has become available to people covered under UnitedHealthcare insurance policies. United Healthcare announced this month that it has developed the “Blue Button” tool so that people can download their personal information. With the click of a button on the website, one can access the tool. This will be open [...]
