A new approach to healthcare has popped up, to go along with patient-centered care. No longer is medicine doled out in a patriarchal fashion where the doctor dictates which treatments will be undertaken. Now, patients are informed which options are feasible and it is the patient who decides the course of action, and takes on [...]
How Far Along Are Health Care Organizations in Instituting Policies on Mobile Technology? Utilizing mobile technology can enhance access to patient data with doctors being able to access information from any location and in so doing, vastly improves healthcare delivery, here in the United States. But, have you ever wondered that even with this new [...]
I awoke in the early hours of the morning today with a deep and productive cough. The sputum was not a pretty shade of yellowish-green. What it told me is that I probably needed: a throat culture a doctor to listen to my lungs to distinguish URI from deep lung infection Antibiotics After constantly hearing that [...]
There has been a noticeable transition from the role of doctors playing in American society today. While patients sought out their doctor’s advice when they were sick, now it is the role of adviser, coach and motivator that physicians must now play for everyone- and communicate it in a different way than in the past. [...]
This one comes under the category of “I don’t get it…please explain it to me” The article and posed question itself appeared in a blog post of a popular health website (ihealthbeat.org) Read on: After Posting About an Emergency to a Social Media Site, How Quickly Do You Expect Help? Thirty-six percent of [...]
Health writers and medical professionals can collect useful articles,images, photos, videos and stories from the web which will help their patients and readers “digg” this information. The digg website is social and is now connected to your Twitter,Facebook, linkedIn and StumbleUpon. When a Facebook account is connected to Digg, articles can be shared on the [...]
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 [...]
According to Linda Peitzman, Chief Medical Officer at Wolters Kluwer Health: “The prevalence of online resources and information in the healthcare industry has led to significant changes in how physicians and consumers alike research and access healthcare information and has even impacted how clinicians practice medicine. Clinical decision support tools have changed the medical industry [...]
A question was recently posted asking “Should I tell my doctor I’m taking supplements”? The article written by Dr. Wendy Harpham goes further in posing this question: “What are Healthy Survivors to do if they want to go against their physicians’ medical advice and take dietary supplements? I have no easy answer for the dilemma [...]
U.S. Olympic Committee To Use EHR Tools During London 2012 Games On Thursday, the U.S. Olympic Committee announced that it will use an electronic health record system to manage care for athletes, staff and volunteers, eWeek reports. The announcement marks the first time that USOC has used an EHR system to manage care. Bill Moreau, USOC managing director of [...]
