Beyond the Buzz

Social media has accelerated the growth of community, allowing people to come together regardless of time or place. To attract an online audience you need to consistently create and curate useful content. People will come for the content, but they will stay for the community.[read more]

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When the US Food and Drug Administrationin October 2014 released a nine-page document of guidelines on how to manage the risk of cybersecurity in medical devices, many believed that the step was too little too late. The danger of hacking into hospital equipment is a problem that needs to be tackled right at the prototype and design stage.[read more]

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Healthcare in general suffers from the dangers of information overload. Whether you are explaining an insurance plan or describing the side effects of a medication, there are normally too many details to present. Infographics are the only way to go.[read more]

Dr. Paul Rosen

Dr. Paul Rosen thinks a lot about empathy in healthcare delivery. As the Clinical Director of Service and Operational Excellence at Nemours Children’s Health System, he asks the challenging question, “What would healthcare look like if it was based on empathy?”[read more]

Improving SEO, monitoring changes in page rank and fueling organic traffic are three essential elements of any well-executed search engine marketing (SEM) strategy. Today we’ll focus on five of Google's algorithm updates from 2014 and discuss steps you can take to optimize your medical SEM strategy in 2015.[read more]

video healthcare content

You know you have stellar content — now’s the time to make it come alive in a fresh new way through the inherent appeal of the video form. Turn words into images, and static images into moving ones: your fan base will definitely notice, and your reputation as industry icon will only increase.[read more]

Text-to-911

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken another step toward a 911 system that fits with how Americans are communicating. The new rules, adopted Aug. 8, will make Text-to-911more uniformly available by the end of 2014 —and this has important mHealth implications.[read more]

We’ve recently been turned on to the Inside Health podcast from the BBC, where topics range from those of national healthcare administration and benefits to specific health issues. Unlike many health publications, Inside Health frequently features patients talking about their experiences with the system.[read more]

We are beginning the third transformational wave of trying to improve health care outcomes and reduce costs. Will it be mostly about patients, their recovery and overall well-being? Will it require provider and health plan alignment to ensure excellent customer service, coordinated care and patient tailored outcomes?[read more]

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They used to call high deductible health plans “consumer-directed” plans. That was before people realized there is nothing particularly consumer driven about them. A recent poll – not the first of its kind – shows that people with high deductible plans tend to forego care. In fact they skip both unneeded and needed care.[read more]

As healthcare focuses more on patient-centered care and personalization, the popularity of compounding medications is likely to rise accordingly. The art of compounding ingredients in specific dosages for a specific patient might sound a little bit alchemical: the origins of modern pharmaceuticals.[read more]

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For consumers, the new digital health lifestyle comes with one string attached: They may be required to share a lot more personal information so the issue of digital trust has come to the forefront. Personalized health data not only has value to consumers, but also to health plans, health systems, providers, employers, governments and retailers[read more]