HCPs and social media

Today, three out of four healthcare professionals use a smartphone and a growing number use their smartphones for health-related content and job seeking. In fact, the use of social media for job searching purposes has doubled since the first AMN social media survey was conducted in 2010, and now reaches 41 percent.[read more]

seniors and Obamacare

Seniors are scrambling to figure out what the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, means to them and how it will impact their healthcare costs. It's important for seniors to proactively seek the right information that's not propelled by propaganda, so here are four details seniors should know.[read more]

Heather Long

Most rare disease patients spend a good portion of their lives coping with a condition that is either undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. Some of them die of a disease that has yet to be named. Heather Long’s son, Cal, was one of them.[read more]

Transitioning to ICD-10: a battle?

Without an adequate number of physicians to drive revenue and handle the needs of patients, hospitals and physician groups must carry out strategies to offset the financial risks associated with healthcare reform and the ICD-10 transition.[read more]

(Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL-1.2)

The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed a yellow fever outbreak in South Sudan, which has resulted in 14 deaths so far. Between October 3 and November 24, 2013, a total of 44 suspected cases were reported in 12 localities. Yellow fever is a viral, hemorrhagic fever transmitted by infected mosquitoes.[read more]

Physician-patient communications

It goes without saying that in order for physicians to know where patients are coming from concerning their complaint they need to ask the patient. But that is not happening. A recent study found that only 16% of physicians admitted to routinely asking patients their “perspectives” regarding their condition.[read more]

RSNA 2013

With the “Power of Partnership” theme for RSNA in 2013, we saw a convergence of radiological practices, and most importantly, a drive for radiologists to partner with the most important people in their jobs–the patients. This post will highlight the key ideas and technology trends that were prominent at RSNA 2013.[read more]

Telemedicine: the new house call

Virtual house calls are feasible and well-received among people with Parkinson’s disease, according to a telemedicine case study published today. Dr. Ray Dorsey, a neurologist at University of Rochester Medical Center, led a project that offered free telemedicine visits to 50 Parkinson’s disease patients.[read more]

Managed care ahead?

United HealthCare and other Medicare Advantage plans are dropping numerous providers from their networks, to the consternation of members given short notice of the changes. Predictably, the story is presented as big bad insurance co. vs. grandma, but the real story is less clear-cut.[read more]

Dr. Harsh Mahajan

Dr. Harsh Mahajan, director of radiology, Mahajan Imaging, took a few minutes to speak with us at RSNA. In our conversation, Dr. Mahajan talked about the populations that his organization currently serves. Dr. Mahajan also talks about his organization’s use of the Carestream CS 9300 CBCT technolgy and the benefits that he has seen.[read more]

collaborative story-telling

I entitled this post “Collaborative Story-Telling” because stories humanize abstract concepts like “improving healthcare outcomes” and help us achieve shared vision. Here are two examples of collaborative story-telling in healthcare that you may be able to learn from.[read more]

Siemens Ultrasound

It’s not every day that you can sit down with a company CEO at a huge annual meeting/trade show like the RSNA in Chicago, so when Jeffrey Bundy, CEO of Ultrasound for Siemens Healthcare offered to drop by, I was very pleased. He had something to show off, of course, but it is no idle boasting.[read more]