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What I’m about to show you is in my opinion an embarrassment to the economics profession and I wish more of my colleagues would express their strong disapproval. Paul Krugman is wrong about Obamacare -- again -- and here's how.[read more]

Difficulties in healthcare

New training promises to help healthcare providers meet new challenges. Drexel University College of Medicine is developing an online medical education program called WebPatientEncounter.com to help healthcare professionals learn practices and assess complex clinical skills.[read more]

Covered California™ announced 13 diverse health insurance plans in 2014 that will offer affordable, quality health care coverage to millions of Californians. The plans reflect a mix of large non- profit and commercial plan leaders, along with well-known Medi-Cal and regional plans.[read more]

marrow donation: moral dilemma (umjanedoan/photopin cc)

The federal government’s proposal to ban compensation for bone marrow collected in a less invasive manner touches a nerve for me, because a couple years ago I made a decision not to follow through as a bone marrow donor even after I had been told that I had matched with a patient.[read more]

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New research out of the UK emphasizes the important role physicians and other healthcare providers play in driving the lifestyle changes needed to lose weight. Specifically, the study found that appropriate weight loss advice from a physician almost doubled the likelihood of a patient’s attempting to lose weight.[read more]

Healthcare websites that shine

Hospital or healthcare websites aren’t always the easiest for customers to work with. Just look at the issues with Healthcare.gov. Many times, people simply don’t understand the language in them. Here are a few common problems with hospital or healthcare websites and ways to fix them.[read more]

healthcare marketing online

Curiously, the vast majority of all US hospitals do not participate in social media. We can’t help but wonder (and worry) if this at all reflects how some healthcare marketing pros are planning for the New Year. Having anything less than a first class Internet and social media strategy would be a large and painful shortfall.[read more]

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In the United States, health spending accounted for almost 18 percent of GDP in 2011. The Netherlands comes next, at just under 12 percent. In dollar figures, the U.S. spent $8,508 per capita, versus only $5,669 in Norway, the runner-up. This certainly invites us to question whether we are getting our money’s worth.[read more]

Reinforce social connections

For some, the power of social connections is self-evident. Those of you in this category probably spend lots of time on Facebook and make sure you keep in touch with your close friends and family on a daily basis. But the impact of social connections goes much deeper than what is obvious on the surface.[read more]

Dr. Robert Pearl

In today’s post on his weekly Forbes’ blog, Robert Pearl, MD, CEO of The Permanente Medical Group in Northern California highlights the impact of domestic violence on business. Yes, domestic violence is a personal issue, but it is also a healthcare issue seen by every clinician in every specialty, whether they recognize it or not.[read more]

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]