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The Human Side of the Sequestration
How is sequestration affecting the elderly?
The sequestration was enacted to reduce our nation’s spending deficit, which is currently in the trillions. How is it affecting our nation? Those who can least afford to lose federal funding -- including the unemployed, the elderly, and the disabled -- are being hit the worst.[read more]
FCC Names New Director of Healthcare Initiatives
At a time when mobile health initiatives and mobile apps are flooding the market, the Federal Communications Commission has shown enough interest to appoint Matthew Quinn as Director of Healthcare Initiatives. Mr. Quinn will have expanding responsibilities at his new position.[read more]
The Orphan Drug Renaissance
Orphan drugs today
A recent report from EvaluatePharma predicts worldwide orphan drug sales to total $127 billion by 2018 with a compound annual growth rate of +7.4% per year between 2012 and 2018. The authors forecast that orphan drugs will be 15.9% of worldwide prescription sales by 2018 (excluding generics).[read more]
Healthcare PR and Big Data: From Volume to Value
New opportunity for healthcare PR (credit: thesidenoteblog)
In the last few years, data have changed the landscape of the healthcare public relations (PR) industry where I work as a digital specialist. The change has been largely driven by the use of digital technologies and social media.[read more]
Will "Medicare As We Know It" Persist, or Will It Change?
The Future of HealthCare Delivery by Stephen Schimpff
Since the nomination of Congressman Paul Ryan last summer as the vice presidential candidate of the Republican Party, Medicare became front and center in the political discussions and, although there is less attention just now, it will return with a vengeance once again to dominate.[read more]
Do All of Us Really Have to Change?
Doctors sticking together / shutterstock
The June 2nd New York Times article titled “The 2.7 Trillion Medical Bill” and the response to it provide fascinating and powerful insights into the whole health care debate.[read more]
Of ACOs and the Over-imaging of Children
CT scanner / shutterstock
This week’s news feeds feature a big new study on pediatric CT radiation doses. Anyone who’s been paying attention will not be surprised to learn that some kids get huge doses of radiation – with the amount of exposure per scan varying dramatically.[read more]
Boomer Voice
Boomer Voice
Get ready for our next exclusive series: Boomer Voice - the voice of the boomer generation. And that means you too! This is a new series and we hope to make it interactive. That means we would like you to offer up ideas, questions, experiences, comments on anything to do with boomer health.[read more]
The Evolution of Medicare Telehealth Reimbursement
Medicare telehealth
Telehealth is becoming more prevalent and almost a staple in administering healthcare. Great strides are being made to increase reimbursement payments and provide consistency among payers (Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance). But we have a long way to go.[read more]
Are You Providing Value to Patients?
Providing value to patients has always been the name of the game whenever we talk about patient engagement and patient access. ... As a company focused on medical imaging, we wanted to gauge whether or not these images are seen as vital to access by patients.[read more]
Health Insurance Under the Exchanges: What Will You Pay?
Health insurance costs
The health insurance exchanges are coming. The exchanges will basically be marketplaces in which individuals can shop for health insurance. So, what will you pay for individual insurance though the exchanges in 2014? Well, you can pretty much assume you will pay more – how much is another issue.[read more]
Monitoring to Change Behavior: Does It Work?
Quantified Self webinar: technologies for doctors and patients
On June 19th, HealthWorks Collective will host a free webinar on Helping Physicians Empower Their Patients. I have asked one of the panelists, Kathleen Starr, PhD and expert in behavioral insights and strategy, to talk briefly about the topic of monitoring for healthy behavior and the recent RAND study.[read more]
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