Reining in Avoidable Readmissions
I've been having the readmissions pull-out from H&HN Magazine on my desk for a few weeks. The data and information includes some starting points for improving your hospital re-admission rates…
Poor Need More Financial Services than Rich
Why would that be the case? The answer is risk. Poor people (especially in developing countries) have a larger share of their assets at risk due to theft, a family…
Bombing People Costs Money
A Tomahawk Missile cost $569,000 in FY99, so if my calculations are correct, they cost a little over $736,000 today assuming they are the same make and model. The United…
Nanomedicine Attacks Bacteria Where Antibiotics Cannot
IBM and a research group in Singapore have engineered a new kind of synthetic, biodegradable nano particle that could be used to attack bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics.…
You Can’t Take That Away From Me
Is this “the end of progressive government?” asks E.J. Dionne in The Washington Post. Do Republicans intend to break “America’s promise to seniors and to the poor?” asks Jon Cohn…
Women Caregivers and Savings
The Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement has some good tips about saving throughout the stages of your life. Here's a snapshot but do check out their site for more.…
Join me for my Public Sector State and Local Executives’ HIE webinar Wednesday, April 13
State and local CIOs have worked for many years to foster the exchange of data between medical providers, health insurance plans, and government agencies. Building out such health information exchange…
Hospitals not Leveraging Facebook
US hospitals are not leveraging Facebook to engage patients, improve brand recognition, build communities or just about anything else, a new study finds. Verasoni Worldwide and Simon Associates conducted the…
Mayo Clinic, Geisinger, Kaiser Permanente, Intermountain Healthcare, and Group Health Securely Share Patient-Specific Data
What do all of these companies have in common besides their care and technology, they are non profits so we have an alliance here with like entities. All will be…
World Medical Device Organization Launches It’s 100th Online Course
I felt this is well worth a mention to have a central location to search and find online healthcare classes. This is from the USNews University Directory. You can filter…
