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Contributing Writer · April 2, 2011
Evidence-based health: Is America Too Hypnotized for It?
It’s a backbone-brilliant concept that actually produces better healthcare, and better health, for significantly less money—and a concept that America may be too politically hypnotized to ever put into wide practice. “Evidence-based” means it’s about what really works, “health” because that’s the goal. Continue
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Contributing Writer · April 2, 2011
Top 5 Healthcare Information Infographics
Why the healthcare sector needs EMRs to provide better care to patients, make doctors’ lives easier and improve the quality of public care. Plus, the voiceover has some neat Australian accents, ey mate! Continue
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Contributing Writer · March 19, 2011
The Top healthcare blogs to understand the industry
As the social media gal for Practice Fusion, a good portion of my day is spent reading blogs, news articles and forum discussions. You’d be surprised that most of what others are looking for in a blog is the same thing I search for throughout... Continue
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Contributing Writer · February 17, 2011
Medicare now covers wellness exams under the Welcome to Medicare code
For as long as the Medicare program has been in existence, coverage for wellness and preventive-care examination have not been part of the traditional benefit. Fee-for-service Medicare had focused on illness-care and chronic disease management. Much of its budget was spent in hospital care, as... Continue
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Contributing Writer · February 11, 2011
Clinical Decision Support: What It Is and how to use It
Clinical Decision Support (CDS) is an important element in improving health care delivery. Given the dramatic variation in health care costs from one locale to another (the Dartmouth Atlas experience), prompting rank-and-file physicians with standard-of-care guidelines (one way of implementing CDS), at the point of... Continue