There was blood. There was guts. There were handsome doctors, suffering patients, and villainous bureaucrats. There was inspiration, frustration, and innovation. Code Black, the independent film screened Monday by the attendees of MedCity ENGAGE in Washington D.C., managed to tell a true, exciting and emotional story about what it’s like to work in the emergency […]
Mobile technologies are rapidly being applied to the healthcare setting, but a recent development in Cameroon is thought to be a first “medical tablet” on the African continent. Arthur Zang, a 26-year-old inventor, has come up with the Cardio Pad, which is being tested in the small village of Mbankomo outside of Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé. […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Primary care doctors have reported problems making referrals for patients who have purchased some of the cheaper plans from the federal insurance marketplace. Complaints about narrow networks with too few doctors have attracted the attention of federal regulators and have even prompted lawsuits. But they’re also causing headaches in the day-to-day work of doctors and […]
As I wrote about on LinkedIn, instead of blaming “bad managers” or a “lack of integrity” at local VA sites, like Phoenix, we have to look at the system, now that Secretary Shinseki has stepped down. Dr. W. Edwards Deming always said that senior management is responsible for the system. We need to ask who […]
Using “mystery shoppers” looking for access to health care, Public Health – Seattle & King County has found troubling indications that access to primary-care providers may not be as advertised. About half the time, primary-care providers listed as accepting new patients on Medicaid managed-care organization websites in fact told the “shoppers” they were not accepting […]
LAREDO — For 12 hours a day, the waiting room at Dr. Gustavo Villarreal’s family practice is often packed with patients, people who will pay a flat $50 fee for the convenience — or necessity — of a walk-in, quick-turn doctor’s visit. Villarreal’s practice, which does not accept any form of health insurance, has thrived […]
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Among patients with community-associated Clostridium difficile infection, more than a third had not used antibiotics in the 12 weeks prior to diagnosis and more than half reported limited or no health care contact over the same period. To assess possible sources of infection, Dr. Amit S. Chitnis and his colleagues at the U.S. Centers for […]
A medical billing and collections company is flipping the script between doctors and patients who don’t have health insurance to pay for care. Instead of writing off those bills as bad debt, physicians are hiring MedDirect to work directly with patients to help them find a way to pay. This allows physicians to continue to […]
Sometimes life does unfortunately imitate art. In 1993, the movie “Groundhog Day” hit the big screen. The plot of the movie, starring Bill Murray, centered on Murray’s character being forced to live the same day over and over again until he managed to get it right. Four years later, Congress created a completely flawed formula […]