According to a survey of more than 600 nurses conducted by LinkedIn last month, 25 percent of respondents said artificial intelligence will have the greatest negative impact on nursing, and only five percent believe it will have the greatest positive impact on the field.
For about half of the country's physicians, universal healthcare is sounding pretty good right now.
Transitioning to PDPM models significantly shifted the healthcare industry. By replacing the RUG system, healthcare providers cut waste and more accurately reflect the care each patient received.
It happened this week, and it's raising questions about what's appropriate in the professional use of social media.
Will the acquisition signal a new recruiting paradigm?
So what does that mean for healthcare? Probably not much in the near term, but there could be some interesting ideas coming in the future.
Keeping conversations alive is essential for progress in healthcare, and social media can play a prominent role.
Balancing healthcare benefits and insurance costs requires research. From becoming a Difference Card member to offering wellness resources, there are many ways to improve healthcare at low cost.
I'm not sure LinkedIn wants to be part of the conversation. Any conversation, really.
Some of the most active LinkedIn Groups in healthcare will move a lot of that conversation off the site.
Doximity, a startup that positions itself as a “LinkedIn for doctors,” today said it has signed up more than 50 percent of all U.S. physicians in three years. After doubling in 2013, San Mateo-based Doximity said it’s growth accelerated in 2014 to now over 400,000 members, making it “the largest secure network of doctors ever […]
In a post on LinkedIn, Hunter Walk, partner at Homebrew VC, talks the big reasons why venture capitalists aren’t always honest when they turn down a pitch. One of the main reasons: At the seed stage its 99 percent personal. Here are the three personal issues Walk points to that will cause VCs to back […]
A new report from Relatient, A Data-Driven Guide to Patient Access Succes, highlights how focusing on data accuracy and relevance can enhance the performance of healthcare practices.
Last week, we learned Q2’13 saw a five-period spike in medical device recalls. On LinkedIn a few weeks prior, Medical Devices Group leader Joe Hage posed this question to the group: “Are recalls preventable?” The discussion that follows is robust, smart and sometimes a bit heated. Here are five smart comments from a LinkedIn conversation […]
If you are a proud new life sciences startup owner, founder, employee or, hey, even that guy tinkering with an idea in his basement, you need to be reading Steve Blank‘s “Reinventing Life Science Startups” series on LinkedIn. Blank has been part of eight Silicon Valley startups, teaches entrepreneurship at several universities and is a board […]
The NYTimes points toward areas of the United States where surgeries may be much cheaper for some patients, in part due to programs trying to drive down costs, in a comment-driven follow-up to the newspaper’s article on medical tourism and the medical device industry. The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) program is the exemplar […]
So, this is not a serious healthcare-related post. Be forewarned. But if you are willing to giggle, raise your eyebrows or simply shake your head in wonder, read on. A newborn has been named Hashtag. Call the psychiatrist, quick. Hashtag Jameson entered the blue planet at around 10 p.m. Saturday, reports Mashable. And yes, […]
What celebrities are to Facebook, “thought leaders” now are to LinkedIn. The professional networking site has a few noteworthy new users, in the form of thought leaders like President Barack Obama, Arianna Huffington, Pete Cashmore and Cleveland Clinic CEO Delos “Toby” Cosgrove. LinkedIn announced today in a blog post by Ryan Roslansky, the head of […]