Zero-Sum Game: The Current Healthcare System Is Reaching a Breaking Point
It’s tragic that it takes a shooter, aggravated by his back pain and frustrated with the healthcare system, to spark a necessary conversation about healthcare.
Early elective deliveries illustrate the five biggest problems in healthcare today
Americans are losing patience with our nation’s healthcare system. But the reverse is also true — our healthcare system is literally losing “patients.” More than 1,000 Americans die every day from errors, accidents, and infections in hospitals. Many more suffer at the hands of procedures that never needed to be done in the first place. […]
Changes in Nurse Staffing Answer Clinician Demands
The ongoing nursing shortage facilitates high turnover rates since nurses know they won’t have difficulties finding new jobs. In order to retain and attract staff, it’s in a facility’s best interest to understand what nurses want.
XX in health: Entrepreneurs are making cancer screenings cheaper and more accurate
In honor of National Women’s Health Week, we are highlighting startups focused on women’s health. These companies and these new devices help women stay healthy without draining their wallets. To find more about women’s health and National Women’s Health Week, check out #NWHW and #maternalhealth on Twitter, in addition to the following stories. nVision Medical […]
Robocalling for mammograms and why I’m still not getting one
Yesterday my health insurance company caught me on my home phone (yes, I still have one). They had left a message a week ago, wanting to check with me about “health screenings.” After the computer verified it was really me, the mammogram push started. Have I had one lately? (They must have known that the […]
Critics: Community screenings at hospitals making overtreatment problem worse
Hospitals hoping to attract patients and build their brands are teaming up with medical-screening companies to promote tests aimed at consumers worried about potentially deadly heart disease or strokes. What their promotions don't say is that an influ...
Attention digital health startups! Can someone please help these docs with web design?
First, this is very, very important work. Second, I have recommended these lists to my parents and my friends for help in making treatment decisions. Third, this information should start showing up on Facebook and blogs and search results, but it never will at this rate. Choosing Wisely just added more topics to its lists […]
Consultants: Help Define What’s Next In Healthcare Benefits
Help shape the future of healthcare benefits by sharing your insights.
DSM 5: Strategy document for Big Pharma or huge problem for patients? Both?
Working on the Internet means reading lots of criticism all the time: insulting comments, withering product reviews, snarky blog posts, critiques of business strategy, people, acquisitions, you name it. However, it has been some time since I have read such a thorough and devastating critique as the one Dr. Allen Frances wrote of the DSM […]