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Contributing Writer · April 7, 2011
More about ACOs: patient satisfaction
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are a newly-defined health care delivery structure that is intended to radically overhaul healthcare, and result in a coordinated way of delivering care based on quality outcomes, rather than simply fee-for-service volume.
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Contributing Writer · April 1, 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.
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Contributing Writer · April 1, 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!
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Contributing Writer · March 18, 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...
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Contributing Writer · March 3, 2011
Mobile health and EMRs
Mobile Health (mHealth) is an emerging hot topic in Health IT, and was certainly one of the buzz items at the recent HIMSS conference in Orlando. Mobile devices, such as smartphones, iPads and other touch-tablets are entering the market, and by their sheer popularity are...
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