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Why social media, healthcare don't mix: One doc's take
Family physician Dike Drummond is not a fan of social media in healthcare, at least when it comes to busy physicians trying to cram just one more process into their schedules. In a recent blog post
Hospital price opacity's imminent demise
"Make sure he doesn't spend two grand on a TV." Despite my father-in-law being bound to a wheelchair and a fixed income, his spending tends toward the unfettered. My wife put me in charge of this
What the 'Occupy Wall Streeters' want from healthcare
I don't do a lot of shoe-leather journalism these days, unless chatting up an executive in the lobby of a $400-a-night hotel belongs in that category. So on a gray Monday afternoon I took the subway
Patient privacy, message flow critical to your facility's mHealth efforts
Using SMS/text messaging to communicate with patients may be the next big thing in mHealth. But you can't just create a pithy message and push "send." According to digital marketing firm
FCC's 911 mobile upgrade equally important for hospitals, first responders
Hospitals should get involved in a small rulemaking announced by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) late last week. On the surface it seems unrelated to healthcare--regulators are trying to
Partners HealthCare: How EMR, health IT boosts medication reconciliation
Health IT changes can help bring medication reconciliation adherence to 98 percent, according to Partners HealthCare, which includes Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital in
Mobile 'super-user' docs utilize smartphones, tablets for research, diagnosis
A surprising 25 percent of physicians are using both smartphones and tablets in their practices, according to a recent survey by physician training site Quantia Communications. They're using them
Hospital telehealth network increases stroke robot output
Mercy Telehealth Network is expanding its robotic program to two more California facilities.
California's Mercy Telehealth Network for community hospitals has expanded its robotic program
New England nurses set to strike May 5 and 6
Nursing groups at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine, St. Vincent's Hospital in Worcester, Mass., and Tufts Medical Center in Boston announced yesterday they're each planning a single-day
Hospitals reduce noise to improve recovery
Hospitals that lower the lights, have clinicians put phones on vibrate and rehab their air handling systems may be able to cut their noise levels by up to 90 percent, as well improve the patient
