Tweets of the living dead: Social media spreads awareness during disasters
“If you’re ready for a zombie apocalypse, then you’re ready for any emergency.” The Centers for Disease Control made this bold statement (seriously) in May 2011. To help Americans ready themselves for...
View ArticleHappy Birthday America! We’re All Unhappy (Unless you’re in Health IT) with...
Last Thursday the Supreme Court got us a present for our birthday, the plan we deserve, aka the Affordable Care Act. It was a grand compromise of a bill and a decision that each person in the country...
View ArticleDeflating The Healthcare Bubble
As we get closer to HIMSS13, I think back to some of my key takeaways from HIMSS12. One of the things I heard over and over again last year is that healthcare is in a bubble. Going into HIMSS13, with...
View ArticleIntegrating the Healthcare Workplace: Diverse Roles Must Unite for Patient Care
In the workplace, people are grouped together or join a team so they can impact an individual or a group of people. In healthcare, it should be evident that we, regardless of the discipline, work...
View ArticleSuccess of value-based care relies too much on physicians
That’s the message built-in to most contemporary policy, initiatives, and programs, and the source of much professional atrophy and distress among caregivers. No matter the end goal – increase EHR...
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