Future of Healthcare. Medyear. MEDYEAR Teaser. Chart of the Day: Dynamics of Aging. MpRDU. Care Challenge YourNurseIsOn.com Healthcare Staff Communications Platform. A healthcare communications powerhouse called YourNurseIsOn.com.
Quite simply, this platform enables healthcare facilities, hospitals and agencies to communicate with their healthcare providers by two-way (bi-directional) text, phone and email communications. YourNurseIsOn.com can contact ANY members of the entire healthcare team in seconds and receive immediate replies by text, phone and email. YourNurseIsOn.com can contact anyone from dietary, maintenance and security to nurses, doctors, allied health or administration. Join Our Campaign to Bring Michelle Obama to SF Health Innovation WeekHealth 2. HIMSS 2012 - The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society , 20th-24th February 2012. Providing prices isn't as easy as it sounds. A federal report demonstrates what many have long known: Most physician offices are unable to provide an estimate of the amount of money a patient eventually will pay out of pocket before medical services are provided, making it nearly impossible for price to play a role in health care decisions.
"My first reaction is that I'm disappointed they spent all this money to do this report," said Yul Ejnes, MD, chair of the American College of Physicians Board of Regents. "They could have asked any physician. " This is in part because it is not always clear what patients need before they are seen, but there are aspects of the health system that complicate the issue even more. On Sept. 23, the Government Accountability Office released a report on health care pricing to the U.S.
House, which issued it publicly on Oct. 24. "We're not talking about emergency or urgent situations," said Linda Kohn, PhD, the GAO's director of health care. Of the 20 primary care practices, two did not respond. Viewpoints: The Role Of IT In Transforming Health Care; The GOP Raises Super Committee Stakes. Occupy Healthcare. Mark Scrimshire: "#hcsfbay So true! Resistan. How The Accounting and Health IT Geeks Solved the Healthcare Cost Crisis. How’s that for a future headline?
Earlier this week, a coworker passed along a link to an article with a rather bold title, “How to Solve the Cost Crisis in Health Care”. This article was written by world-renowned Harvard strategists Kaplan and Porter who are best known for the Balanced Scorecard and Five Forces, respectively. I was interested in understanding the strategist’s solution to the healthcare cost problem.
I ultimately came away with the basic understanding that accounting and IT talent should work together towards this goal. Kaplan and Porter start the article with a simple phrase that completely reframes the healthcare reform discussion, “The biggest problem with health care isn’t with insurance or politics. Bending the Cost Curve: Emerging International Best Practices - Proceedings from inaugural symposium in Washington, DC, February 1-2, 2011: PwC publication. Healthcare is taking advantage of digital technologies as the public sector globally focuses on developing and implementing institutionally based electronic medical records.
At the same time, personal mobile healthcare technologies are proliferating, empowering healthcare systems by making available new information on patient preferences, service delivery and clinical outcomes. Singapore's national electronic health record sets standard for health IT Related case studies include: Winnie the Pooh Pill Popping Prescriptions Health bill to approach 20 percent of spending by 2020. The Change Foundation. Broadcast Yourself. HealthBlawg: David Harlow quoted in AMA American Medical News story on geolocation services. As health care providers continue to wonder whether and how they should add social media to their mix of communications tactics, new tools -- and new uses for those tools -- continue to sprout up.
I'm quoted in the current edition of American Medical News in a story that looks at the question of whether and how health care providers should use geolocation services (e.g., Foursquare, Gowalla) as additional channels through which they may communicate with patients, colleagues and referral sources -- or through which they may encourage patients and others to communicate among themselves. I've touched on this issue in recent presentations on health care social media, and have noted that even "checking in" on line at an STD clinic -- an activity discounted by Mark Scrimshire in the article -- is something that people will do for a badge -- check out this fall's MTV/Foursquare Get Yourself Tested campaign.
The American Journal of Managed Care: Technology Will Ease Healthcare Dilemma. Hi-tech home-based health monitoring will be a vital part of the solution offered to alleviate some of the healthcare pressures posed by the world’s ageing population over the next 20 years.
That is the firm prediction of University of Ulster experts who have unveiled an initiative that will boost the already thriving intelligent-sensor technology sector on both sides of the border. With the world population over 65 set to rocket from 600 million in the year 2000 to close to two billion by 2050, researchers say that health and social services will be stretched to the limit unless new approaches are adopted. Cutting edge research in many disciplines is enhancing Ulster’s standing as a base for ground-breaking research. The latest UK-wide Research Assessment Exercise has reported strong world-leading and internationally-leading quality research at Ulster, with areas such as Metallurgy and Materials, and Computer Science and Informatics, significantly climbing the UK university league tables. Himss virtual Healthcare expo - Nov 17-19 InXpo - Login to the Show.