As I sat in my car last night and watched the fireworks, from a parking lot in West Palm Beach, I pictured myself one year ago, sitting in my car, in a parking lot, on the opposite end of the country. Like last year, tonight, I cried. Unlike last year, my tears being representative of fear, uncertainty, and my grim reality, tonight's tears … [Read more...]
The Gift Too Often Taken for Granted: One’s Health
Health Law Likely to Congest Already Over-Crowded ERs
I often read a health blog, during my daily review of relevant news in regards to physician services providers, patient care, and healthcare, in general. This week in "SHOTS," which appears in National Public Radio's web news, I learned more about the latest buzz that seems to be discussed in hospitals' emergency departments. It seems emergency … [Read more...]
Benefits of Physicians Pairing Up with ASCs
How could pairing up with ambulatory surgery centers help providers of physician services? Well, according to Lanson J. Hyde, chief operating officer of Surgical Development Partners, based in Franklin, Tenn., there are five excellent ways patient care providers can benefit from teaming up with ASCs. In the recent article, "5 Reasons … [Read more...]
“The July Effect”
I was reading "CNN Health" online today and was taken back a bit when I stumbled across the lead sentence in the article titled, "Why you should never go to the hospital in July." The lead sentence reads, "Do not get sick in July. Why? You might die." Well, if that doesn't grab one's attention, I'm not sure what would. After reading the … [Read more...]
Outsourcing Companies Provide Physicians, Hospitalists Options
During challenging times, it is easy for a person to single out the only answer that they see, but often, adopting this tunnel vision approach, results in by-passing some overlooked, but significant, solutions. Health reform has many physicians feeling like they are backed in to a corner, in regards to their careers and their futures. The only … [Read more...]