Let’s face it - healthcare reform is bittersweet for physicians and hospitals alike. Private practice physicians have expressed that their frustrations stem from feeling like the healthcare reform has backed them in to a corner, while hospitals struggle to determine whether to fill their institutions' physician employment opportunities with … [Read more...]
Healthcare Reform Supports School-based Health Centers
Personalized Medicine
In managing the marketing and communications department for a company that specializes in outsourced physician services, it is important for me to keep current, in terms of newest trends within marketing and public relations profession. During a recent marketing round table discussion that I had attended, I was pleasantly surprised to be seated … [Read more...]
Scientists Find Correlation between Dementia and Diabetes
Scientists have found that two worrisome diseases share key biological processes: Type 2 diabetes and dementia. Recent findings are beginning to make scientists, hospital physicians, outsourced physicians , and emergency physicians think that similarities between these two diseases are more than just a coincidence, according to a recent … [Read more...]
Smart Patient Care
With the anticipation of Medicare preparing to decrease financial reimbursement for hospitals with low patient satisfaction scores, the pressure is on for healthcare facilities to provide physician services that result in patient satisfaction. “Kaiser Health News” reported that “with Medicare basing hospital payments on patient-satisfaction … [Read more...]
Proper Monitoring for Post-Surgery Patients
Should patients receive continuous electronic monitoring of oxygenation and ventilation post-surgery? This question was debated in a survey on ASA Standards and APSF Recommendations. “Hospital Newspaper” ran the results: 90 percent of participants answered “YES,” while 10 percent answered “NO.” Those who checked “NO” might have been the … [Read more...]