Sat.Jul 13, 2013 - Fri.Jul 19, 2013

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Healthcare and Social Media (Infographic)

Medicine and Technology

Social media often can help bring people together. This is evident in the use of social media by both patients and healthcare providers. Here is an infographic that shows healthcare and social media: Image compliments of Master of Health Administration Degrees.

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Telehealth as an Employee Benefit

American Well

A recent study by NBGH projected that 74% of employers will offer telehealth in 2016. So why are so many employers turning on telehealth? Why do employees love it? Here are a few reasons why online doctor visits are becoming the norm for workforces across the country. Want more on employers and telehealth? Click below to take this short benchmark survey and see how you compare to peers at other companies that are already implementing or considering implementing telehealth.

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Meet Peter Antall, MD, President and Medical Director, Online Care Group

American Well

Dr. Antall is a practicing pediatrician and President and Medical Director of Online Care Group. The post Meet Peter Antall, MD, President and Medical Director, Online Care Group appeared first on American Well.

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Cisco announces EOS/EOL of Vertical Products with Avizia suppling them from July 29th on

American Well

(Language from Cisco’s announcement). Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco TelePresence VX Clinical Assistant, Cisco TelePresence VX Tactical, Cisco TelePresence Synch, and Cisco TelePresence Extended Height Carts. The last day to order the affected product(s) is July 28, 2013. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC)…For customers with active and paid service and support

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.

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Telehealth as an Employee Benefit

American Well

A recent study by NBGH projected that 74% of employers will offer telehealth in 2016. So why are so many employers turning on telehealth? Why do employees love it? Here are a few reasons why online doctor visits are becoming the norm for workforces across the country. Want more on employers and telehealth? Click below to take this short benchmark survey and see how you compare to peers at other companies that are already implementing or considering implementing telehealth.

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EmTech: The MIT Conference on Emerging Technologies

Medicine and Technology

If you're looking for a reason to visit MIT this fall, EmTech MIT is where technology, business, and culture converge. It’s the showcase for emerging technologies with the greatest potential to change our lives. It’s an access point to the most innovative people and companies in the world. Most of all, it is a place of inspiration—an opportunity to glimpse the future and begin to understand the technologies that matter and how they’ll change the face of business and drive the new global economy.

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Using CME for Delivery System Improvement

Medicine and Technology

Last month, the American Hospital Association's Physician Leadership Forum (PLF) had a webinar titled, " Using CME for Delivery System Improvement." As health care delivery reshapes, hospitals are using new and creative ways to engage with physicians to create a more integrated and seamless care system. Jim Burke, MD, senior vice president and chief medical officer, Scottsdale Healthcare, will share their efforts to use continuing medical education (CME) offerings to align physicians across the

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Legal liability of an online curbside consultation

Medicine and Technology

These days, physicians are getting informal consultations (curbside consults) and "second opinion" feedback from other physicians by discussing patient care on closed, restricted online physician-only communities like Doximity. What is the legal liability of discussing a patient and getting input from physicians who have never seen or examined the patient?

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Superfoods and our health (infographic)

Medicine and Technology

You are what you eat. Here's an interesting infographic depicting "superfoods" and our health: Via: HealthPost.co.nz.

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The Secret to Supercharging Your Organizations Communications

Effective collaboration among all care team members is critical to delivering better patient outcomes. A key element to achieving effective collaboration is through the implementation of a clinical communication and collaboration platform. In a fast-paced, high-stress and critical environment, people tend to do whatever gets the job done. Therefore will scramble and use the systems, people, or processes around them to get an outcome more quickly - which can often be at the expense of quality.