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Telemedicine News Roundup: Remote Video Visits for Patients in Rural Areas
TOUCHCARE | Posted by Shelly Weitz on November 30, 2015 at 4:49 pm The rapid expansion of telemedicine has not only improved convenience for patients, it’s also bringing the latest health care...
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RESEARCH: Watson Health’s vision is to help physicians make clinical decisions …
From Daily Doubles to Doctors’ Sides By Abigail Ballou 18 Nov, 2015 – In the current era of Big Data, the challenge of consuming and analyzing an unprecedented amount of medical information regularly...
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DPC Journal NEWS ALERT | DECEMBER 2015: Wash. State OIC Annual Report to the...
INFOGRAPHIC … (Source: Concierge Medicine Today, 2015) …Click to Enlarge … Executive summary DECEMBER 2015 | By Wash. State OIC Annual Report to the Legislature ~Wash. OIC In 2007, the Washington State...
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TECHNOLOGY, HEALTHCARE, UBER and APPS: “While building a platform that...
Physician hiring app uses “Uber method” to disrupt billion dollar Locums industry By Iltifat Husain, MD | November 23, 2015 MEET THE 2016 LIST OF “TOP DOCS in CONCIERGE MEDICINE” … Overall I’ve been...
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BUSINESS and COLLECTIONS, Part 2: “Is your practice an Affordable Luxury?...
“Concierge physicians should embrace the idea of offering patients affordable luxury. You are offering luxuries to your patients that they cannot easily get elsewhere.” ~David Crooks President, Easy...
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Could Apple Store-like digital health retail stores be popular? Patient...
Shahid Shah, The Healthcare IT Guy NOVEMBER 12, 2015 – As I travel the country speaking at conferences, I’ve had dozens of conversations with smart people who believe there’s a growing consensus that...
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IORA in-FOCUS … (AZ) Company set to ‘turn health care upside down’
IORA in-FOCUS (Tucscon, ARIZONA) … The company began after launching pilot projects for Boeing workers in Seattle and casino workers in Las Vegas. It has clinics in Nevada, New Hampshire, New York,...
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Q&A: What managed care organizations can learn from retail clinics
October 21, 2015, By Aubrey Westgate More patients are turning to retail-based clinics for care. A consumer survey by PwC’s Health Research Institute, conducted in December 2013, showed that 35% of...
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OHIO: Local hospitals prepare for Republican National Convention …“…we’re...
December 1, 2015, by Lorrie Taylor CLEVELAND, OH – When the Republican National Convention and its 50 thousand participants, including media, come to Cleveland in July of 2016, the medical community...
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TRENDING STORY TODAY on CMT: We’re approaching the end of the generalist PCP...
By The Advisory Board Company FALL 2014 – One critical outcome of designing the clinical workforce for three distinct clinical products is the end of the traditional primary care practice model. The...
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Five Myths About Travel Insurance: via MedjetAssist on USATODAY.COM
By MedjetAssist Click Here to Learn More … February 6, 2015 – If I get sick or injured while traveling and need medical attention, a travel insurance policy will cover my expenses and get me home....
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NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT: Dr. BEN CARSON Discusses Concierge Medicine
Dr. Ben Carson discusses the use of Concierge Medicine while on the campaign trail in 2015. DR. BEN CARSON, 2016 Presidential Candidate Said: “To care for the indigent, there are enough funds used to...
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TRENDING …“How to Have Your Very Own Micropractice.”
August 19, 2013 | By Leann DiDomenico McAllister Pediatrician and Air Force Captain Terence R. McAllister started to think about his post-military employment options in the summer of 2003. Although he...
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BOSTON UNIV. Why homeless people need ‘concierge medicine’
Source: Boston University, Futurity.org Posted by Barbara Moran-Boston University on November 17, 2015 Jim O’Connell has spent his career as a “street doctor,” caring for homeless people on the...
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WALKER: “Shifting Demographics Will Reshape Healthcare in the Next Decade.”
Insights on Today’s Healthcare Consumer Posted by Brent Walker on Mon, Nov 30, 2015 Healthcare organizations in America face an enormous challenge. Baby Boomers are passing the 65+ threshold at a rate...
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TIMES SQUARE: CMTs New Book About Concierge Medicine Seen in Times Square,...
The message of Concierge Medicine must be doing something right if we officially “made it” into TIMES SQUARE on the busiest day of the year, Thanksgiving!!!! “Doctor’s Guide to Concierge Medicine and...
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FORBES: Anthem, Cigna Shareholders Approve Merger As Antitrust Hurdles Await
By Bruce Japsen, Forbes, Contributor Dec 3, 2015 @ 11:06 AM – Shareholders of Anthem (ANTM) and Cigna (CI) approved by overwhelming margins the merger of the two health plans into the nation’s largest...
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LEGAL: Legal Issues Buying or Selling an Urgent Care Center … ~M. Cohen
When buying, selling, or starting an urgent care center, be sure to handle legal and regulatory pitfalls adroitly. By Michael H Cohen Law Group Various legal areas need to be addressed, including:...
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MICHIGAN: Meet Dr. Wassim Younes, of Executive Medical Services
By Jodi Rempala Monday, November 30, 2015 – Have you ever wished you could just Skype with your doctor, or maybe just give him a call after hours? These types of services are the wave of the future,...
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Mayo Clinic Bolsters Content Strategy with Newspaper Partnership. ~HealthLeaders
Marianne Aiello, for HealthLeaders Media , December 2, 2015 Content marketing is a natural approach for healthcare organizations, which have many in-house experts and stories. Mayo Clinic has partnered...
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