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Why Doctors Should Care About Retail Medicine: Because Patients Need/Support...
CONVENIENT CARE ASSOCIATION (CCA) FORMS ROUND-TABLE FOR HEALTH SYSTEMS OPERATING CONVENIENT CARE CLINICS Philadelphia, Pa. — As the number of convenient care clinics across the country steadily...
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Op/Ed: The first time a patient asked me how I was
Jennifer Stella, MD | Physician | August 11, 2013 It was the third year of medical school. Month two. First afternoon of my primary care clinic, first patient. I felt overwhelmed and unprepared until I...
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Limiting your choice of doctors: Is Obamacare to blame?
Trudy Lieberman | Policy | August 6, 2013 The specter of loss of choice and freedom to select the doctor you want haunts again. This time it’s being raised on the airwaves with an ad from Americans for...
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Part 2, INVESTIGATIVE REPORT, Hospital Bills: CBS Atlanta reveals hospital...
By Adam Murphy ATLANTA (CBS ATLANTA) – JUNE 10, 2013 - Insured or not, you could pay the price the next time you check into a hospital. Opening your bill after receiving treatment can be a tough pill...
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Doctors Skeptical and Confused About Obamacare, Survey Finds
BY Dan Mangan | FROM CNBC| July 22, 2013 The doctor is . . . skeptical about the Affordable Care Act. And clueless, too. A new survey shows that an overwhelming percentage of physicians don’t believe...
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EDUCATION: How is concierge medical care different from a traditional primary...
How is concierge medical care different from a traditional primary care, family medicine or internal medicine physician office? Written and edited by Michael Tetreault, © 2009-2013 Concierge Medicine...
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Health-Care Innovators Get President Obama’s Attention
BY Catherine Clifford | July 9, 2013 Even as the White House has backed off on a few of its deadlines for administering the Affordable Care Act, the Obama Administration is staying the course on its...
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EDUCATION: The Benefits of Concierge Medicine.
Benefits of Concierge Medicine. Written and edited by Michael Tetreault, © 2013 Concierge Medicine Today, All Rights Reserved. As a Patient of a concierge / retainer based physician, you can expect to...
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BUSINESS: 20 Things The Rich Do Every Day
So what do the rich do every day that the poor don’t do? Tom Corley, on his website RichHabits.net, outlines a few of the differences between the habits of the rich and the poor: 1. 70% of wealthy eat...
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Business: Walgreens leads retail medicine wave
By Kris B. Mamula, Reporter, Pittsburgh Business Times AUGUST 5, 2013 - You are forgiven if you somehow missed this, but Walgreens now calls the walk-in medical centers at its 370 pharmacies Healthcare...
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INSURANCE: Obscure Federal Law — If you go to the emergency room without...
New protection for uninsured hospital trips JULY 31, 2013 — WATCH VIDEO >>
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Hospital | NORTH CAROLINA: Patient shocked by $14,000 hospital bill
By Ann McAdams JUNE 25, 2013 – SOUTHPORT, NC (WECT) - There’s nothing like a trip to the hospital to show you first hand just how expensive health care has become. That’s a lesson a Brunswick County...
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DESIGN: What Your Company Logo Says About Your Brand (Infographic)
BY Kevin Allen | FROM PR Daily| August 11, 2013 A truly great company logo becomes synonymous with its identity. Think about the McDonald’s golden arches, Apple’s apple, Coca-Cola’s cursive typeface,...
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OP/ED: Recession teaches lasting life lessons
By Clark Howard People with elderly relatives who lived through the Great Depression found it affected them their entire lives. I have a relative who lived through it and reused paper towels, plastic...
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BUSINESS OP/ED: Defining success as a small business
By Clark Howard | ClarkHoward.com JULY 24, 2013 - There are 22 million one-person companies in the United States. I call them “micro-businesses,” while Forbes calls them “solopreneurs.” Whatever you...
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EDUCATION: How does concierge medicine work with my health insurance?
How does concierge medicine work with my health insurance? Written and edited by Michael Tetreault, © 2009-2013 Concierge Medicine Today, All Rights Reserved. It’s important to know that concierge...
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Friedlander: ’3 data driven health technologies I’d like to see …’
Robin Friedlander, MD | Tech | July 30, 2013 The digital health and wellness space is growing a mile a minute, with thousands of new sensors, apps, trackers, and websites promising ultimate health and...
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The ultimate DIY project: Create your own EMR
Rob Lamberts, MD | Tech | June 7, 2013 There was a hole in the wall of our bathroom that was a painful reminder of a bad encounter with a plumber. Yes, that hole has been there about a year, and it...
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TECH: Apps to help manage medications in the elderly: What I’m looking for
Leslie Kernisan, MD, MPH | Tech | June 11, 2013 I’ve been interested in apps for the caregivers of elders, but like many physicians, I’ve been too busy to seriously research them or try them out. Time...
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TECH: 10 mistakes practices make in implementing information technology
Rosemarie Nelson | Tech | May 18, 2013 What is the measure of successful technology adoption? Is it never having to hunt for a missing chart? Is it a reduction in specific operating cost line items? Is...
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