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MUSING – iRemedy: A Simple Cure to an Old Problem
Studies have shown that consumers are increasingly asking for the ability to communicate with their physician via email or other [MORE]
MUSING – The Healthcare Solution: Looking in All the Wrong Places
Aging boomers provide the catalyst for a more aggressive consumer participant approach to their health. The Internet gave them the [MORE]
MUSING – Healthcare Systems See a Compelling Need for Operational Intelligence
Successful healthcare delivery networks must adapt to the increasingly challenging financial environment to achieve their fundamental mission of providing high [MORE]
MUSING – Entropy and the Exploding Hospital
We are often asked as healthcare architects “What is the hospital of the future?” Perhaps the question is best posed [MORE]
MUSING – Automated Billing Analysis
Everyone knows that someone pays for healthcare, whether it’s the government, an insurer, an individual, or the provider. But it [MORE]
MUSING – KEEN Musings
Is it time to change the way we educate engineers in America? About 20 private engineering colleges around the U.S. [MORE]
MUSING – The Medical Home at Home
Telemedicine has been defined as the technology version of the “Dr. Marcus Welby house call” but replaced with a [MORE]
MUSING – Parallel Jubilees
2011 was a jubilee year-50th anniversary-for two seemingly unrelated aspirations: manned space exploration and wellness. In May 1961, [MORE]
MUSING – The Communication Barrier
In the classic 1967 film, Cool Hand Luke, the captain utters the immortal words, “What we have here is a [MORE]
MUSING – Doctor, The Patient Will See You Now…
Andrew Schorr’s recent book, The Web-Savvy Patient: An Insider’s Guide to Navigating the Internet When Facing Medical Crisis, chronicles [MORE]
MUSING – The Healthcare Solution: Looking in All the Wrong Places
Aging boomers provide the catalyst for a more aggressive consumer participant approach to their health. The Internet gave them the [MORE]
MUSING – Bringing About Change
It’s a good bet that many people in healthcare took up their calling because of a personal tragedy. The [MORE]
MUSING – Where-Oh-Where Is My Clinic and My Doctor?
The recent launch of ShopKick iPhone app (application) allows stores to know when you ( a potential customer) has arrived [MORE]
MUSING – The Trek Desk: Exercise, Work, and Lose Weight
An increase in sedentary work has contributed to bulging bodies. People struggle making time to exercise, and many complain of [MORE]