A Complete Guide to Planning a Social Media Presence for Healthcare

December 5, 2011 The world of healthcare is inherently siloed, tethered, fragmented and prone to poor communication and collaboration. Today, healthcare workers solve their problems via traditional methods that are often costly, inefficient, nor timely. Increasingly, more savvy healthcare workers are looking outside the system to digital media and communities for answers, but are challenged with uncertainty over concepts of usefulness, practicality, bandwidth issues, "ROI" and privacy concerns. [Read Original Article]

Top Patient Care Performers are Most Profitable Hospitals

November 15, 2011Hospitals with high performance scores in patient care are more profitable, according to a new Press Ganey report. The top 25 percent of U.S. hospitals with the highest scores on the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) question about performance were, on average, the most profitable and had the highest clinical scores, suggesting that patient experience, coupled with clinical outcomes, can mean financial profitability for the institution. [Read Original Article]

Hospitals With Best Patient Satisfaction to Draw in Reimbursements

November 8, 2011Love it or hate it, more hospitals are taking note of patient satisfaction with reimbursements on the line. Starting next year, Medicare will examine patient satisfaction scores when reimbursing hospitals, and better performing hospitals will win out on the incentive. [Read Original Article]

photo of President Bill Clinton shaking hands with Dr. David Lewin

Pres. Bill Clinton
and Dr. David Lewin

Dr. David Lewin and President Clinton Speak at Annual ASCP Meeting

November 2, 2011President Bill Clinton, the Founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and the 42nd President of the United States and a champion for global health, was a keynote speaker at the 2011 American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Annual Meeting held in Las Vegas from October 19-22, 2011. [Read More]

Physicians on Social Media

October 11, 2011A recent article in American Medical News states that while most doctors are active on social media sites, few embrace the idea of connecting with patients. [Read Original Article]