Effective healthcare IT organizations cannot focus exclusively on technology alone. As HIT platforms mature and innovate the organizational needs to effectively manage these systems and their integrations increases as well. After all, unless these systems … continue reading
SLAP Lesion Treatment : Video discussion: Surgery vs No Surgery
SLAP lesions are a unique type of labral tear in the shoulder. SLAP lesions occur in overhead athletes due to chronic repetitive stress. But many SLAP lesions are simply due to aging. How should … continue reading
Google Panda and Penguin Changes: Two More Reasons for Doctors to Blog
No medical social media strategy would be complete without a plan for a blog. If you are a physician who wants to establish an online presence, Google has made some changes recently that should prompt you to … continue reading
Medical Social Media — failures still litter the landscape
It’s been a long 4 years plus that I’ve been wading through the waters of … Medical Social Media…. I’ve worked hard to provide value and meaningful content to interested people (patients) from around the … continue reading
Healthcare Online: IFTTT: Automate your tasks…
I’ve been tinkering with IFTTT this weekend… IFTTT stand for “If This Than That” … This web platform can be very useful for those of us in the healthcare space who curate, save and log … continue reading
National Physicians Survey : Dissatisfaction, Gloomy Outlook and Fax Machines
The Little Blue Book… in collaboration with Sharecare has released their 2012 National Physicians Survey…. Not many surprises here: The national physicians survey pointed out… 40% feel that no one is advocating for them … continue reading
Knee Replacements: Current concepts
Knee Replacement: Many changes have taken place over the last decade with regards to knee replacements. These changes have occurred in many areas: Who is a candidate for a knee replacement: Decision making principles Our … continue reading
The Real Reason Some Doctors Fear Social Media
As people share more via social media, they have access to more opinions from the people they trust about the products and services they use. This makes it easier to discover the best products, … continue reading
ACL Tears: Derrick Rose – “Pre-hab” and PRP
Derrick Rose Has Knee Surgery to Repair his ACL Tear As most sports fans know… both Derrick Rose and Mariano Rivera recently sustained ACL tears. The ACL is the anterior cruciate ligament and for those … continue reading