This past weekend the Boston Globe published an Op Ed by Sylvia Westphal. [pullquote] IN THE pursuit of safe, effective, and cost-effective medicine,
Health Care~Social Media: Testimonials … and reputation *management*.
There has been a lot of recent *talk* and social media chatter around testimonials --- their usefulness, believability and influence on a patient's decisions to
Social Media and Health Care … Physician Engagement
One day a physician will look in the mirror and see a patient ! That patient will know where to look for evidence based, useful, actionable information they
They Work !!! Checklists and Protocols Save Lives.
From JAMA: Conclusion Over the 4-year period from 2005 through 2008 in 9 diverse metropolitan areas, rates of invasive health
A Difficult Diagnosis: A Useful Approach
The failures of the 5-foot view and the *usefulness* of the 20,000-foot view. Sometimes we have been treating a patient for a while, know them well, worked
Googling Ourselves — What Physicians Can Learn from Online Rating Sites
These sites, such as RateMDs, Vimo, and RevolutionHealth, offer patients an opportunity to rate physicians on their helpfulness, knowledge base, interpersonal
