Here are some of the highlights of my reading (and viewing) this week: Does anyone in healthcare want to be understood? via TEDMED [Video of the first nurse at TEDMED.] CDC Issues Alert on Deadly New Designer Drug, Acetyl Fentanyl via Forbes... Read More
An August 2013 Kaiser Health Tracking Poll revealed “more than four-in-ten Americans think the new health care law has been repealed, overturned in court or are just unsure whether it remains the law.” The same amount of people surveyed stated... Read More
I’m pretty keen on statistics. Writing, speaking, and leading – I can drop some numbers on you in no time. The statistics shared through the Thunder Road film, though, stopped me in my tracks. My dad is a veteran. Several... Read More
With all the “latest and greatest” in health care today, the industry stands to learn a lot from other areas of business. Here’s what the Institute of Medicine recommends.... Read More
Congratulations, I think, to Marilyn Tavenner, a former nurse and hospital executive, on her U.S. Senate confirmation May 15, 2013, to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). She has served as the acting administrator of CMS since late... Read More
Texas is made up of 254 counties and thousands of small towns that most Texans know for some reason or another, if not for simply “passing through.” The city of West, Texas is about 120 miles north of Austin, where... Read More
Today is the Union for International Cancer Control‘s (IUCC) World Cancer Day. A lot of myths surround cancer. As healthcare professionals, it is our duty to help dispel these myths. Often, though, we are part of the perpetual myth-movement, standing... Read More
Why wear red today? What’s the big deal about women and heart disease? Heart disease causes 1 out of every 3 deaths among women in the U.S. – one death every minute. 1 in 31 American women die from breast... Read More
Go ahead – pick up the crystal ball. Take a look at what 2013 holds or may hold for health care. Two organizations have already laid out their thoughts on the next year in healthcare. Medscape’s slideshow is quick and... Read More
Wal-Mart is strategically planning to have full primary care practices in certain Wal-Mart locations within five to seven years, or so Marcus Osborne, the Vice President of Health and Payer Relations at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. stated at the Foundation of Associated... Read More