Categorized as: Health 2.0
29Jan Medicare Physician Compare Fail
This scathing blog post by Michael Millenson concerning the U.S. Government’s new site to help patients locate Medicare providers caught my eye. Medicare’s new Physician Compare was designed to allow consumers to learn more about their providers. Here’s a little background on the site. After reviewing the site and doing some searc
18Oct PT 2.0: Considerations for an Evolving Marketplace
Check out my AAOMPT presentation: Physical Therapist 2.0: Considerations for an Evolving Marketplace. I will be posting the videos from the presentation after my travels. Stay tuned.
13Oct Its AAOMPT!
How about we start blogging again here at NPA Think Tank! I’m off to my favorite conference of the year, the Annual Conference of The American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists. I’ll be presenting on physical therapy in the evolving healthcare landscape. For now, here is my current landscape, the clouds over Atlanta.
06Apr Healthcare is Coming Over
Better Straighten Up the House! Last week, the WSJ Health Blog was abuzz about announcements by a group of high-powered companies entering the home care market. GE, Intel, Google, IBM, Microsoft have all recently entered the home-health monitoring arena. This is serious stuff for telehealth initiatives, and one can only assume that the introduction
05Jan Hands are Human, Use Them!
I'm an advocate of most things technology, and certainly appreciative of the Health 2.0 concept, whereby web tools are changing the way healthcare is delivered. I'm also a fan of hands-on techniques and thorough physical examinations. I was inspired by a couple blog posts to make sure that as much as we can talk about technology, the key, perhaps t
15Nov Do You Do Health 2.0?
In this time of increasing health costs, falling numbers of paying patients, and overall health-related economic strain, one portion of the health sector seems to be on the move. An estimated 60 million Americans are can be found partaking in some sort of Health 2.0 activities. This is defined as: "Health 2.0 consumers are defined as consumers who
20May Google has Health for All
Google finally unveiled Google Health. It promises to be a whirl as the health care world decides what to do, and how to use Google Health. I was looking through the site and experimented by adding some procedures and medications. Certain providers like Walgreens allow for easy import of your prescription record. I thought the menus were sort of ea
