Patient Engagement in the Era of Care Delivery Reform
We are currently challenged by a healthcare system problem. Too often patients only communicate with their provider to receive episodic care; we need...
18 April, 2011
Masonry
Where does the healthcare continuum really begin?
Where does the healthcare continuum really begin? With prevention? In the home? With the Primary Care Provider? In the Emergency Department? Although an argument can certainly be made...
11 April, 2011
Who is Responsible – Patient or Provider?
I always inform new patients about the personal philosophy that guides my practice as a family nurse practitioner in primary care and determines...
05 April, 2011
Remote patient monitoring via smartphones- Apple and Android platforms
The promise of telemedicine has been around for years, with robotic surgeries, remote monitoring of patients and big city doctors able to care...
23 March, 2011
An Expanded Role for Primary Care in Prevention
We can all agree that we have reached a point where the status quo in prevention is not enough. Obesity continues to...
21 March, 2011
Nursing Modernizes to Reflect Modern Times
As health care evolves, so has the nursing profession. Advanced Practice Registered Nursing (APRN), an umbrella term to include the 4 roles of...
17 March, 2011
Hope Street Group Teachers Ask President Obama for Bold Changes in Teacher Evaluation
Monday, March 14th, 2011 Teachers from Hope Street Group hand-delivered a set of recommendations to the President today that include making student achievement gains...
14 March, 2011
A New Way to Combat Chronicity
A prohibition was lifted on human dissection in 3rd century Greece, under one condition, that the anatomists not involve themselves with the corpse’s...
02 March, 2011
Clinical exam vs Technology
Check out the debate over clinical exam vs technology and our comments on Kevin MD! How important is a doctor’s skill in the physical...
24 February, 2011