Add unemployment to the impact of Facebook in healthcare: nurse is fired in Detroit

Hospital fires a nurse over Facebook comments Oakwood Hospital let a nurse go for posting remarks about a suspected cop-killer in her care. Per the dismissal: “As healthcare providers, we have a legal and ethical responsibility to protect patient privacy and we are bound by HIPAA rules and regulations to ensure that we do so. All of our...
President Obama: “We Must Address the Crushing Cost of Health Care.”

President Obama: “We Must Address the Crushing Cost of Health Care.”

Text from President Obama’s Address to Congress: …We must also address the crushing cost of health care. This is a cost that now causes a bankruptcy in America every thirty seconds. By the end of the year, it could cause 1.5 million Americans to lose their homes. In the last eight years, premiums have grown four times faster than...

Why Smart, Ticked Off Computer Guys Are Looking to Destroy Your Hospital

Having gone through my venture capital financing hazing in the late nineties, one of the features I’ve noticed about businesses that get funded are those which have a “disruptive” model to them.   VCs enjoy the idea that their investments will not only create value for their own businesses but, in the words of a (very...

WWDD — What Will Tom Daschle Do?

The former Senator Tom Daschle has been picked for the HHS top spot, and there’s been some excellent speculation — I mean, coverage about what Daschle might do once in office.   I think we often miss the forest for the trees when we talk in these grand policy terms.  Sure, the healthcare system is broken.  I think you’d be...

The Impact on the Global Financial Crisis, Part II

MedTouch Webinar: The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Healthcare, Part II from MedTouch on Vimeo. The news about the financial sector meltdown is everywhere, but how will it impact healthcare? In this second part of a special webinar, Paul Griffiths, the CEO of MedTouch, will walk through how the sub-prime crisis led into Wall St....

The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Healthcare, Part I

The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Healthcare, Part I from MedTouch on...

The Global Financial Crisis and Healthcare: A Special Webinar

If, like me, you’ve been watching the global financial crisis with awe and dismay, you’ve probably started wondering how all of this will impact healthcare. In brief, there are three main financial instruments that have kept many hospitals open in the last few years — bonds, investments, and charitable giving — and each...

Why Even Google Can’t Fix Healthcare

Of my last post about open source food, Jeff Jarvis commented: I wasn’t suggesting that the kitchen should be turned over. I’m exploring the ideas of openness even in restaurants. For example, I’d like to know which dishes get ordered more so I can use that in my decision. Or perhaps diners can suggest improvements in recipes. And so...

I Have a Website, So What? Taking Your Strategy to the Next Level

Click to Play The last in our winter webinar series (and our most popular webinar yet): how to take your strategy to the next...

What the free market thinks about patients

I was fascinated by this article about the challenges of healthcare content startups. No so much about why such companies exist, but in hearing about how the general market views “patients” and “consumers” and what implications that has for healthcare institutions. After an afternoon discussing the challenges of...

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