To thrive in today’s healthcare environment, primary care as well as specialty care physicians must implement and maintain strong patient engagement strategies. Effective patient engagement produces improved patient retention and patient outcomes. (1) Proactively engaging patients about their health and Read More
Communication in healthcare is a particularly complex series of connections and critical interactions between patients, providers, staff, and organizations. From scheduling and check-in to seeing the physician and patient follow-up, there are numerous points at which communication can break down. Read More
From the exam room to the home, technology is transforming every facet of healthcare at a pace that’s both exciting and overwhelming. Artificial intelligence systems can accurately create predictive outcome models or design smarter medicine, and remote health technology keeps Read More
Don’t Throw the Baby Out Are you even blogging if you don’t use the phrase “new normal” somewhere within your writings these days? Whether you’ve grown tired of reading the phrase or not, the 2020 adage does sum up today’s Read More
Silver-Linings Without a doubt, one of my favorite silver-linings of the COVID-19 pandemic was definitely drive-thru Mexican food. I kid you not – during the thick of the pandemic last year, the local Mexican restaurant in town offered drive-thru service, Read More
Thinking Thursdays TIPs Improving Bedside Manner Despite COVID-19 Limitations Practice Makes Better There’s a ton of research out there regarding the benefits of good bedside manner including reducing the risk of litigation, influencing a patient’s health for the better, and Read More
Greater and Sustained Transformation “In 2021, transformation (and not just digital) will continue on a grander scale, bringing forth greater and sustained transformation across all healthcare settings,” write authors Arielle Trzcinski and Jeff Becker for the Forrester article, “Predictions 2021: Read More
An Anxious America Do you remember the first time you went to the grocery store after the initial outbreak of COVID-19? I do. I walked in wearing my mask, armed with a can of disinfectant wipes and a bottle of Read More
The Waiting Game One Sunday last month, I experienced my first asthma attack in over two decades. My husband called some friends of ours to come stay with the kids so he could drive me to the hospital. In a Read More
The Best of Both It’s no surprise that in today’s technology-saturated culture, there is a vast amount of research on how technology can be used within the world of medicine. However, what I did find surprising was the amount of Read More