Monthly Archives: February 2012

Let’s be honest- no one particularly likes going into a hospital. With the exception of healthcare professionals that like going to work every day, not many people would choose to go into a hospital. There are many stigmas attached to … Continue reading →

The key metric to qualify physician and hospital providers for the incentive payments issued by the federal government in the ARRA is meaningful use. What constitutes meaningful use? Ultimately, who can evaluate each EMR for this seemingly elusive quality? Could … Continue reading →

Since starting this blog, I have really started to look at what budgets are at hospitals around the country.  While saving money is on everyone’s mind these days I was wondering if it is the same for hospitals.  Part of … Continue reading →

A growing problem in seen in health care settings is antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), nearly 2 million patients get infections from hospitals annually, and nearly 90,000 die. The number has increased … Continue reading →

When you think of health care workers what do you picture?  Most likely a nurse, doctors, aids, surgical technicians, etc.  While these are the more prominent positions in health care, there are still many people employed in the “health care … Continue reading →

In the last post, we discussed the advent and implementation of the Electronic Medical Record. We considered the pitfalls that change brings. So why then are our health care professionals migrating to the EMR? The federal government has incentivized its … Continue reading →

Rates of obesity in the United States:  Image: NIH Centers for Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/trends.html If you have been alive for more than 30 years, you have probably noticed a health trend in the United States in the last few decades. … Continue reading →

For my first week’s post, I was planning on writing about the effect of technology on a hospital stay. But as I was doing some research, I came across an interesting term called E-Health. It has a broad range of … Continue reading →

  You are in the exam room with your family physician for your annual physical. He is inquiring about changes you may have noticed to your health over the past year. He performs a thorough exam and possibly orders further … Continue reading →

My main topic of the first few weeks of posting will be on the non-traditional “healing centers” of hospitals and other institutions – mainly focusing on aninmal assisted therapy and incorporating a “natural” environment in medical facilities.  I feel this … Continue reading →