We all know about the growing popularity of Twitter and most have used Twitter in the past.  Patients are using Twitter as a form of communication with family and friends.  Your organization has been subjected to Twitter by now.  We have experienced how Twitter can be a valuable asset when commun...

For the first time in several years, medical practice revenue declined in 2008. According to the newly released MGMA Cost Survey: 2009 Reports Based on 2008 Data, multispecialty group practices reported a 1.9 percent decrease in total medical revenue. Although it may not seem like much, in an indust...

HCUP Facts and Figures: Statistics on Hospital-based Care in the United States, 2007 The HCUP Facts and Figures Report were recently released to the public.  There are always some great tidbits of information from these statistics.  The importance of OB/GYN and NICU services are very pronounced i...

This Pew Internet/California HealthCare Foundation survey finds that technology is not an end, but a means to accelerate the pace of discovery, widen social networks, and sharpen the questions someone might ask when they do get to talk to a health professional. Technology can help to enable the hum...

This is a great article that looks at how social media can impact health care in the future.  By using network devices connected to people will improve the health of communities.  Think of how wireless devices gather health data and transmit this info to the provider to monitor disease processes.Â...

How do you define social media?  Is it the application you use?  Is it the process of communicating with customers?  Is it a new type of media?  When surveyed, marketers respond to this question with various responses such as: people talking to each other on the internet dynamic, casual or info...

Since 2005, the number of patients using the Internet to research prescription drug information has doubled to 102.3 million. Similarly, the overall number of eHealth Consumers, those online for any health and medical information, has also grown significantly over the past four years. This market no...