We are working with the team at Holland Mark in Boston. Wonderful experience. They have this sign at the front door.. Not much more to say…
Nat
Archive for November, 2009
Another Health Care Money Saver: Empathy
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
While everyone’s focused on preventative care and electronic records as ways of reducing health care costs, David Rakel, a professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, found evidence that empathy has concrete benefits (surprise!). From the BPS Research Digest:
David Rakel and colleagues have found that patients who rate their doctor as highly empathic recover more quickly from a cold. Their illness is shortened by about a day—the same effect shown by the most promising anti-viral drugs. But a doctor’s empathy, unlike the anti-viral, doesn’t trigger nausea and diarrhoea.
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Cough Into Your Mobile Phone For Instant Diagnosis
Friday, November 13th, 2009
Software being developed by American and Australian scientists will hopefully allow patients simply to cough into their phone, and it will tell them whether they have cold, flu, pneumonia or other respiratory diseases.
Whether a cough is dry or wet, or “productive” or “non-productive” (referring to the presence of mucus on the lungs), can give a doctor information about what is causing that cough, for example whether it is caused by a bacterial or a viral infection.
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What if we could deflect traffic from The ER?
Friday, November 13th, 2009
Innovation in Healthcare – A Look at Online Doctor’s ‘Visits’
Friday, November 13th, 2009
I recently learned about an online medical practice that uses the Internet to connect with and take care of patients. I was intrigued by what I heard, so I researched the site further and found it to be a very interesting concept.
Through the site, patients use the Internet as a primary means of communication with their healthcare provider. They create an account where their healthcare information will be stored and then have access to multiple physicians at a click of the mouse.
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