By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Simple and Smart Health Tips- Health Smarts Video Series I was delighted to participate in Sharecare‘s and RealAge‘s Health Smart Video Series. Healthin30 will periodically bring you some of the Health Smart Videos from myself (Barbara Ficarra), Dr. Mehmet Oz, Dr. Robin Miller and other health professionals. Tricks for Tracking Your Medications – Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA “Do you remember brushing your teeth this morning? You know you…
Read More...TEDMED Challenge of Health and Medicine – Improving Medical Communications
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Health care is about you being in charge of your health. It’s about you partnering and communicating with your doctor and other health care providers. Patient engagement is essential and it begins with you being an empowered and proactive patient. How can we improve communication between doctor and patient? A critical first step is to gather knowledge and ideas from all of us with a passion for improving our…
Read More...Brilliant Tech Geniuses with Dreams to Change the World
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA I’m super excited to write this post because it highlights amazing students who are passionate about changing the world for the better. Students from around the globe with passion, brainpower and love of technology are utilizing their talents to make the world a better place. They had the opportunity to compete in a world-wide technology competition, Imagine Cup 2012, made possible by Microsoft Corp. and Coca-Cola. These students represent…
Read More...3 Best Health Care Tips – mHealth to Social Media Networking
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA As a registered nurse, here are three of my top health tips for taking charge of your health. These aren’t the typical how-to-tips; rather, they help empower you by getting you involved in a hi-tech and social world. 1. Get involved. You are the most important member of your health care team. You are the biggest stakeholder in your health care, and you have the choice to live a…
Read More...Patient Engagement: The Pivotal Role of the Caregiver
This is a guest post by patient caregiver, Rob Harris, founder of Robcares. He writes about how searching the Internet led to patient engagement and how it fostered a cohesive decision making process between health care providers, patient and caregiver. Rob is a caregiver to his wife, Cindy, who is a two-time cancer survivor. “Patient engagement is more than patient satisfaction. It is patient involvement in every aspect…The patient engagement process consisted of my wife…
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