By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Health care industry insiders answer the question: “How is gaming changing the landscape in health care?” First, Fabio Gratton, Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer at Ignite Health says, “gamifying health care is not a silver bullet,” and in Part 2, Joseph C. Kvedar, MD, Founder and Director of the Center for Connected Health says that we have a long way to go to change the mindset of health care…
Read More...Healthline Editors Nominate Healthin30 for Best Health Blog
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Healthin30 was recently notified by Healthline to announce the editors at Healthline nominated Healthin30 for the “Best Health Blog of 2011.” I’m honored to be included among the many wonderful health blogs. While the editors at Healthline nominated Healthin30, the winners are determined by the number of votes from followers and friends. Healthline will name the top three winners. Voting ends January 31, 2012 I’m getting a late start…
Read More...What Topics on Healthin30 Caught Your Attention?
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Social Media Networking caught your attention on Healthin30 with “3 Reasons Why Social Networking Is Not a Waste of Time for Health Professionals,” leading with 1,367 Tweets. “List of 20 Excellent Social Media Networking Resources” also is a popular post. Other topics include: Women and Heart Disease, Telehealth, Patients and the Doctor|Nurse Relationship. Guest blogger, U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Andrew Baldwin, M.D., shares his insights into why he loves…
Read More...Telehealth, Remote Monitoring and Mobile Health
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Bill Crounse, MD, Senior Director, Worldwide Health, Worldwide Public Sector Microsoft Corporation shares his insights and describes four leading trends and technologies that will transform health and health care in 2012 and beyond. These leading technologies include: cloud computing, health gaming, telehealth services and remote monitoring/mobile health. Telehealth, Remote Monitoring, Mobile Health I’d like to focus on telehealth and remote monitoring/mobile health since I feel telehealth is the nucleus…
Read More...Health Care: Employers Encourage Healthy Lifestyles with Penalties and Rewards
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA How do companies curb health care costs? Do healthier employees lead to increased productivity? Several progressive companies believe so and have committed to providing employees with programs to help engage them in a healthier lifestyle. As part of the incentives to lead a healthier lifestyle some employers have instituted a penalty and reward system tied to the companies’ benefits. For example, smokers may incur a significant surcharge to the…
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