A Guest Blog by Matthew Holt Writing in his blog in the NY Times, Uwe Reinhardt sets out three overreaching goals of health reform: Financial barriers should not stand between Americans and preventive or acute health care that they sincerely believe will address concerns over a troubling medical condition, in a timely manner, before that condition grows into a critically serious illness. Having received needed health care, no American family should be so financially devastated…
Read More...Why Doctors & Nurses Need Twitter
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA I use Twitter and I like it. As a registered nurse, twitter helps me promote health and wellness and it helps me educate the public on vital health topics. It allows me to tweet about an upcoming radio show, link to informative websites and blogs, or retweet (RT) a tweet. I can read about the latest breaking health news, learn about the latest in health 2.0 and sometimes it…
Read More...After 40 Years, Patients Still Crave Attention and Respect
The Doctor/Patient Relationship By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA What do patients want? Despite the technological promises of the Health 2.0 movement, in some ways it’s really no different today than it was forty years ago. An article that appeared in Time Magazine on May 13, 1966 says: Today, Americans get far better medical care than ever before; as for the rest [of the doctor-patient relationship], they are often lucky to get as much as…
Read More...Health 2.0 Conference Meets in Boston
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Health and Medical Professionals I am excited to be part of the Health 2.0 phenomenon and I am eagerly awaiting this unique conference in Boston on April 22-23rd at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. I will be conducting a radio and on-camera interviews with some of the guests and I’m thrilled I’ll be able to bring them to you. The theme of the conference is “The Great Debates on…
Read More...Home-Centered Health Care
Congressional Testimony: Home-Centered Health Care by Mike Magee, MD As a health policy professional and weekly media commentator on health care issues, I am often asked for my opinion on where our health care system is headed. I have the advantage of being able to share perspectives with a wide range of thinkers in the health care arena, and their opinions on what needs to be done about our health care system cover the entire…
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