Trends
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Written by DG Comfort
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Doctors and Hospitals are Increasing Alternative Care Options |
I have written several articles concerning incorporating alternative healthcare practitioners into your practice to increase revenue and patient referrals. This trend is increasing nationwide and is gaining momentum. This looks like a fad that is here to stay just like that internet thing. I strongly urge you, as a leader in the healthcare field, to learn about and include alternative healthcare practitioners in your team of healthcare providers. You can distinguish yourself from your competition by giving your patients the option of alternative healthcare. Most medical doctors still do not include these options in their healthcare treatment. According to a…
Do you know why you are in practice? More importantly, does your staff and your patients know your philosophy for healthcare? You may not think that this issue is important, but all of the most successful business enterprises in the world have mission statements. For example: IBM: Our goal is simply stated. We want to be the best service organization in the world. Google: To organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Facebook: To give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected.
There has been a lot of talk recently about how Personal health records (PHR) are increasingly necessary in today’s climate of Electronic health records (EHR). While most participants in the healthcare delivery system understand that the move will benefit the overall picture of healthcare for the patient, there has not been the expected participation or benefits for the entire system. In theory, having all the patient’s healthcare records in one place, available for any authorized healthcare provider to view at a moment’s notice should allow every healthcare provider to efficiently and effectively address the patient’s healthcare needs. The reality is…
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Written by Sherry Krueger
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What Differentiates Pain Management Centers from Pill Mills |
Pill mills have been in the news quite a lot the past few years, and not in a good way. They dole out millions of narcotic prescriptions annually. Often times the line between doing what’s best for the patient and doing what’s best for the bottom line of the pill mill practice gets very shady at these businesses. “Comprehensive pain centers are very different from "pill mills". Unfortunately the two practices get associated together in the minds of the public.” states David Greene MD, CEO of a pain management center in Phoenix, Arizona and consultant to National Medical Testing Supply…
I was listening to some economists talking about different subjects and I really liked how Dr. Walter E. Williams, a professor at George Mason University, defines economic activity. He describes how persons within an economic system get recognized with ‘certificates of service’ for services rendered. For example, if you mow someone’s lawn, they will reward you with a certificate of service. In our economy we call these certificates of service: ‘money’. I like the way this explains why some people have a lot of money and some people have very little money. In most cases those who have a lot…
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Written by Dr. David Greene
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3 Reasons Why Drug Testing Patients is the Right Thing to Do |
According to a recent NIH study, 1 in 3 Americans is dealing with some sort of pain issue, and the cost of pain in the US exceeds $550 billion dollars annually. An unbelievable twenty percent of doctor visits entails a narcotic prescription. The rise in narcotic prescriptions in the US over the past decade has been exponential. When physicians write for narcotics, they are assuming substantial liability. That liability can be mitigated by a few practice safeguards. One is a pain agreement between the doctor and patient establishing the boundaries of pain medication compliance.
Semantics? Or is there a tangible difference between the two words and professions? The dictionary claims that there is difference between the two words, then later says that the two are interchangeable, at least in the US. So which one are you? A physician (technically speaking) is a person skilled or involved with ‘physic’. Physic is an old French word for ‘art of healing’ or’ natural science’. The suffix ‘ician also from the old French and refers to the person skilled in a profession, and now refers to an occupation. Therefore a ‘Physician’ is a person skilled in the occupation…
What would you think if your doctor told you he was now charging you an annual fee to be his patient? More and more doctors across the country are asking patients to pay a fee for services that insurance doesn’t cover. Most of us have seen charges for missed appointments, but fees are also being charged for such services as filing out school physicals, work questions and athletic forms, according to USA Today. William Jessee, president of the Medical Group Management Association says “It’s not unlike the airlines. They’ve gone from all-inclusive to a la carte”. It appears that the…
The Medical Home, AKA Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH), is defined as an approach to providing comprehensive primary care that facilitates partnerships between individual patients, and their personal providers, and when appropriate, the patient’s family. The goal of the Medical Home is provide better healthcare for the patient, a less stressful environment for the Doctor, and at less cost to everyone. The concept of the Medical Home has been in existence since 1967 when it was introduced by the American Academy of Pediatricians to provide better healthcare for children with severe medical problems.
Merriam Webster defines Alternative Medicine as “any of various systems of healing or treating disease (as chiropractic, homeopathy, or faith healing) not included in the traditional medical curricula taught in the United States and Britain.” If you’re not well versed in what this term encompasses, it would be in your best interest to get up to speed.
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