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11 Things Health Leaders Need To Know About Social Media & Marketing
Marketing of technology and public health have great disparities, but also that leadership in health care are not executing on their brands, social media or marketing. But in the U.S., hospital identity and health branding are paramount for success in …
In Looking To Treat The Whole Patient, VA Tests Behavioral Health Platform
Approximately 1/5th of adults in the U.S. (43.8 million people) experience mental illness in any given year. A significant number are related to depression, anxiety or stress. Those living with mental illness face increased risk of chronic medical cond…
Opioid Lawsuits On Par To Become Largest Civil Litigation Agreement In U.S. History
Recent months have seen a surge in opioid-related lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies and individual leadership of pharma, as well as retail pharmacies and dispensaries. Interestingly, they are being filed by cities, counties, state’s attorneys g…
Severe Complications Rise Sharply Among Women Giving Birth in Hospitals
According to a report just released by AHRQ, the proportion of women who experienced serious complications while giving birth in U.S. hospitals rose 45% between 2006 and 2015. And the data are even worse for low-income and minority women, especially bl…
Haunted Heroes: More Firemen Committed Suicide in 2017 Than Died In Line Of Duty
In a survey of > 4,000 first responders, 37% had contemplated suicide and almost 7% had attempted it. That’s more than 10x the general population. Another study concluded that for firefighters specifically, at least 103 had taken their own lives in 201…
Your Brain On Drama: What Social Media Means For Your Personal Growth
Neuroscience has a decent grasp on the ways our brain develops, processes stimuli and reacts to the world around us. But with each day, that world becomes noisier, more cluttered and chaotic. But to stop ugly, angry social media engagements, we have to…
Can eConsults Lower Patient Wait Times And Medicaid Spending Problems?
The health system is broken. But it’s particularly bad at transferring patients – and their information – around. When more than 1/3 of patients are referred to a specialist each year in the US, and visits to specialists constitute more than 50% of out…
Less Than 50 Years After Tuskegee, Can Trust In Our Health System Be Restored?
The end of July marks a very important milestone in U.S. black history, public health, science and bioethics. 46 years ago, a whistleblower, leaked to the press what we now know as the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment – leaving behind it decades of mistrus…
Less Than 50 Years After Tuskegee, Can Trust In Our Health System Be Restored?
The end of July marks a very important milestone in U.S. black history, public health, science and bioethics. 46 years ago, a whistleblower, leaked to the press what we now know as the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment – leaving behind it decades of mistrus…
600+ Women Open Up About Working In Health Care In 2018
It’s well noted that women are the primary decision makers for health and care decisions. However, in 2018 they are still greatly underrepresented in health care leadership. And while progress has been made, across the male-dominated health world, gend…
