Tag: Patients
Freedom of Seizure for Many Patients with Minimally Invasive Laser Ablation
Reading Time: 2 minutesPhysicians from 11 hospitals across the United States performed minimally invasive laser ablation on 234 epilepsy patients and found that the majority were seizure-free, according to a recently published study. The study, published […]
How to Fix the Coming Medical Doctor Shortage in the US
Reading Time: 2 minutesA physician shortage is fast-approaching. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the US is projected to have a shortfall of up to 121,300 physicians by 2030, owing to population growth […]
Dog Lovers Lead Happier Lives
Reading Time: 2 minutesAsk people what they’d like to change about their lives and you are likely to hear that they wish they had more time to take better care of themselves, to […]
Health History Record Using Apple’s Health App
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHealthTap, a leader in digital health, announced today that patients and healthcare providers are now able to sync health histories through the company’s secure, cloud-based Unified Health Record using Apple’s […]
UnityPoint Health Notifies Patients Of a Recent Email Phishing Incident
Reading Time: 3 minutesUnityPoint Health announced today that it has notified approximately 1.4 million patients of a recent email phishing incident that may have compromised certain patient protected health or personal information. “We […]
More Oversight Treatment to Protect Consumers from Patient Brokering
Reading Time: 3 minutesHazelden Betty Ford Foundation President and CEO Mark Mishek told a Congressional panel today that the addiction treatment industry needs more oversight to protect vulnerable people and families suffering from substance use […]
New Book about Current State of America’s Healthcare System
Reading Time: 3 minutesAn entertaining and engaging fictionalized story based on hard to swallow facts, “Bless This Mess: A Picture Story of Healthcare in America” by Stephen K. Klasko, MD, MBA, chronicles a futuristic look […]
Health Insurance Creates Economic Distortions for Patients
Reading Time: < 1 minuteKevin Price recently hosted the Price of Business show on the Biz Talk Radio Network. His guest, Price of Show Contributor, Jeffrey Davenport, MD talks about how health insurance creates economic […]
How to Prevent “Painful Tech Neck”
Reading Time: 2 minutesA modern affliction has osteopathic physicians prescribing the selfie stance to patients checking their devices: keep your head up and hold the phone straight out. Tilting the head forward 60 […]
Obamacare’s War on America: The People Speak
Reading Time: 6 minutesBy USABR Dwindling choices. Rising premiums. Diminishing access to doctors. These have become the hallmarks of President Obama’s failing health care law. As the numbers and news stories continue to show, Obamacare is causing […]