Featured Report: Can making data beautiful engage patients and boost health literacy?(video)

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Med City News
Can making data beautiful engage patients and boost health literacy?(video)
May,01,2013
by+Stephanie Baum
Providing consumers access to their data without overwhelming their health literacy threshold is probably the biggest challenge for companies developing patient portals to provide access to electronic health records. Too much of a focus on images can be distracting but too much text can cause eye strain or be daunting for users.
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The Wall Street Journal
Health-Care Owners Shun Nursing Homes
Apr,30,2013
by:+A.D.PRUITT
Some of the nation's largest health-care landlords are pulling back from nursing homes on concerns they will be less profitable in an era of steep Medicare and Medicaid cuts.
Health Care REIT Inc., HCN +0.27% which leases to about 250 nursing homes nationwide, and Senior Housing Properties Trust, SNH +0.23% which is the landlord to nearly 50 nursing homes, have indicated they are greatly reducing their exposure or that they might exit the sector.
Ventas Inc., VTR +0.67% one of the largest health-care landlords in the U.S., said it is comfortable with the approximately 300 nursing homes it already houses but won't make major new acquisitions in the sector until there is more clarity on Medicare rates. Instead, Ventas plans to expand into assisted-living properties that aren't dependent on government subsidies.
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HealthIn 30min.
Doctors and Social Media: Personal vs. Professional Online Content
Feb,06,2013
By:+Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
The topic of health care social media continues here on Healthin30, and legal expert, David Harlow, Esq, Health Care Attorney and Consultant at The Harlow Group, LLC in Boston, answers a series of questions focusing on the legal aspects of physicians engaging in social media.
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Fierce Health IT
eHealth Initiative: Tackle looming policy issues to accelerate info exchange
Apr,30,2013
by:+Dan Bowman
The Washington, D.C.-based eHealth Initiative-- responding to a request for information issued in March by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services--said last week that excessive federal regulation of health information exchange would result in inhibited innovation and development.
In a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner and National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari,eHealth
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Featured Report: Negotiating healthcare bills: 20% off vs. “somebody will pay for it”

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Mobile strategies give payers a leg up on competition
Apr,28,2013
by+Dina Overland
Mobile is no longer an option for payers; it's a necessity. Using mobile platforms has become a way of life for most people, whether it's reading articles through a mobile website on their smartphones or playing games on tablets or accessing a store's mobile app to make purchases.
It's these customer habits that have made mobile strategies an absolute core aspect of any company's mission statement. And payers are no exception. But if you're not yet on board with the value of mobile, consider this--Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina saw growth of more than 440 percent in one year in website traffic from tablets and a 105 percent increase in smartphone hits.
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ModernHealthcare.com
Competing for consumers Coming coordinated-care squeeze prompts providers to push into insurance market
Apr,27,2013
by:+Melanie Evans
Residents of central Texas will see a new retailer muscling into their shopping malls and commercial strips this fall. Scott & White Health Plan, the insurance arm of a six-hospital system that also operates another six across the state, plans a major push to enroll people buying health insurance in the markets created by the healthcare reform law.
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Med City News
FDA wants more patients to learn about and offer feedback on drug/device approvals
Apr,26,2013
By:+Deanna Pogorelc
As part of its effort to be more transparent and loop patients into its processes and policies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week launched a new website called FDA Patient Network.
It’s meant to be an educational resource for patients, patient advocates and consumers to learn about drug and device approval, off-label use of products and clinical trials. It’s also intended to be a place to ask questions of FDA officials, comment on decision-making and become involved in the decision-making process, the FDA says.
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Med City News
Negotiating healthcare bills: 20% off vs. “somebody will pay for it”
Apr,25,2013
by:+ Veronica Combs
Didn’t know you have to negotiate your hospital bills? Maybe you are a healthy person who rarely gets medical bills or deals with them when they do come. Two of my experiences have shown me that yes, negotiating is possible and has a significant ROI. But the bigger problem with that “solution” for lowering healthcare costs is time.
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Featured Report:What Every Business Owner Needs To Know About Fear

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e-Marketer
Smartphones, Tablets Drive Faster Growth in Ecommerce Sales
Apr,24,2013
by+ Staff
Mobile will take a greater percentage of total ecommerce retail sales Mobile shopping—particularly on tablet devices—is having an outsize impact on the ecommerce world, contributing to an increasing share of US retail ecommerce sales and exerting more influence on overall retail sales, according to new estimates from eMarketer.
This year, 15% of online retail sales will take place via mobile devices, according to eMarketer, up from 11% in 2012. By 2017, the percentage will rise to 25%.
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Small Business Technology
Three Things Every Business Owner Should Be Thinking About!
Apr,22,2013
by:+Ramon Ray
I recently had a call with Shashi Bellamkonda, VP of Digital Marketing at The Bozzuto Group. Shashi, who recently left Network Solutions after twenty years, talked with me about his previous role and what his new role will entail. He also shared three things that he focused on as he prepared to enter his new role – three things that he feels every business owner should be thinking about.
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New York Times: Small Business Day
Putting a Dollar Value on a Facebook Fan
Apr,23,2013
by:+GENE MARKS
As noted in Monday’s Dashboard summary of the week’s small-business news, a social media marketing firm, Syncapse, has published a report that says the average value of a Facebook fan is $174.17. Seeking further details about the calculation and its potential impact on a small-business owner’s social media investment, we reached out to the company’s chief executive, Michael Scissons, and had the following conversation, which has been edited and condensed.
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Small Business Newz
What Every Business Owner Needs To Know About Fear
Apr,23,2013
by:+Jim Connolly
Fear is a major stumbling block for many business owners. It causes them to make decisions, which seriously sabotage their chances of success. The business implications of fearHere are just some of the ways that fear changes the decisions and actions of small business owners: It causes them to do what’s safe, rather than do what’s right.
It causes them to stay predictable, rather than express their unique worth.
It causes them to join a group, rather than lead a group.
It causes them to watch, rather than ‘do’.
It causes them to look for excuses, rather than look for answers.
It causes them to set puny goals, rather than goals that inspire them.
It causes them to wonder ‘what if it fails?’, rather than ‘what if it works?
‘ It causes them to blame others, rather than accept responsibility.
It causes them to prepare for failure, rather than plan for success.

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Feature Report: Social Media as a Tool in Medicine

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Circulation
Social Media as a Tool in Medicine
Apr,24,2013
by+Katherine C. Chretien, MD; Terry Kind, MD, MPH
It is an exciting time to practice medicine during our digital “coming of age.” Social media, the freely available Web-based platforms that facilitate information sharing of user-generated content, such as social networking sites, media-sharing sites, blogs, microblogs, and wikis, have transformed the way we communicate as a society. Through community building, message amplification, rapid dissemination, and engagement, social media has changed our interactions with others and, by direct consequence, our relationships. For health care, this represents a veritable social revolution. 1
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Med City News
Where do consumer reviews fit into medical providers & product makers’ strategies?
Apr,23,2013
by:+Deanna Pogorelc
In the absence of a Yelp or Tripadvisor kind of go-to site for ratings and reviews, the healthcare industry admittedly hasn’t seen the same kind of adoption of online consumer feedback. But the theory goes that as healthcare consumers are presented with more choices through insurance exchanges, and as care providers see patient satisfaction tethered to Medicare payments, that kind of consumer feedback is going to become more frequent and important.
In “Scoring healthcare: Navigating customer experience ratings,” PwC’s Health Research Institute surveyed 1,000 people online and interviewed 25 health industry leaders to determine how the industry could make the most existing consumer feedback.
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ModerHealthcare.com
Dual-eligible dilemma States test managed care, but critics question if approach is cost-effective
Apr,20,2013
By:+Jonathan Block
Policymakers are hoping moving Medicare- and Medicaid-eligible seniors and the disabled into managed-care plans will save taxpayers a lot of money through better coordination of care. But as a few state demonstration programs get off the ground, critics are beginning to question just how cost-effective the strategy will be.
“I think they will struggle in the beginning, (but) they will definitely save money, but not the giant projections” some are making, said Charlene Frizzera, a senior adviser with consultancy Leavitt Partners and a former acting administrator for the CMS.
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Fierce Health IT
HHS seeks to amend HIPAA to strengthen background checks
Apr,23,2013
by:+Susan D. Hall
Though a Senate bill to expand background checks on firearms sales was defeated last week, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services is examining how HIPAA regulations may keep states from reporting dangerous mental patients to a database used in background checks.
The HHS Office for Civil Rights has issued an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking that seeks public input on how the privacy regulations prevent reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background System (NICS). OCR is looking to address these barriers without discouraging mental health patients from seeking treatment, reports HealthcareInfoSecurity.com.
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