by Mary Pat Whaley | Mar 17, 2010 | Innovation, Learn This: Technology Answers, Memes, Practice Marketing, Social Media
With huge growth in 2009, social media is not just a passing trend used by online marketers; it’s a real, effective method of communicating ideas, sharing information and connecting with people across all age and socioeconomic groups. Healthcare, while slower to adopt...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Feb 21, 2010 | Memes, Physician Relations
A loved one was recently hospitalized for surgery in a nearby town. During the experience there were several moments when I had to decide whether or not I would say something to nurses about hand washing and cleanliness. To my great surprise, I was too intimidated to...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Apr 22, 2009 | Day-to-Day Operations, Medicare & Reimbursement, Memes
The Medical Home, also called the Patient-Centered Medical Home, and the Personal Medical Home, is a movement to solve the problem of fragmented care (one hand doesn’t know what the other is doing) by having a primary care physician or practitioner act as the...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 16, 2008 | Human Resources, Innovation, Memes
An article authored by Kurt Cagle, online editor for O’Reilly Media, does a great job exploring telework which he defines as …employees and contract workers performing their work out of the office – from home, from distributed work centers, from...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 5, 2008 | A Career in Practice Management, Leadership, Memes
What have you done for your career lately? Are you comfortable in your current job? Are you happy? Happy with your income? Happy with your level of challenge? What would you do if you lost your job tomorrow? Do yourself a favor and invest a little time in your...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 21, 2008 | Innovation, Memes
Now for something a little bit different for my Monday morning resource post. I came across two recently published studies that I found interesting – both about people tapping into the Internet for health information. It doesn’t seem that long ago (it...
