Category : Internet
Reinventing Healthcare with Technology
Tech blogs all over the web are posting about the latest and greatest apps and gadgets designed for healthcare. Fast Company’s design blog discusses the trend in an article today, saying, “people are taking more responsibility for their wellness. Designers can help by developing health care tech that’s fun to us.” A good call to action for designers. Did you know that the next iPhone is expected to launch with a built-in heart monitor?…
Vantage Clinical Solutions launches new website for SOL Santa Cruz
Vantage Clinical Solutions is proud to announce the launch of www.solsantacruz.com, a dynamic and interactive online presence created for SOL Santa Cruz of Santa Cruz, CA. The website and comprehensive online presence was created to meet the dynamic needs of this exciting healthcare practice which provides a unique blend of chiropractic and physical therapy care to athletes and active persons in Santa Cruz county.
The goal of the SOL Santa Cruz website…
Medical practice management 101: Scalability
In this new series on The Healthcare Entrepreneur Blog, we’ll be taking a look at a number of medical practice management concepts that medical practice managers, administrators, and clinic owners should consider as part of their planning and day-to-day management. The principles we’ll be outlining as part of the Medical Practice 101 series are applicable to all types of medical practices including general medicine, the surgical specialties, and rehabilitation services such…
Healthcare in the future…a scenario worth striving for?
What would the future of healthcare look like if we could connect provider and patient using technology on an even greater level than we currently do? What if patients were more engaged in their own care through increased access to their personal records? What if providers allowed for greater collaboration between themselves and their patients when making decisions? What if patient ‘consumerism’ was the norm? What if patients actually started taking care of themselves? These…
SEO – Your practice needs it!
As this article from KevinMD.com states, “it’s not good enough simply to have a web presence” anymore. Search engine optimization (SEO) is just as important nowadays. If your not familiar with SEO, it includes all kinds of techniques to earn your web site top spots for those searching you out.
Patients are searching for doctors, medical
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Twitter: Keeping in touch with patients…and keeping them in touch with you
Twitter is a great social media tool that allows us to connect with celebrities, news medial outlets, and our friends. For health care professionals, there’s utility in the tool for us as well.
Think of it this way: If I told you that there was a way to know what your patients were doing, thinking, and planning on a daily basis, would you be interested? What if you wanted to know if, when, and what…
Lessons learned about social media from Domino’s Pizza
Try this out…go to Google and type in “Domino’s Pizza.” Do it now, this might not work forever.
Your first result will be Dominos.com – as it should be. Result two might be another legitimate Domino’s page (or sub-page from within their main company domain). Result three (on my computer) is the following: “YouTube – Disgusting Dominos People.” Hmmm…not…
Online reputations: An important consideration for healthcare providers
I’ve written about the impact that online physician ratings are having on healthcare providers. The ability for patients to comment on their interactions with physicians through a channel that the whole world can see is a significant shift in power toward the consumer in today’s healthcare economy.
It is wise for healthcare providers, including physicians, to check up on their online reputations to ensure that even if they can’t control what…
Standards: The answer to widespread adoption of personal health records
As much as electronic medical records (EMR’s) have been the topic of conversation in the healthcare profession over the last 10 years, most of the buzz has been around the “potential” rather than “impact” of the technology.
One of the main reasons for this is that there exists a lack of standards that allow for the transfer of information between EMR systems. There are some great EMR systems out there, but for EMR’s to really…
Google Alerts: What they are and how they can help your practice
We all know Google, many of us using their search algorithms daily when we “Google” products, services or people online. For business owners, Google has become a research tool, allowing for “quick and dirty” searches of information about themselves and competitors.
As more people are moving to the web to find information about healthcare providers (read my posts about online physician ratings here…
