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It’s long been a given that when it comes to doctor-patient interaction, one of the two parties may not always be completely honest with the other. Patients have been known to fib, in some instances, when certain sensitive questions arise.
We know why humans lie. It boils down to looking good to others and ourselves. University of Massachusetts psychologist Robert Feldman posits that this kind of activity is tied to our self-esteem levels. We lie to defend ourselves when we
Primary care in the U.S. is undergoing a transformation — from physician-centered practices to patient-focused teams. An outpouring of energy thought, and work has gone into this transformation, and a clear picture of this new primary care practice is emerging.
In today’s connected business environment, many industry sectors – media, IT and finance, just to name a few have embraced the use of remote, “telecommuter” employees to grow their workforce. Healthcare, however, has been a bit behind on this trend.
Addressing the American Medical Association a few months after taking office in 2009, President Obama said that the U.S. healthcare system “rewards the quantity of care rather than the quality of care.” That statement, made by the president as he
As part of Power Your Practice’s continuing examination of technologies in the mobile health space, we’re conducting interviews with the leaders of some of today’s most influential and innovative mHealth companies. iTriage, a major influencer in the mHealth space, was
Telemedicine could mean radiologists in different countries analyzing digital images of your x-rays, patient-doctor video chats, or even live presentations online by physicians or nutritionists to a wide variety of geographically disparate patients. Seems utopic. So why aren’t we seeing
As part of Power Your Practice’s continuing examination of technologies in the mobile health space, we’re conducting interviews with the leaders of some of today’s most influential and innovative mHealth companies. First up in our mHealth profile series is Happtique,
At this year’s American Medical Group Association (AMGA) Annual Conference in San Diego, I attended a speaking engagement on “Leadership Lessons from the Jazz Masters.” The talk was delivered by John Edward Hasse, a renowned speaker and author and the
When I was in college, neuroethics was becoming ‘a thing,’ and I thought the idea of interdisciplinary fields like those took the best of medical science and the humanities to alter the way we view the world. But that’s just
