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Latest Post on KevinMD: Chronic disease management through mobile health
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA A recent post I wrote on telehealth is published on KevinMD, “Chronic disease management through mobile health.” Full Story> Chronic disease management through...
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What Topics on Healthin30 Caught Your Attention?
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Social Media Networking caught your attention on Healthin30 with “3 Reasons Why Social Networking Is Not a Waste of Time for Health Professionals,” leading with 1,367...
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Patient Engagement and Health IT – Social Media Voices
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Four active social media influencers share their voices to define patient engagement and comment on why digital technology is important for the doctor/patient and...
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5 Buckets to Patient Engagement and the Role of HIT
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA What is patient engagement? Patient engagement is a connection between patient, caregiver and health care provider. A trusted relationship forms and mutual respect is...
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Patient Engagement: The Pivotal Role of the Caregiver
This is a guest post by patient caregiver, Rob Harris, founder of Robcares. He writes about how searching the Internet led to patient engagement and how it fostered a cohesive decision making process...
View ArticlemHealth: Valuable information in PwC report, but are the findings remarkable?
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA A recent report, (PDF link) “Emerging mHealth: Paths for growth,” commissioned by PwC, (PriceWaterhouseCoopers) the Economist Intelligence Unit, is well executed,...
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TEDMED Challenge of Health and Medicine – Improving Medical Communications
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Health care is about you being in charge of your health. It’s about you partnering and communicating with your doctor and other health care providers. Patient...
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Connected Health Care: How Technology is Driving Transformation
Guest post by Bernard J. Tyson Bernard J. Tyson The age of mobile has arrived. A recent Pew Research Center report found that more than four in 10 American adults now own a smartphone, and one in five...
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Speaking Event: Ivey Global Health Care Conference – Measuring What Matters:...
Upcoming speaking event for Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Barbara would love to hear from you. Please see “Your Turn” at the end of this post. As always, thank you for your valuable time. I’m...
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Nurses Strong During Hurricane Sandy and Every Day
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA The post is dedicated to all the remarkable nurses, doctors and other members of the health care team. Your strength and dedication is extraordinary, and not only in...
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Part 3 – TEDMED Great Challenges: Improving Medical Communication-Sound Bites...
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Part three of a three-part series on Healthin30 TEDMED Great Challenges: Improving Medical Communication This post on Healthin30 is part three of the three-part series...
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Delirium? Now what?
By Derek S. Mongold, MD My father is in the hospital and they say that he has delirium. What exactly is delirium? Delirium is a state of severe confusion that is usually brought on by a medical...
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Mobile Health-The Kaiser Way-An Interview with Bernard Tyson
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA A Candid Interview with Bernard Tyson Bernard J. Tyson “It’s something our members wanted, they have it and they love it,” said Kaiser Permanente’s President and CEO...
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Updated: Mobile Health-The Kaiser Way-An Interview with Bernard J. Tyson
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA A Go-To Health Care System for Innovation and Digital Technology Bernard J. Tyson, Kaiser Permanente’s Incoming Chairman and Chief Executive Officer “It’s something our...
View ArticleEmpathy in Health Care
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA TED speaker Rebecca Saxe inspired this post. “The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.” These are heartfelt words by award-winning actress...
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