Day 46: Succinct Health Care – Just pay for it yourself!
* Another guest post by Stephen J Gaines, our Director of Membership Experience. Stephen discusses ways to simplify your health care experience by paying for it yourself. In a recent conversation with my boss Scott Shreeve, MD, we were discussing how we need to keep health care simple. He likes big words so he was […]
Day 65: Proof is in the Passion – Crossover Explained
Passion Tonight I attended an awesome charity event called Savannah’s Organic Ranch. Savannah was a beautiful girl stricken with cancer whose last wish was to pass along her love of organic farming. The spark that was her life and encapsulated in her last wish has fueled a community wide passion for spreading representative organic “ranches”
Day 73 – Demolition Weekend
Demolition (dĕm’ə-lĭsh’ən) n. The act or process of wrecking or destroying, especially destruction by explosives. Explosives, especially when designed or used as weapons. We are having a blast on our march toward revolutionizing the way that medicine is practiced, delivered, and experienced. In fact, we feel so strongly about it that we are l
Day 80: My take on “meaningful use”
Meaningful (mē’nĭng-fəl)adj. Having meaning, function, or purpose. Fraught with meaning; significant: I grow exceptionally tired of the entire “meaningful use” conversation. I see multiple definitions, serious scholarly work, conferences, and an entire industry built up around or attempting to knock down this obnoxious term. Its wearisom
Day 84: Taglines for a New Business Model
Tagline (tăg’līn’) n. An ending line, as in a play or joke, that makes a point. An often repeated phrase associated with an individual, organization, or commercial product; a slogan. An exciting opportunity as part of our opening a clinic is the ability to communicate new messaging around what it is we do. I am […]
Hey man – I am trying out hootsuite for
Hey man – I am trying out hootsuite for uploading new content on Twitter as well as WordPress.
Am I a good doctor?
I would rather have a doctor who knows me better, has time to listen, etc., but even if I somehow find one who follows the direct practice model, I’ll be missing the reassurance that a large practice gives (namely, that the doctors in a large practice have been closely evaluated and chosen because they are […]
Transcript to Transformation: Twitterview with @Berci
Twitterview (twĭt’ər vyū) n. A twitterview is a combination of the terms Twitter and interview. The Twitter medium of 140 characters forces a concise style of interviewing and response. The public can join in on the conversation and become participants themselves by following along or tracking hashtags. On March 26, 2009 the leading health care [&he
Blog Rally: Raising Awareness for Public Participation in Healthcare X PRIZE Development
Blog Rally (b’lôg răl’ē) adj. A coordinated, simultaneous presentation of identical or similar material on numerous blogs for the purpose of engaging large numbers of readers and/or persuading them to adopt a certain position or take a certain action. The simultaneous nature of a blog rally can create the result of joining the efforts of [&hel
Cathedral and the Bazaar in Healthcare
Bazaar (bə-zär’) n. A market consisting of a street lined with shops and stalls, especially one in the Middle East. A shop or a part of a store in which miscellaneous articles are sold. Eric Raymond is a famous open source advocate who published a seminal book on the fundamental philosophic basis for the movement. […]