In May 2014, late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel sent a camera crew out to streets of Los Angeles to interview people who said they were on...
What's New in the world of Medical Aesthetics?
Beauty may only be skin deep but don’t tell that to the growing number of Americans clamoring for Botox, dermal fillers, anti-aging treatments, and...
Do You Know Your de novo?
In July 2012, the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) was signed into law. The act makes major changes in the way...
Client, Know Thyself
So, you know you need a firm to help your communication efforts and you’ve spent the past month constructing the perfect request for proposal to...
Major News out of ASCO 2014
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is a professional organization representing 35,000 physicians who specialize in cancer treatment....
What is Health Literacy and Where Can You Get it?
The Institute of Medicine calls health literacy the “Prescription to End Confusion,” but understanding medical information is not as simple as...
Keeping the Customers Satisfied
When the Affordable Care Act was passed, the law created something known as the Partnership for Patients. The program is aimed at reducing hospital...
Can We Teach Compassion?
When a nurse says “The doctor will see you now,” the doctor might not really be seeing you. According to a 2013 study by Johns Hopkins University, a...
Is There a Doctor in the House?
According to the Health Resources and Services Administration in May 2013, there was a shortfall of primary care physicians totaling 16,000. And...
The Proactive Healthcare Future is Here
Nothing is more important to a person than his or her health, but millions remain uniformed and passive when it comes to healthcare. Passive...
EU Pushes to Tighten Medtech Regulations
In 2011, it was revealed that the French firm Poly Implant Prothèses (PIP) had been using cheap, industrial silicone, not intended for medical...
What is the Governments Role in Healthcare?
Regulation plays a major role in the healthcare industry, and healthcare in the United States is filtered through an alphabet soup of government...