HealthBlog readers know that I seldom turn over space on this blog to guest experts.  HealthBlog is very personal, and I like to keep it that way.  However, I also know that HealthBlog is widely read around the world.  There are topics...

St. Joseph Health System is an integrated network of health facilities serving a diverse population in California, West Texas and Eastern New Mexico.  Over 24 thousand employees work in its 14 acute care hospitals, home health agencies, hospice care...

In 1995 I joined the administrative staff at Overlake Hospital Medical Center in Bellevue, Washington.  What began as a half-time position while I continued to practice medicine and provide medical reports for local and national television outlets...

Today I’m reporting from the 21st annual conference and exhibition of the Case Management Society of America (CMSA) being held in sizzling San Antonio, Texas (home of the Alamo).  This morning I provided a keynote address to an assembly of more than...

This week on Microsoft Health Tech Today we report on some amazing work by graduate students at UC Davis.  Wilson To and his colleagues have come up with a smartphone app that helps medical workers in the field diagnose malaria.  And, this isn...

On a May 26th HealthBlog post, The Health Industry Stampede to Cloud Computing , I shared some encouraging information from CDW ( Cloud Computing Tracking Poll ) on the health industry’s measured, yet growing enthusiasm for cloud computing.  As a...

In a piece published today on Hospitals and Health Networks Daily , Hayden Bush provides an interesting perspective on the customer service expectations that people have when dealing with healthcare providers and possible generational differences in those...