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How To Learn Fast | Visual.ly

How To Learn Fast | Visual.ly | Doctor Data | Scoop.it
How to Learn Fast when you are becoming an entrepreneur from our upcoming book.
The distance from San Francisco to London is apporox 5500 miles:

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Big risks equal big rewards

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Sutured for a Living: Suture Material and Skin Irritation

Sutured for a Living: Suture Material and Skin Irritation | Doctor Data | Scoop.it
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Can I tell my doctor which suture material I prefer? How do I know if that suture material is appropriate for my particular surgery?

 

Here I am a surgeon not knowing what suture material is appropriate outside of the area of the body that I am specifically trained in (Eyes). How do layman know what to ask for and how do you approach your surgeon and then understand his/her answers and reactions?

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How Patients Learn in the Digital Age Infographic

How Patients Learn in the Digital Age Infographic | Doctor Data | Scoop.it
Infographic that surveyed non-MD healthcare professionals of how patients learn in the digital age utilizing technology for patient education
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Giving a printed handout is just a starting point for patients to conduct research. I would recommend that health care providers include in their hand out at least 5 sites where patients can go to obtain comprehensive education about their conditions. 

Although many practitioners recommend theirown associates websites, these sites tend to be less than patient friendly in that the are not engaging or visually appealing.

Better are sites that are meant just for consumer and have high quality information.

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The 7 Essentials to Content Marketing

The 7 Essentials to Content Marketing | Doctor Data | Scoop.it
Content Marketing is about attraction. It’s about becoming a credible,
familiar voice to your customers, prospects, and readers alike.
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There is so much information on the internet these days but seems to me it getting harder and harder to find high quality accurate information in many areas. With every search comes thousands of recommendations based on how Google sees the world yet I find myslef digging very deep to find the quality information because the individual who produce high quality contents are not savvy enough to get the information onto the top of a Google search.

 

Great marketing will continue to winover great content and thus the knowledge and opinions of the populace can be easily swayed and bought when you spinkle the right mix of words and tags into your content

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Why Limiting Emails to 50 Words Is a Great Idea

Why Limiting Emails to 50 Words Is a Great Idea | Doctor Data | Scoop.it
Groupon CEO Andrew Mason has a great idea. And it has nothing to do with daily deals.
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Everyone is busy so personal emails must be short and contain no more than 2 points or questions to increase the likelihood that there will b a response.

 

Now for emial marketing when the goal is to get the receiver engaged and ultiately to buy, longer emails are necessary to introduce and explain.

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Motivating patients to make wise choices - amednews.com

Motivating patients to make wise choices - amednews.com | Doctor Data | Scoop.it
Patients are often the biggest obstacle to their own health. Physicians are exploring new communication techniques to help patients make lasting changes.
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Ask patients what they feel they ought to do and then help them follow their own advice. Also it may help to tell some patients that if they refuse to follow the advise given perhaps they should be discharge to another practitioner who they will listen to. 

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Florida Blue and Other Health Insurers Prepare for New Regulations

Florida Blue and Other Health Insurers Prepare for New Regulations | Doctor Data | Scoop.it
After years of marketing plans to employers, not individual consumers, health insurers are making radical changes because of the Affordable Care Act.
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Will plan have more comprehensive coverage to allow people to choose modalities such as Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedia and homeopathy and other complementary and truly preventative therapies along side the choices of pharmaceuticals, PET scans and surgery?

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Law Schools’ Applications Fall as Costs Rise and Jobs Are Cut

Law Schools’ Applications Fall as Costs Rise and Jobs Are Cut | Doctor Data | Scoop.it
Applications are headed for a 30-year low, reflecting increased concern over soaring tuition, crushing student debt and diminishing prospects of lucrative employment upon graduation.
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This is a positive situation. About a generation from now perhaps we will have a less litigious society and more monies will be spent on services that everyone would like as opposed to in a legal system which feeds the lawyers and leaves both plaintiff and defendant as victims of the system.

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Obama enlists doctors for gun violence prevention - amednews.com

Obama enlists doctors for gun violence prevention - amednews.com | Doctor Data | Scoop.it
The president reassures physicians that they can ask patients about guns in the home and inform authorities if they believe someone might harm others.
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Is this now part of the Review of Systems? With a large part of the population owning guns in some form, how reasonable is it to report it to authorities and in addition what services ar available to assess if the gun is of imminet danger?

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FDA Clears iPhone App for Retinal Images

FDA Clears iPhone App for Retinal  Images | Doctor Data | Scoop.it
An iPhone adapter with a companion app designed to make it easy to share high resolution images of the retinal nerve and fundus has received 510(k) clearance from the Federal Drug Administration.
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Med School Debt May Keep Some Docs from More Study

Med School Debt May Keep Some Docs from More Study | Doctor Data | Scoop.it
Too much debt accrued during medical school appears to tip pediatric residents toward primary care or hospital employment rather than a subspecialty career, a national survey found.
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If one considers the projections of shortages in primary care, too much debt is a good thing in that it forces the decision to not subspecialize.

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What Has Your Education Done For You Lately?

What Has Your Education Done For You Lately? | Doctor Data | Scoop.it
Are you $80,000.00 in debt for your college education and can’t make a decent living? A recent story on the CNN’s Money website really caught my eye and made me wonder, what has your education done...
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Entrepreneurs are now hiring the MBAs who are "a dime a dozen"

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5 Ways Marketers Can Use Instagram

5 Ways Marketers Can Use Instagram | Doctor Data | Scoop.it
Have you noticed how more marketers are using images in their social media marketing? Would you like to know how your business can use the popular sharing si
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Reach a wider audience

Create engagement with contests

Reward followers with promo codes

Feature your customers

Get more interests in your events

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HIV: 14 Patients Have 'Functional' Cure

HIV: 14 Patients Have 'Functional' Cure | Doctor Data | Scoop.it
Early and effective HIV therapy may -- in a small fraction of patients -- lead to a so-called functional cure, French researchers reported.
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Physicians brace for 2% sequester pay cut - amednews.com

Physicians brace for 2% sequester pay cut - amednews.com | Doctor Data | Scoop.it
April 1 marks the day Medicare will start paying doctors less for treating beneficiaries under an automatic budget-cutting provision that took effect March 1.
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For physicians, the struggle for adequate pay for Medicare services has been an ongoing battle. The flawed Medicare pay system has increased doctors' rates by only 4% since 2001, even though the cost of operating a practice has risen by more than 20%, said AMA President Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD. The 2% cut only will widen that gap and cause problems that go beyond the pocketbook.

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ACC: Is Chelation Plus Vitamins a Winning Combo?

ACC: Is Chelation Plus Vitamins a Winning Combo? | Doctor Data | Scoop.it
SAN FRANCISCO -- Vitamins alone won't improve outcomes for patients who've had a heart attack, but they do appear to have additive benefits when given in conjunction with controversial chelation thera...
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Interesting how chelation was used extensively in the past then fell way out of favor in which doctors who used it were seen as quacks back to now when the "medical establishment" is again looking at the possible merits of ths controversial treatment

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Why Steven Brill Did Not Follow the Money in Time Magazine`s Article

Why Steven Brill Did Not Follow the Money in Time Magazine`s Article | Doctor Data | Scoop.it
Our country is abuzz over Steven Brill`s article Bitter Pill published in Time magazine`s March 4, 2013 edition... Read More
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Health insurance companies are making record profits during America's recession. Where do these profits come from? First, raising premiums on employers and individuals. Second, decreasing payment amounts and denying payments to providers which includes doctors and hospitals who are actually rendering the care.

 

The real money is in the pockets of the insurance companies and their executives as they ration care to the country.

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If America Was A Startup We’d All Quit | TechCrunch

If America Was A Startup We’d All Quit | TechCrunch | Doctor Data | Scoop.it
TechCrunch is a leading technology media property, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news.
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YES. This is very true. I know few people who are satisfied with the way our country is going. The way we have allowed our political system to pit us all against each other is the reason many are just ready to walk away.

 

Can we do a new startup country?

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Microsoft Kinect could undercut telemedicine systems

Microsoft Kinect could undercut telemedicine systems | Doctor Data | Scoop.it

Explorations of the health potential of Microsoft's Kinect gaming system have so far tended to focus on how it could be used to help rehabilitate patients.

 

But a new study suggests the Kinect could make a major impact in telemedicine, potentially cutting healthcare costs and reducing patients' hospital visits – and consequently the associated risk of infection.

 

The study's headline claims focus on the cost-saving benefits of the Kinect, which uses sensors to track body movements and register voice commands, but the technology could have wider-reaching benefits over existing telemedicine systems.

 

Writing in the International Journal of Electronic Finance, University of Arkansas' Janet Bailey and Microsoft's Bradley Jensen said gaming technology could be used to "teleport" the knowledge and skills of healthcare workers to where they are needed.

 

"The Kinect allows doctors to control the system without breaking the sterile field via hand gestures and voice commands with a goal of reducing the direct cost of healthcare associated infections to hospitals and patients," they wrote.

 


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pour en savoir plus sur l'investissment de Microsoft dans la santé, consultez cet article :http://lemondedelaesante.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/microsoft-a-loffice-pour-notre-sante/

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3 ways doctors can protect against social media fraud - amednews.com

3 ways doctors can protect against social media fraud - amednews.com | Doctor Data | Scoop.it
By taking a few precautions, physicians can ensure that they don't feel damaging effects from online imposters and false comments.
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Disparities in care for blacks linked to segregation, unconscious bias - amednews.com

Disparities in care for blacks linked to segregation, unconscious bias - amednews.com | Doctor Data | Scoop.it
Black patients are less satisfied with care from doctors who show unintentional bias. Highly segregated areas have disparities in lung cancer death rates, research shows.
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I've seen this play out in practice. Even African-American patients who are highly educated and well insured receive biased treatment. The result is poorer outcomes in health even for the most diligent patient being cared for by a biased doctor.

 

Previous studies have found that lower patient satisfaction scores are correlated with poorer outcomes on a wide range of metrics, such as medication adherence and hospital readmissions. There is still no proven way to combat the unconscious biases that can undermine some doctors’ relationships with black patients, said Irene V. Blair, PhD, lead author of the Denver study.

 
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5 Ways to Stand Out as a Guest - Media Guest Connect - Bringing guest experts and the media together.

5 Ways to Stand Out as a Guest - Media Guest Connect - Bringing guest experts and the media together. | Doctor Data | Scoop.it

Taking the Worry Out of Appearing Live

 

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My tips would be to speak in short sound bites and pretend you are at a dinner party having a conversation. Let here be a natural back and forth between the host and you.

The call to action should be soft such as giving your web address. Nothing sounds worst than not giving information on the topic and than telling the audience if they buy your book or go to your program they will get the info. That is the most counter productive way to do an interview. Realize that you want the host to promote you rather than doing self promotion and when you answer the questions the host will more likely wish their audience to find you because you have established yourself as the authority on the topic.

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Tumor Boards May Not Really Impact Cancer Care

Tumor Boards May Not Really Impact Cancer Care | Doctor Data | Scoop.it
Multidisciplinary teams to plan out cancer treatment may not actually improve care or outcomes, an analysis of Veterans Affairs' data suggested.
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Multidisciplinary team is hospitals are not truly multidisiplinary in that genrally only Western medical approaches are considered. Cancer care would be impacted greatly when complementary medical approaches are added along with lifestyle coaching for the cancer patient.

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Study finds a team approach could eliminate the physician shortage | Healthcare Finance News

Study finds a team approach could eliminate the physician shortage | Healthcare Finance News | Doctor Data | Scoop.it
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Of course its good business to use a team approach to delivery of care. Given the financial and time pressures in the current insurance-based healthcare system, the only way to provide care at a low cost is for non-physicians to deliver care to the cases that do not require the super training of the physician team leader.

 

Now that physicians embrace it, how will the public swallow this new approach?

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Making Clinicians Get Flu Shots: More Important Than Simply Preventing the Flu | Wachter's World

Making Clinicians Get Flu Shots: More Important Than Simply Preventing the Flu | Wachter's World | Doctor Data | Scoop.it
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Clinicians should retain the right to decide whether a particular recommendation is right for them. There are many studies that show 1-the dangers of the flu shot 2-the inefficiency of the flu shot.

 

So clinicians who choose to make a broadly informed decision of NOT taking the flu shot should not be deemed as a health hazard as generally tose who take the time to broadly investigate options for maintaining health are generally the healthy people in the populations who do not carry and spread disease.

 

 

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