Posts by jansameh

Another Example of How an Educated Consumer Reduces Healthcare Costs

Posted by on Feb 5, 2012 in Adherence and Compliance, Patient Support

Another Example of How an Educated Consumer Reduces Healthcare Costs

There was an article in yesterdays WSJ about a strategy to reduce hospital readmissions. According to the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 4.4 million hospital stays are a result of potentially preventable re-admissions. This additional care adds more than $30 billion a year to the nation’s health-care tab, or $1 of every $10 spent on hospital care. Until now, there has been...

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Social Media for Internal Communications

Posted by on Feb 5, 2012 in Social Media

Social Media for Internal Communications

One of the great things about living in the Chicago area is that I am able to attend events that I might not normally attend if they were in other cities.  Such was last week’s Modern Healthcare/Studer Group’s “Best Places to Work conference.  One of the sessions was a topic near and dear to my heart, social media, but this time the spin was a bit different. Instead of focusing on...

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