Christina's Considerations

Make Wellness a Brand

I read my latest issue of HealthLeaders and came across a friend included in the article on Wellness: The Way to a Healthy Bottom Line. Ray Hino is a Critical Access Hospital administrator and a fellow blogger. I liked the... Read more →

Letting go and dying in real peace!

I had some time before heading off to the nursery today and thought I'd visit some of my blogroll and came across a wonderful, open and honest opinion about one of the most difficult subjects in healthcare -- when it... Read more →

Telehealth in California

The California Telehealth Network was lauched this week and it will be the largest in the Country. It will connect over 800 California healthcare providers in underserved areas to a state- and nation-wide broadband network dedicated to healthcare. This has... Read more →

Disaster Hero

While a great deal of my professional interest these days is in telehealth, I still maintain involvement in local disaster preparedness and response. And, as I've noted before, being prepared in the hospital means making sure those around us (employees,... Read more →

Staff Fired for Posting Pictures of a Dying Patient to Facebook

Here is a story that should get just about anyone worked up. It certainly has gotten me a bit upset. http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/facebook-firings-photos-dying-patient-get-four-hospital-workers-fired-three-disciplined/2010-0?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal I have to say that this is the best reason I've ever seen for why hospitals need a social... Read more →

Integration Strategies to Address Health Reform Implementation Challenges

This year Healthcare Executives of Southern California is partnering with World Health Care Congress and Loma Linda University Medical Center to present the 7th Annual American Health Care Congress (AHCC) on December 7 - 8, 2010 in Los Angeles, CA.... Read more →

What is a RHIO? The song remains the same!

It has been three years since HIMSS released the Guide to Establishing a RHIO and four since I released Forming a RHIO?. And, with all of the talk about health information exchange (HIE) people still find my blog when searching... Read more →