Christina's Considerations

California's Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan

David Sayen is my state's CMS Regional Administrator and we share an interest in social media. He wrote an editorial for his local paper and is sharing the story through his connections on LinkedIn and Twitter (@davidsayen). Being a good... Read more →

Hospital Employees Devastated by Recent Disasters

Hospital employees are among those who have been devastated by the recent flooding and tornado disasters in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Missouri. The Care Fund, created in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, is there to assist those... Read more →

New Telestroke Initiative Discussion Group Added

The Telestroke Initiative now has just initiated its discussion group for connecting, collaborating and communicating on issues related to telestroke systems and care. This is a public group and discussions are open to anyone on the Internet. Read more →

Hospital Evacuation - it can and does happen!

St. John's Hospital in Joplin, MO had to evacuate last night. I first learned they were hit by the tornado when I received their Twitter feed and then followed their link to the Facebook page. As I watched the news,... Read more →

HealthLeaders Intelligence

Want to know what healthleaders are thinking? Visit the 2011 HealthLeaders Media Industry Survey findings. The reports are based on surveys sent to healthcare leaders in eight segments across the industry: leadership, finance, technology, marketing, quality, physician, nurse, and health... Read more →

Partnering to Heal: Teaming Up Against Healthcare-Associated Infections

HHS has a new social media tool that relys upon a virtual world and avatars to help users see outcomes of their actions and make better decisions. This along with other examples demonstrate that we are finally starting to see... Read more →

What do ACO-Minded Providers Want?

Physician Practice interviewed me about what hospitals with an eye on accountable care organizations want. I believe it is all about partnerships and the priorities of hospitals, physicians, long-term care, home care and other community-based providers will include: identifying partners... Read more →

Moms Turning to Facebook with Health Information

This latest Healthcare IT News article really speaks to me... Oh, if I were a young mom again, I could see my friends and I connecting on Facebook just as we did with our play dates. And, this would have... Read more →

Hospital Preparedness Program

The Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) includes participation from about 85% of the nation's hospitals; and approximately 76% met 90% or more of the program measures for all-hazards preparedness. I've been participating in this program for over two years and really... Read more →

What is Meaningful Use?

IT types can be some really creative people. In this post, I'd like to share Dr. Ross Martin's latest Rap on Meaningful Use. If your asking "What is Meaningful Use?" this is a fun way to learn. Read more →

A Good Day...

Our last Borders is closing today, so we took a little trip to see what deals were left. I found a book on managing the mobile workforce and another on surviving my 40s (I hope it isn't too late.) Then,... Read more →

Telestroke Initiative

I last wrote about the collabortive Telestroke Initiative when we released our survey results last year. Since then, we have been in transition and earlier this week launched our new Telestroke Initiative site, which is built upon a wiki platform.... Read more →

The Mother of All Hospital Administrators

If Florence Nightingale was the Mother of All Hospital Administrators, then I'm proud to be her daughter. Administrators sometimes get a bad rap. I'll admit, there have been a few who deserved it because of some really poor choices and/or... Read more →

Satisfying Your Customers with Social Media

The May/June 2011 issue of Healthcare Executives includes an article I wrote about using social media to engage patients in their Satisfying Your Customers column. And, I've been invited to prepare a follow-up article for a later edition on satisfying... Read more →

Finding Solutions to Healthcare Challenges with Telehealth Technologies

The following is a commentary I was invited to submit for the ATA Daily News. In 2008, while working in a small rural hospital, I watched as some of our patients had to be transferred to a larger facility in... Read more →

Improved Availability and Guideline Compliance with a Remote Presence Neurointensivist Program

A physician friend of mine recently leveraged the power of social media and released a YouTube video about his virtual medical group. It is an ideal vehicle for him, given his use of videoconferencing to provide telemedicine care. He also... Read more →