Christina's Considerations

A Challenge of Ethics on Facebook

Ben Dillon has posted on a truly difficult ethical situation shares the story on GeoVoices. It involves a mom who blogs on the challenges of raising a child with a genetic defect and this naturally attracts a sympathetic following. The... Read more →

Reach Out To Consumers, Measure & Control Your Domain

Not long ago, I read an article reporting that 1 in 5 Americans are using social media for healthcare information. It made me wonder if hospitals are calculating their market share -that is, the portion of those info seekers in... Read more →

Protecting Workers Against Violence is Worth the Cost

I was recently interviewed for an article in Healthcare Finance News about the cost of protecting workers against violence. It came about because of a ANA survey looking safety concerns in the workplace and the report that healthcare facilities are... Read more →

Health Literacy Resources for Pharmacies

The AHRQ has released resources to help hospitals address Pharmacy Health Literacy; the degree to which individuals are able to obtain, process, and understand basic health and medication information and pharmacy services needed to make appropriate health decisions. The tools... Read more →

Stage 2 Meaningful Use Has Arrived

The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for Stage 2 meaningful use has been posted and it outlines the next stage of meaningful use for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs, which are administered by CMS. The Office of the... Read more →

HIMSS So Cal Healthcare IT Conference

Just as I'm getting ready to experience the big HIMSS Conference, the Southern California Chapter has released its agenda for their upcoming Healthcare IT Conference in Los Angeles. The conference is a great opportunity to hear from National and California... Read more →

Caring for the healthcare givers!

Not long ago I posted on a shocking example of un-compassionate healthcare. An agency employee made fun of and posted a picture of the patients medical records on his Facebook pages. Worse, he refused to see is error or accept... Read more →

Shift Bidding and Staffing the Unit

I had been seeing @MatthewBrowning on my TweetDeck and then realized we were on the HIMSS12 mHealth Meet the Bloggers panel together. After our prep call, Matthew tweeted that he wanted to have a follow-up discussion because of some of... Read more →

Californians’ Attitudes and Experiences with Death and Dying

A recent survey findings of Californians shows that patients and physicians not discussing end-of-life care. Key findings include: About 80% of Californians said they would want to discuss end-of-life care with their physician if they had a serious illness. Only... Read more →

Social Recruiting Activity Report

A new report Social Recruiting Activity Report from Bullhorn examines the activities of recruiter use of social media for executive and job recruiting and it reveals that LinkedIn drives more views than Facebook and Twitter combined. And, recruiters that post... Read more →

Mobile Governance

The executive summary of the HIMSS Mobile Technology Survey report had a somewhat alarming statistic -- only 38% of respondents noted that they have a mobile technology policy in place that regulates use of mobile devices and outlines the organization's... Read more →

Social Media: Doesn't Fix a Poor Recruiting Strategy

I love this blog post from Alan at Human Capital Institute titled Social Medical Will Not Make Up for a Poor Recruiting Strategy. Social media (simply a tool) also can't and won't make up for a poor marketing, outreach, communication,... Read more →

Managing the Mobile Workforce

Mobile Health (mHealth) also involves managing the mobile workforce, but I don't often hear this administrative function being discussed. In our efforts to increase access and the quality of healthcare and reduce costs we are moving beyond COWs (computers on... Read more →