by Steve Berkowitz | Mar 2, 2015 | General, Health care reform, The Future of Administration
The Future of “Tele-Health”: Part 2 The Effect on Local Healthcare I have written several articles on the evolving technology of tele-health and how it will change the very practice of medicine. Tele-medicine may actually have more effect on local...
by Steve Berkowitz | Feb 27, 2015 | Current Events, General, Physician Leadership, Q&A
Getting Back to the Basics- Balancing Quality and Cost in a Community Hospital I am sick and tired of hearing that community hospitals can no longer compete in the new health care world. Some say that community hospitals have become dinosaurs….. although I...
by Steve Berkowitz | Feb 12, 2015 | General, Health care reform, The Future of Administration
It’s time to stop removing the barriers to tele-health. Back in the old days, the individuaI doctor-patient relationship was the mainstay of the practice of medicine. We were told in training that an appropriate history and physician should lead to the...
by Steve Berkowitz | Jan 5, 2015 | General, Physician Leadership
The Doctor -Patient Relationship is getting “Cloudy”– The influence of telemedicine, virtual networks and chronic care reimbursement More and more patients are interested in alternative options to the office visit. In August, a Deloitte study...
by Steve Berkowitz | Dec 15, 2014 | Current Events, General, Health care reform, The Future of Administration
In order for health care insurance to be successful, all have to participate. It is a simple rule in insurance– the unaffected ultimately pay for the effected, whether it is health insurance, home insurance or life insurance. Economically, the program can only...
by Steve Berkowitz | Sep 10, 2014 | Current Events, General
Important message from Ebola and Enterovirus– The “Bugs” are Still Winning ! But this won’t be the “Big One” The Ebola virus has dominated the news these past few months, especially with several patients now being treated in US ...
