Entries by Sunnie Southern

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What goes into a blog post? Helpful, industry-specific content that: 1) gives readers a useful takeaway, and 2) shows you’re an industry expert. Use your company’s blog posts to opine on current industry topics, humanize your company, and show how your products and services can help people.

Why Can’t We All Just Get Along On Line?

Why can’t we all get along online? Viable Synergy’s CEO was recently interviewed by Neil Versel of MedCity News about the explosion of Online Physician Review sites and the impact these sites are having on physician reputation. Check-out a few key excerpts from her interview about online physician reviews from the physician and the patient’s perspective and […]

Adoption of population health programs by providers is growing, but they are still unsatisfied

Original article info. KPMG survey: Data aggregation continues to pose challenge for population health ambitions By STEPHANIE BAUM Click here for full MedCity Article   My highlights: 44% of providers have adopted a pop health strategy and 24% plan to in the next 3 years. “The complaints about incorporating technology into clinical workflows are fairly […]

What Patient’s Want – Good Relationships w/ Physicians – Becker’s Hospital Review

A recent article in Becker’s Hospital Review describes what patient’s really want – better relationships with their physicians. The article goes on to describe 5 ways hospitals can improve patient and physician communication as described by William Maples, MD, from The Institute for Healthcare Excellence and CMO of Professional Research Consultants. 1. Understand how patient […]

The Untapped Potential of Health Care APIs

Description Their success in meeting meaningful use requirements affects the level of Medicare reimbursement that they receive. Among other objectives, meaningful use includes the requirement that providers enable their patients to (1) view, (2) download, and (3) transmit their health data to a third party (known as the “VDT” […]