Tag Archives: quality

Can Hospital Quality Data Be Social?

November 4, 2010 – 7:00 am

By Jenn Riggle
What would you do if your doctor handed you the results of a medical test and walked away?
Without a medical degree, the results would be jibberish, forcing you to either find someone else to interpret the information or turn to the Internet and try to make sense of it yourself.
The same is true [...]

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Foursquare in Healthcare?

May 27, 2010 – 8:00 am

By Jenn Riggle
It seems like every day another company enters the geolocation race. Google’s Buzz, Gowalla, MyTown, Yelp and even Facebook are jumping into the fray. But the company to beat is Foursquare.
The question I have to ask: Does Foursquare make sense for healthcare?
To answer this question, I employed the tried and true method – [...]

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U.S. News’ Rankings Are a Popularity Contest: What Hospitals Should Do Now

April 22, 2010 – 9:24 am

By Jenn Riggle
When the Annals of Internal Medicine broke the news this week that the hospitals selected to appear in U.S. News & World Report’s listing of America’s Best Hospitals are selected based on reputation, rather than quality scores, it confirmed what many have always suspected: The U.S. News’ rankings are basically a popularity contest.
But [...]

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