The Effective Use of Social Media in Healthcare Marketing
“What are the most common pitfalls of using social media as a healthcare marketing tool? What should an organization do to mitigate these risks?”
Article
Visions
Lessons Learned
I had the privilege of speaking to several hundred occupational medicine physicians at the American Occupational Health Conference (AOHC) in May, a talk I titled “33 Lessons from 33 Years in Occupational Health.” It was the 33rd anniversary of my first presentation at that conference in Toronto in 1982.
Transitioning from Volume to Value Q&A
Certainly. Volumes provide a platform to in turn measure value. For example, higher Ns mean greater impact.
Embracing the Employer Perspective
Movie buffs surely recall the 2000 hit “What Women Want,” featuring Mel Gibson as an ad executive with the unique power to “hear” what women were thinking whenever one or more was in his presence.
Evidence-based Occupational Medicine: Integrating Research Evidence with Best Practices in Clinical Care
Although formal assessment of medical interventions using controlled trials was established in the 1940s, it wasn’t until the late 1970’s early 1980s that evidence-based medicine (EBM) became part of the medical lexicon.
Research Request Focuses on Preventing Chronic Disability
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)is being urged to place a higher priority on research to help prevent work-related injuries and illnesses from unnecessarily becoming chronic disabling conditions.
Care Mapping Q&A
It can also be called workflows or algorithms. “It can also be called workflows or algorithms. They help you identify problems that you may have in your clinic processes. They may help you identify any variations in practices. It’s The journey into your clinic.”
Managing Patient Waiting Time Q&A
Extend your hours as appropriate and try to comply with both individual and collective employer scheduling needs.
Measuring and Analyzing Outcomes Data Q&A
We use a formal clinic audit tool, compare compliance to standards.
Converting Occupational Medicine Patients to Urgent Care Patients
Regardless of whether a center’s roots are in urgent care occupational medicine, for mixed model clinic operators, the opportunity lies in cross-selling or “converting” workers’ compensation, physical and drug screen patients to urgent care patients.