It is April and here in the Deep South every day is a guessing game. My daffodils are  just shedding their colorful blooms and I can see tender buds tentatively peeking out from the trees in the backyard. The last couple of weeks have brought thunderstorms, snow, nippy keep-the-heat-on days closely followed by shorts and ...

We all know the saying ''birds of a feather flock together.''  This does not only refer to the fact that those with common interests and values tend to be friends and hang around each other. Research has shown that adopting synchronous body language (essentially mirroring someone else) tends to make the individuals feel closer without ...

Since the ASCP took over the popular and progressive NCA in 2009, I have periodically received emails from medical lab professionals not happy with the merger for various reasons.  Prompted by this overwhelming response, I have previously blogged about this subject. I have also addressed the mixed response to the move. Recently I have ...

New graduates especially are familiar with the frustration of looking at an ad for a dream job only to see the dreaded ''experience required.''   In frustration, they argue, ''How can I get experience if no one will give me a job, a chance to gain some experience?'' But such frustration is not confined to new graduates. A colleague who ...

After years of speaking to groups of all sizes, I still do not think I have it down completely. I am not nervous generally, but I still obsess while preparing and I am sometimes left wondering if I really hit my target. I had to really think hard, therefore, when a friend asked me recently how I gave such good talks (she has obviously not seen ...

New Twitter list! Engagement vs. user experience, big data and savings, and consumers ''oblivious'' to healthcare costs, and more. Get daily tweets by following us @ExecInsight. Vala Afshar Harvard Business: don't confuse engagement with user experience http://t.co/ZyBWpcUq [brilliant read]  Precyse Key questions to ask external ...

RSNA news, setting the stage for Meaningful Use stage 3 and even a BYOD holiday gift guide. Catch daily tweets by following us @ExecInsight. EHRWatch Survey finds mixed results in HIT transition http://ow.ly/fBRCU　 HL7 Standards Help Set the Stage for Meaningful Use Stage 3　http://ow.ly/fC3LI　 　 Jenny Laurello RSNA 2012: Push HIT staff, ...

After a short hiatus, we're back - a day early - with this week's tweet list. Check out tweets on sharing medical records with patients, acing interviews, blue button downloads, and Moneyball and medicine, and catch more by following us @ExecInsight. DenverBusinessJournl NEWS: Studies: No easy answer to cutting hospital ER costs ...

It's election season and every time I log on to Facebook I am inundated with messages, notifications and newsfeeds (what's the difference between those last two, by the way?) about the elections and the presidential candidates. Some postings are benign but many are pretty inflammatory and a few border on having no basis in reality. Some are ...

As healthcare providers grapple with the historic June 28 Supreme Court decision upholding the Affordable Care Act, one thing seems to be clear: it is going to create more jobs. With an estimated 30 million people gaining healthcare insurance coverage on account of the new law, the healthcare system is already gearing up to accommodate the huge ...