MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'hook'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:59:57 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028451&cid=t_158787_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F14%2Ftelehealth-wait-theres-online-therapy%2F Stop the presses! Randall Stross over at the Digital Domain at The New York Times has just discovered online therapy. Acknowledging that the idea has been around for a long time, Stross begins the piece by digging up an American Journal of Psychiatry article from 38 years ago, written by Thomas Dwyer describing one of the first telepsychiatry systems ever devised (at Massachusetts General Hospital). How quaint. (Confusing telepsychiatry/telehealth systems — which have been around for decades utilizing private networks and closed video systems, and that are well-researched — with online therapy is a common mistake made by journalists who explore this area.) The hook, apparently, is to highlight yet some more companies who’ve decided to take the plunge into exploiting this ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028451 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:10:09 +0100 5028451 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4911570&cid=t_158787_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F06%2F08%2Fwhy-these-6-happiness-boosters-might-actually-make-you-feel-worse%2F Everyone has a few tricks for beating the blues. It turns out, however, that several of the most popular strategies don’t actually work very well in the long term. Beware if you are tempted to try any of the following: 1. Comforting yourself with a “treat.” Often, the things we choose as “treats” aren’t good for us. The pleasure lasts a minute, but then feelings of guilt, loss of control, and other negative consequences just deepen the lousiness of the day. So when you find yourself thinking, “I’ll feel better after I have a pint of ice cream… a cigarette… a new pair of jeans,” ask yourself — will it really make you feel better? It might make you feel worse. In particular, beware of… 2. Letting yourself off the hook. I’ve found that I sometimes ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4911570 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:45:45 +0100 4911570 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3876752&cid=t_158787_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2010%2F08%2F09%2Femr-stimulus-meaningful-use-checklist%2F A recent comment from Jim Hook from The Fox Group had a nice checklist of items that doctors and practice managers could start doing to make sure that their EMR implementation is ready to meet the meaningful use standards. This isn’t an exhaustive list, but I thought was a good list for those providers wanting to being their preparation for showing meaningful use and obtaining the EMR stimulus money. Everyone should keep in mind that there are no systems “Certified” at this point. Here are some things to check as you get ready to claim your incentives for EHR Meaningful Use under the HITECH Act. This information is based on (EPs) qualifying for the Medicare incentives. 1) Start talking to your vendor about their plans to submit their EHR software for certification as �... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3876752 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:14:36 +0100 3876752 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3813205&cid=t_158787_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FZWj--7jBgN8%2F The usual interaction between Hollywood and the pharmaceutical industry takes place when a celebrity endorses a drug. Roche, for instance, has successfully employed Sally Fields to promote its Boniva med for osteoporosis. Now, though, Roche is about to encounter a Hollywood experience of an entirely different sort - James Marshall, who played a US Marine in the 1992 hit film ‘A Few Good Men,’ claims his acting career was derailed after he used the Accutane acne pill and developed inflammatory bowel disease. His colon was subsequently removed and he is suing the drugmaker for $11 million. His trial starts this week in a New Jersey courtroom and the spectacle is likely to cause a side effect of its own - attention on product liability litigation in ways that previous lawsuits ha... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3813205 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:52:06 +0100 3813205 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1063005&cid=t_158787_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F193071746%2Fbrain_connection_from_ruts_to.html Have you noticed how you can meet one new person and the day changes? Or has a new insight crossed your desk that adds profit to what you already do? Research shows new brainpower that waits in the wings for connections that many of us miss. Brainpower is generated from even one hook between what you do now and where you are headed in the future. How so? At work you’ll likely move from ruts to results. Need more money? Bored with too many routines? Or simply tired of standing still – while others move past you? Progress at work comes from connections you spot and follow.  Modify how your brain links what you already do well … to what you’d like to do more successfully … by acting on one good link today.Your brain is geared to move you out of ruts t... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1063005 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:56:21 +0100 1063005 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1015058&cid=t_158787_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F181704798%2Fchop_to_the_chins_or_meat_hook.html If you find yourself itching to nod a distress signal that will end a brain dead meeting … it’s critical that somebody else knows what you mean.At MITA we attend meetings where life-changing decisions can be decided in a flash – so top executives, tend to use signals that we’ve rehearsed ahead. Do you? Occasionally, our nods and gestures backfire with hilarious results. Recently … for instance … we attended a dinner with an executive from a large firm that began to lead us in directions no longer in harmony with MITA ethics. In panic … I began to gesture wildly to Dr. Robyn McMaster under the table, watching her face intently to see her apparently ignoring my increasing chops to her shins. Robyn continued talking as if nothing happened …... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1015058 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:58:50 +0100 1015058