Top Virtual Reality Companies in Healthcare
What is the common denominator of behavioral psychology, pain management, medical training, rehabilitation and meditation? The answer is virtual reality. I believe that within a few years, VR will be a game-changer in these areas. Thus, it is high time to enlist the most important VR companies in healthcare.
VR is conquering new heigths in terms of healthcare and sales figures
Medical VR is an area with fascinating possibilities. It has not just moved the imagination of science-fiction fans, but also clinical researchers and real life medical practitioners. As a doctor, you could assist in the OR without ever lifting a sca...
Source: The Medical Futurist - April 5, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Virtual Reality in Medicine future GC1 Healthcare Innovation meditation pain management Personalized medicine psychology rehabilitation VR Source Type: blogs
6 Mental Hacks For Working Out
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According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over 50% of people over 18 years don´t meet the amount of recommended weekly exercise. If you are one of those people struggling to finally start and keep a regular workout routine, here are 6 mental hacks for working out:
1. Think longterm
The truth is, no matter how hard you may train, you won´t suddenly lose 20 pounds in a week or go from running 2 miles to r...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - February 4, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Runningmax95 Tags: featured health and fitness self improvement best health advice mental discipline mental hacks pickthebrain workout tips Source Type: blogs
Don't Put Your Suicide Message in a Bottle
“Oh please, dear Lord, take me home.” ☜ Somebody posted this on Facebook last night. I had been reading this woman’s cries for help for weeks, but never spoke up because dozens upon dozens of people jumped into each post to give her love and encouragement. I didn’t believe that I could add anything that her peers hadn’t already expressed. Last night, however, this post bothered me. If you’ve read my blog, you know how I feel aboutdrive-by suicide notes. These types of posts are cathartic for the people who leave them, but they burden the folks who read them. They aren’t constructive and ...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - January 28, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Depression Goodreads Suicide Source Type: blogs
How Meditation Helps Our Relationships
We may think of meditation as a way to gain inner peace and tranquility. But have you considered how a meditation practice can create a climate that deepens intimacy and improves communication?
John Gottman’s research into what makes marriages succeed rveals that when partnerships are marred by a high degree of criticism, contempt, stonewalling, and defensiveness, they often end up in divorce. How can we reduce these intimacy-busting behaviors and create a climate that supports the love we want?
Uncovering Deeper Feelings
Our tendency to criticize, attack, or diagnose others (“you’re self-centered, arrogant, and onl...
Source: World of Psychology - December 18, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John Amodeo, PhD Tags: Anger General Happiness Mindfulness Psychology Relationships Self-Help Spirituality Attachment Theory Criticism Intimacy john gottman Love Meditation trust Source Type: blogs
How the “Public Option” Became Just Another Fuzzy Buzzword
By KIP SULLIVAN, JD
In an earlier post, I criticized managed care proponents for promoting concepts defined only by the aspirations of their proponents. HMO, ACO, “medical home,” and “patient-centered this and that” are examples.
The “public option” (PO) is the latest example of a buzzword defined only by the aspirations of its proponents. The PO, first introduced to the public a decade ago by Jacob Hacker, Democratic presidential candidates and advocates of what would become the Affordable Care Act, has been revived by Democrats over the last five months. [1] Hacker, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and others ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 2, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Five Lessons From 30 Years Of Bundled Payments
In recent years, large employers, physician groups, and commercial and governmental payers have been increasingly interested in the use of episode-based bundled payments as a mechanism to promote high-quality health care and smarter spending. A “bundled payment” occurs when a payer provides reimbursement to providers for a full range of care, rather than paying individual bills for parts of that care such as the surgery, physician fees, and post-acute care.
The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model and the recently announced acute myocardial infarction and coronary artery bypass graft bundled payment programs ...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - October 3, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Alan L. Kaplan, Chad Ellimoottil and J. Thomas Rosenthal Tags: Costs and Spending Featured Organization and Delivery Payment Policy Alternative Payment Models Bundled Payments California Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model Source Type: blogs
Vicarious Trauma: How Much More Can We Take?
Another week, another tragedy. It’s hard to take it all in, let alone make any sense of it.
How does bad news affect us?
We can all be affected by vicarious trauma. That is the “one step removed” trauma that didn’t actually happen to us directly, but which still impacts us nonetheless.
Obviously, for the victims’ friends and relatives the effects are acute, but for onlookers (also from the news, social media and the press) these events have a profound cumulative effect.
When experiencing physical or emotional trauma first- or secondhand, our brains are affected by a perceived threat to well...
Source: World of Psychology - August 31, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Maxine Harley Tags: Disorders General Grief and Loss Psychology PTSD Trauma Violence and Aggression brain Emotion Feeling fight or flight Mass murder mass shooting Psychological Trauma ripple effect social media Terrorism Tragedy Worry Source Type: blogs
To the doctors struggling with depression: You are not alone
By the end of my first year of residency, I knew I was in trouble.
I was overwhelmed by the 15-hour days, the unbearable sadness of the tragedies I witnessed, my feelings of impotence and my fears of making a mistake.
My life was my work, and everything else seemed to be falling apart: my physical health, my relationships, my ability to sleep after months of night shifts.
Yet, I came to work every day. I completed every task. And then I’d go home each night and cry. An administrator pulled me aside one morning: “How’s it going?” she asked.
I began to sob. “Well, get yourself together and get ready for the day...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 30, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/elisabeth-poorman" rel="tag" > Elisabeth Poorman, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Primary care Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health And Political News Relevant To E-Health And Health In General.
August 18 Edition.-----A fortnight where we have all sorts of macro-economic news dominating little Australia with the central banks in the US, UK and Japan all adjusting policy of leaving things as they are for now.Interest rates in Australia have dropped again and overseas we see ongoing issues with other economies. Zerohedge reports that the global money supply has risen to $89 Trillion from only 10% of that just 15 years ago.The major themes this week have been the impotence of central banks and the need for Governments to actually start making some sensible decisions.The most important issue that was flagged this...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 17, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 153
Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 153
Question 1
What part of your body could be considered callipygian?
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Your buttocks
The Callipygian Venus, literally meaning “Venus (or Aphrodite) of the beautiful buttocks is a roman statue, housed in Naples. [Reference]
Question 2
Why do you hands and feet wrinkle in ...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - July 8, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five callipygian cardiac tamponade electrical alternans Q-fever Stethoscope total alternans Source Type: blogs
Suicide Watch: Can You Walk Away from Cyberbullying?
The other day a young girl from Florida named Tovonna committed suicide after friends posted nude photos & video of her onto Snapchat—a popular mobile app for sharing media with friends. According to reports, her mother didn’t understand what Tovonna was upset about. It’s possible she was hysterical and not clear, because it turns out she had been filmed while showering. Three hours after talking to her mother, she shot herself with her mother’s pistol. Tovonna’s death has been overshadowed this weekend by the horrific gay bar mass-shooting in Orlando, but while some people might want to focu...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - June 13, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Depression Goodreads Suicide Source Type: blogs
When Washington Should Say Nothing
North Korea appears headed for a fifth nuclear test. The U.S. joined South Korea and Japan in warning Pyongyang against violating its international obligations. Just as the three governments have done for the last quarter century.
Alas, they cannot stop the North from moving forward with its nuclear program, at least at reasonable cost. Washington should learn the value of saying nothing
The U.S. stands apart from the rest of the world. American officials circle the globe lecturing other nations. Yet other governments rarely heed Washington. It doesn’t matter whether they are friends or foes. Other states act in their, n...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 31, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: Doug Bandow Source Type: blogs
Hyperbole is seldom helpful. Especially when it comes to medical errors.
Josef Stalin famously said: “One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic.” Perhaps 250,000 preventable deaths from medical errors, according to an analysis by Makary and Daniel in the BMJ, maketh a Stalin.
The problem with Makary’s analysis, which also concluded that medical errors are the third leading cause of death, isn’t the method. Yes, the method is shaky. It projects medical errors from a series of thirty-five patients to a country of 320 million, which is like deciding national spice tolerance on what my family eats for dinner.
The problem with Makary’s analysis isn’t that it is full of a...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 29, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Dr. Saurabh Jha Tags: Physician Hospital Malpractice Source Type: blogs
In defense of medical societies – especially ACP
A recent comment attacked medical societies as being impotent on several issues. The commenter clearly expects these societies to work quick visible changes. Here is my take:
My recent leadership role at ACP makes this answer biased, but I believe your expectations of medical societies are harsh. These societies are not impotent, but they are also not potent enough to drive policies. I can speak best for ACP. Let’s take your concerns:
Defining quality
Please read the ACP’s performance measurement evaluations – https://www.acponline.org/clinical-information/performance-measures
These evaluation...
Source: DB's Medical Rants - May 25, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: rcentor Tags: Medical Rants Source Type: blogs
Actually, Medical Errors are the Leading Cause of Death
By SAURABH JHA, MD
Josef Stalin famously said: one death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic. Perhaps 250, 000 preventable deaths from medical errors, according to an analysis by Makary and Daniel in the BMJ, maketh a Stalin.
The problem with Makary’s analysis, which also concluded that medical errors are the third leading cause of death, isn’t the method. Yes, the method is shaky. It projects medical errors from a series of thirty five patients to a country of 320 million, which is like deciding national spice tolerance on what my family eats for dinner.
The problem with Makary’s analysis isn’t that it is ful...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 10, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: THCB Source Type: blogs
