Patient-physician relationship

Bing Health’s new additions make it a legitimate alternative to WebMD and Wikipedia for healthcare

Jun 29, 2010 by
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Surely by now you have heard of Microsoft’s Bing search engine.  Microsoft has been heavily advertising Bing through TV commercials, content deals, and even offering cash back deals via major vendors such as Best Buy, Walmart, and others. A few days ago Microsoft announced an upgrade to its Bing Health experience that medical professionals should definitely take note of – it could change the current landscape of how medical content is accessed and shared with patients. What makes Bing Health’s [Read more]

ZocDoc Lets Patients Find a Doctor and Make an Appointment in One Easy Step – An OpenTable for Doctors

Mar 24, 2010 by
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This clever and  disruptive web service – and the perfect companion to an electronic health record that includes practice management tools – started in September 2007. Unfortunately I have met very few doctors who have heard of it. This company started by connecting New York dentists with open appointments to unattached patients trying to schedule a checkup, but has since expanded to include primary care, pediatrics dermatology, ophthalmology, ENT, orthopedics and several other specialties in New York City, Washington DC [Read more]

How the Apple Tablet (iPad) Could Transform the Way Patients Experience Healthcare

Jan 25, 2010 by
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As the debut of the iPad fast approaches, speculation about it is reaching a fevered pitch. Scanning the thousands of articles written about the iPad’s potential, one may walk away thinking that Steve Jobs has just cured cancer, ended global warming, and established peace in the Middle East. Some people are even calling Apple’s latest creation the “Jesus tablet.” While the iPad probably falls somewhere short of some of those lofty projections, it has already done what Apple seems to [Read more]