Musings on trying to make a difference in healthcare.
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Finding Care with Confidence
Submitted by gwilsonsteele on Thu, 03/27/2008 - 23:07.For over 10 years I have tried to help people find competent healthcare. Nothing is more frightening than facing a potential health crisis, and not knowing what to expect from your doctor. Is he/she competent? Kind and compassionate? Does he/she listen well and will he/she treat me with respect? Will I wait a long time in the office?
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Submitted by gwilsonsteele on Fri, 03/21/2008 - 03:12.After 9 years of attending the annual HIMSS event, I’m still amazed by the overwhelming number of Health IT solutions concentrated into a tradeshow floor. While the Orlando Convention Center offered plenty of space for the 900 exhibiting companies and over 28,000 attendees, there simply was not enough time to explore the inviting booths and thoughtfully displayed wares. Outside of the tradeshow floor, attendees were engrossed in carefully selected educational sessions and keynote presentations, in o
Let Experts Applaud Providers
Submitted by gwilsonsteele on Fri, 03/21/2008 - 02:58.Nursing organizations are taking an interest in the CareSeek LEAP fundraising campaign, a unique program whereby their members are compensated for time spent writing doctor recommendations. The invitation is sent to these not-for-profit associations, which then take the proposal to their boards of directors. The concept seems too good to be true…donations at a rate of $25 per 30 minutes of volunteer time, up to 10,000 nurse volunteers. That translates to $250,000. Where’s the catch?
New Community Across the Ages
Submitted by gwilsonsteele on Fri, 03/21/2008 - 02:54.Today I joined the new AARP online community. I’ve been receiving member solicitations from them since I was 47 years old, and in disgust threw them immediately into the trash. By the time I finally became AARP-eligible at 50, I was not inclined to open any of their mail…ever. Opening AARP mail is admitting that you are getting OLD!
Response to "The Gift of a Recommendation" - Speak from the Heart
Submitted by gwilsonsteele on Fri, 03/21/2008 - 00:03.I may be one of the members whose recommendations are too brief. After reading, “The Gift of a Recommendation” I would like to now expand upon my recommendations here. Recommendations should be words from the heart and I realize mine were simple words without much depth. They were positive but without much strength.
The Gift of a Recommendation
Submitted by gwilsonsteele on Thu, 03/20/2008 - 23:41.As doctor recommendations and reviews are submitted to CareSeek, I try to read as many as possible. Not only do I learn about the wonderful physicians across our country, I learn about their patients and staff as well. Much is transferred in the report of one person about another, especially when the person being reviewed is the health authority that can make or break your life with the news and treatment of your condition.
The Young and Healthy - How Do They View Doctors?
Submitted by gwilsonsteele on Mon, 03/10/2008 - 09:52.CareSeek recently asked a couple of clever film students from UCLA to create a "commercial" that could be promoted on our site and the ubiquitous free world of YouTube. Think, we asked them, of situations that patients might find themselves in that would require a competent doctor. And then, show us why a patient might wish he had used a recommendation for CareSeek's provider rating and review service first.
