Tag Archives: Quick

No Quick Fix: Missouri Finds Managing Pain Without Opioids Isn’t Fast Or Easy

This story also ran on HuffPost. This story can be republished for free (details). ST. LOUIS — Missouri began offering chiropractic care, acupuncture, physical therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy for Medicaid patients in April, the latest state to try an alternative to opioids for those battling chronic pain. Yet only about 500 of the state’s roughly… Read More »

Quick Christmas favourites

Christmas time is stressful enough without the extra pressure of long and difficult recipes. We want to be celebrating with friends and family, not chained to the stove. Fast Christmas contains all those favourite festive recipes but with hacks that mean they can be on the table in no time at all. Ingredients 1/2 cup… Read More »

Northwell Health adopts secure messaging, gets quick benefits

Northwell Health has gone live on secure messaging software to supplement health information exchange between provider locations. The messaging software, from DataMotion Direct, delivers patient information across the Northwell enterprise and its many health IT systems. Northwell is the largest provider organization in New York state, with 750 outpatient facilities and 13,600 affiliated physicians Timely… Read More »

5 quick PR tricks to cover up a lack of real health care news

As all researchers know, science is a grinding parade of failure and dead ends. But as we’ve often written, news release writers sometimes seem hell-bent on making the public believe otherwise. Like expert makeup artists, they can add sparkle to lackluster findings, mask blemishes in study designs, and smooth over unimpressive data. One thing I… Read More »