St. Louis
Unconventional Wisdom
Rethinking the approach to some autoimmune disorders
What if the standard treatment approach was the wrong one? In the case of several autoimmune disorders, it’s a theory that is gaining traction bolstered by recent research findings...
CINDY SANDERS
Mainstreaming Digital
Dettmann and Kalkofen find success providing digital marketing expertise to healthcare leaders
When Kaysha Kalkofen and JoAnna Dettmann picked up their college degrees, social media marketing was not on any radar...
LYNNE JETER
PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Robert B. Belshe, MD
It would be easy to feel daunted by the process of pursuing new vaccines – were it not for the chance your discovery might change the world....
LUCY SCHULTZE
IT Acceleration
MedEvolve finds ‘sweet spot’ niche providing PM and EMR software and RCM services to physician practices nationwide
LITTLE ROCK – When Bill Hefley, MD, was a junior partner at a Little Rock orthopedic practice more than two decades ago, he was tasked with choosing a new information technology...
LYNNE JETERGrand Rounds May
St. Louis’s Only LenSx for Cataract Surgery Allows Patients to ‘See Like Never Before’
People in St. Louis now have a new option for cataract surgery – the LenSx laser procedure. The LenSx is located in the Surgery Center on the campus of SSM St. Clare Health Center is the only one in St. Louis, and one of only about 100 in the United States...
THE ESTATE PLANNER: Avoiding Disaster
How to not leave it to someone else to mess up your estate plan
Let me introduce you to my client; we’ll call her Joanna.
Like many clients, she’s a professional and very knowledgeable about her work. She might even have her own estate plan...
STEVEN M. LAIDERMAN
Fear Not
ST. LOUIS—Simply thinking about putting critical business information in the Cloud may give some practice managers a scary feeling. With some of the news reports lately about security breaches, this is no surprise...
THOMAS VAN CLEAVE
Part 5: Money Speaks Loudly
Understanding the PCMH pillar of cost
The important topic of cost of healthcare services represents the fourth pillar of the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model. With the PCMH model fully implemented, cost will be commensurate with utilization...
LYNNE JETER
Miles Against Melanoma
Race founder anticipates record-breaking third annual race to raise funds for deadliest skin cancer
Amalyn Martin has clocked many miles in her mission to raise money for melanoma patients nationwide, a special project that began, oddly enough, with a tanning bed...
LYNNE JETER
Reducing Readmissions with RNs
Key nursing factors impact hospital readmission rates for Medicare patients
While hospitals have long worked to reduce preventable 30-day readmission rates as part of the quest for quality, provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) lend urgency to that mission in the form of increased financial accountability...
CINDY SANDERS