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World Over – 2014-01-30 — Pat Buchanan, Al Kresta, Bill Sessions with Raymond Arroyo – Video

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HEADLINE NEWS OF THE WEEK, plus: PATRICK J. BUCHANAN, political commentator and bestselling author on this week #39;s State of the Union Address by President Oba...

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Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital and Dartmouth-Hitchcock affiliation: Why it makes sense. – Video

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In a rapidly changing health care environment and with a commitment to the patients and families they serve, Alice Peck Day Health Systems (APD) and Dartmout...

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Health Care Reputation Management Firm Fat Brain Interactive Launches Online Reputation Consulting Services for …

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West Palm Beach, Florida (PRWEB) January 31, 2014

Fat Brain Interactive, an online reputation-consulting agency with seasoned search and marketing staff focused on high-end clients, has announced that it is now offering services for organizations and professionals in the health care field.

The West Palm Beach firm is made up of experienced reputation management and search engine consultants who have years of experience in the fields of public relations, crisis communications, search engine optimization and content enhancement. They help medical professionals and health care organizations protect and boost their online reputations by effectively managing risks and maintaining positive online relationships.

The world of health care is constantly changing due to reforms, increased competition, new data sharing requirements and evolving technologies, and its important to monitor what people are saying about you and your organization online, said Gary Truitt, founder and chief strategist of Fat Brain Interactive. With our web reputation management services, you can effectively enhance your online presence and respond to any bad publicity at a moments notice. This makes building your patient base much easier and more effective.

Today more than ever, patients provide feedback online, typically through social media, blogs and online review sites. In many cases, these comments are negative, and enough of them can harm a medical practice for the long term. On the other hand, some patients leave positive reviews, which health care professionals can leverage and highlight to showcase the level of service they provide, and thereby boost their online reputation.

Fat Brain Interactive leverages a number of proven strategies as part of its online reputation management services, such as thorough reputation assessments, content monitoring and alerts, social media optimization, trademark protection, media relations and privacy issues management. It does so using a multichannel approach that includes blogging, social media, search engine optimization, crisis management and content development.

Patients have flexibility in terms of the health care professionals they work with, and you need to be sure that your online reputation reflects the care and expertise you deliver on a daily basis, said Truitt. Our Internet reputation management services can help you build the positive web presence you need and deserve.

In addition to the health care industry, Fat Brain Interactive works with professional athletes, attorneys, business executives, public relations firms, celebrities and other high-profile individuals and organizations. To learn more, go to http://www.fatbraininteractive.com.

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Meditation for Overcoming Fear – How To Meditate for Beginners – You Have 4 Minutes – BEXLIFE – Video

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HD Video Feedback Volunteer Katie Polese in Peru Cusco Health Care Program Abroaderview.org – Video

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Consultant: Vermont already moving toward ‘value-based’ health care payments

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MONTPELIER -- The state pledged to make 90 percent of health care payments "value-based" within five years, as part of its application for a $45 million state innovation grant.

Anya Rader Wallack, a consultant for the state who leads the team that is allocating the State Innovation Model grant award, said payments to providers must be in some way be tied to quality of care.

Jump-starting payment reform was the reason Vermont applied for the grant, and tying payments to the quality of care is reasonable, she told lawmakers on the House Health Care Committee on Thursday.

"I'm not sure what they're going to do if we don't make good on that pledge," said Anya Rader Wallack, a consultant who leads the team that is allocating the money.

Anya Rader Wallack. (VTDigger photo) (Josh Larkin)

Rep. George Till, D-Jericho, said he was dumbfounded that the administration would make such a pledge.

"In actuality, only a very small portion of the payments received by the practice are based on the quality measures," Till wrote in an email.

Wallack tried to reassure him, explaining that federal regulators' definition of "value-based" payments includes Vermont's payments to primary care providers through the Blueprint for Health.

The majority of Vermont's health care providers have signed up with an Accountable Care Organization, and with Medicaid and commercial insurers beginning to offer shared savings programs to the organizations this year, the state is increasing the opportunity for value-based payments, Wallack said.

Shared savings payment programs are considered value-based because the amount of savings payers give back to the Accountable Care Organization is partially based on how well they do in meeting the payers' quality measures.

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Canada’s public health care future in jeopardy

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The future of public health care in Canada is in serious jeopardy. A health care crisis is looming because of decisions being made by the federal government. Unfortunately, this looming crisis is flying below the radar. Few seem to pay attention to what will bring an end to public health care as we know it today.

In a world where we seem to be moving from one crisis to the next, it seems the public has become desensitized to issues that are not affecting them in the here and now. Decisions being made today will lead to a gradual deterioration of Canadas public health care system. If the Canadian public allows the federal government to continue on its current path our health care system will become vulnerable to things like for-profit medical services or a multi-tiered health system this is defined by a persons ability to pay.

Canada is facing an important next step in our medicare history. In 2014, the current health care accord deal that sets funding and health care service delivery agreements between the federal and provincial and territorial governments expires and must be renegotiated. The federal government is ignoring the calls of the provinces and territories to work on a deal, and shockingly announced $36 billion worth of health care cuts which will come into effect after the next federal election in 2015. The provinces and territories will thus be forced to reduce health services, increase taxes, and/or privatize services; health care will vary widely across the country.

In December 2011, the federal government unilaterally announced a withdrawal from anything but a reduced financing role: in 2017 the transfer of health care funds will be cut from the current annual six per cent increase to a percentage pegged to the GDP, with a guarantee base of three per cent.

This is a time of an aging population and an increasing demand for health care services; unless transfer funding is stable and certain our cherished public health care system is in danger. Unless a new health accord is re-negotiated to establish community health centres and to include universal home and palliative care, health services cost will continue to skyrocket; and elderly Canadians will continue to suffer, facing the end of their lives in unfamiliar environments while society pays billions for their care.

More than 94 per cent of Canadians believe health care is a core social right, a symbol of Canada as a compassionate and caring society. Canadians want governments to work together to share information about how to best deliver public heath care and to ensure that every Canadian has equal access to quality care provide by a national, public system. The federal, provincial, and territorial governments need to negotiate a new health accord that protects and strengthens our universal public health care system. Our elected representatives need to advocate for a new accord and stop the federal government from undermining our health care system by refusing to come back to the bargaining table. Each of us needs to stand up and demand the federal government negotiate with the premiers to ensure every Canadian has access to quality health care services as needed.

Rennie Maierle

Burnaby

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