How America Ranks in Healthcare Spending and Outcomes

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) produced the Healthcare Outcomes Index 2014. The goal was to rank the world’s countries by how effectively they spent money on healthcare. The EIU developed a balanced set of outcome rankings using basic factors like life expectancy and infant mortality rates. Many other diverse and complex factors were considered. The EIU project also examined […]

Mornings With Maria

Maria Bartiromo is very interested in healthcare. I was fortunate to be able to discuss the subject with her and her team at 6:40 AM this morning (November 2, 2015) on Fox Business. It is hard to explain much in five minutes but, hopefully, I was able to add some value to the topic. Maria’s […]

Health Attitude on Fox Business

I am excited to be on Fox Business TV with Maria Bartiromo on Monday morning at 6:40am. If you are an early bird, please tune in. We will be talking about healthcare.

Mental Health

One of the many things I learned at the Open Minds Technology & Informatics Institute in Washington, D.C. today is how closely related mental health and general health are. I was intrigued to learn 30% of medically ill patients also have some form of mental illness and 70% of mentally ill patients have some form […]

How Mobile Health Will Change Patient Provider Relationships

Healthcare Consultants Forum Online Newsletter – Quarter 4, 2015 Author: John R. Patrick, DHA President Attitude LLC Palm Coast, Fla. Consumers are taking more responsibility for their health and seeking to collaborate with their physicians. Mobile health apps and devices, in combination with cloud computing, will play a major role in empowering consumers. Mobile devices […]