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America’s hospital industry prepares for upheavalAMERICA’S hospitals are the most expensive part of the world‘s most ex— pensive health system. They accounted for $851 billion, or 31%, of American health spending in 2011. If they were a country, they would be the world’s 16th-1argest economy. And they are in the midst of dramatic change, much… Read More »

By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL DECEMBER 2, 2013SAN FRANCISCO — With blood oozing from deep lacerations, the two patients arrived at California Pacific Medical Center’s tidy emergency room. Deepika Singh, 26, had gashed her knee at a backyard barbecue. Orla Roche, a rambunctious toddler on vacation with her family, had tumbled from a couch, splitting open her… Read More »

NORWALK, Conn. — Start in Room 4, just beyond the reception area: A man is having blood drained from a bruised finger. Over in Room 1, a woman is being treated for eye trouble. Next door, in Room 2, a boy is having his throat swabbed. For more than eight hours a day, seven days… Read More »

This story appears in the July 21, 2014 issue of Forbes. The path to owning your own medical practice typically runs through more than a decade of schooling, grinding through medical school, residency and years of specialty training. Unless you’re Rick Crews. “I knew next to nothing about health care,” says the proud owner of… Read More »

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[youtube_sc url=”http://youtu.be/IiwUtZCCeiU” width=”650″] El Dr. Alejandro Badia habla sobre los Mitos Ortopédicos Mas Comunes Mitos sobre la salud: Mito: Tronar los dedos no causa artritis Mito: Uso de carteras pesadas causa lesiones Mito: La computadora o el uso celular causa Síndrome del Túnel Carpiano Cierto: El hielo y el calor ayudan promover la circulación Cierto: El codo golfista puede ser… Read More »

MIAMI (CBS Miami) – The horn sounded off and marathoners hit the ground running. Rosanna Morales use to be one of them until a sudden injury stopped her in her tracks. “A couple of years ago I decided to kick it up from half marathons to full marathons, and I made it to my very… Read More »

[sliceshow id=”1082″] With close to 6,000 attendees, the eMerge Americas Techweek concluded Tuesday with organizers and attendees lauding the convention that drew tech innovators and investors from throughout the U.S., the Caribbean and Latin America. From May 2-6, attendees representing start-ups and businesses and tech enthusiasts gathered at the Miami Beach Convention Center for what… Read More »

Fall the Goods and Services Offered by Franchises Giant pretzels, pest control, elliptical trainers—the most important is probably the one that goes least noticed: healthcare. In fact, many patients have visited a healthcare franchise without even realizing it. • With the rising cost of healthcare and the millions of people expected to seek treatment under the… Read More »