| In today's world filled with technology, I am being reminded daily of the different tools available to me to make it easier to keep up with my own health. For example, Google Health is available in which you can fill out your own information and let others securely access it. I still haven't tried it out, but I'm curious to hear from others that use it how it's helped them out??? Or if there are other tools that you know about please let me know. Being a mother of 5, I think something like this would be great to keep up with all of my ... more >>> |
| Are there any BJC-sponsored weight loss programs? It could be at any of the hospitals. Please send links to any information. Thanks more >>> |
| I have a problem when I see all the TV ads for medicine that you can not buy with out a prescription from your Dr. I have heard the drug companies spend upwards of 5 BILLION dollars a year on TV ads. Wouldn't that money be better used in research and lowering the cost of drugs. The ads say to ask your Dr. If I didn't trust my Dr. to know what was available and what was best for me, I'd find a new Dr. I'm not sure, but I think this is the only product advertised on TV that you can't just go out and buy. more >>> |
| In a brutally honest perspective, hospitals are hotels, are they not? Without sufficient volume (% capacity), they sink. Therefore, I can understand a marketing campaign focusing on how to make medicine better; great, innovation is a key staple - part of being American. However, research shows that upwards of 60% of health care costs fall in the area of "potentially avoidable complications." Much of this waste falls within the hospital setting; for reference, visit www.prometheus.org Shouldn't more dollars, efforts and focus b... more >>> |
| Modern medicine is effective in taking care of people who are already afflicted with serious disease or trauma. Preventative and alternative medicine (such as acupuncture, massage therapy, chiropractic, oriental medicine, herbology, ayurvedic medicine, etc) are often effective to keep people stay not only healthy, but also improving the quality of their lives by boosting overall well-being in both mind and body. We would like to see the new health care system to welcome and integrate preventative and alternative medicine practices and ... more >>> |
| I am a Patient Care Tech at Missouri Baptist Medical Center. Let me tell you that being there is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I have been working there for nine years, and have had only 6 1/2 bad days there. I bring a little joy everyday to my patients, to my co-workers to Missouri Baptist, oh wait, we call it MOBAP. It is so exciting working there, everyday, you get to help someone, or give a smile to a coworker or a doctor. I am proud to work for BJC, and can truly say that there are days when things get a little tough,... more >>> |
| Read remarks from tonight's State of the Union: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/01/27/state-union-state-health-reform more >>> |
| Still amazed that in today's world I'm expected to wait PATIENTLY in my doctor's office for hours past my APPOINTMENT time without any kind of update or options. It really stinks. If I wanted to be treated like cattle I'd go to a vet. Where by the way I'd probably be treated better. more >>> |
| Consumer research on patient/doctor relationships ALWAYS addresses the importance for being treated with dignity and respect. It's obviously very important to people that they are treated with dignity and respect...but what does that mean? Anybody got examples or personal definitions of what it means to be treated by your doctor (or any health care provider) with dignity and respect? And what steps do you take when you feel that you are not? more >>> |
| What exactlty is healthcare reform? I have no clue. I think a great idea would be making a simple, easy to read guide to healthcare reform for average Joe's like me who need the cliff notes version. more >>> |
| BJC is all about making medicine better for its patients. We take the best of medicine from all over the world and bring it back here to the midwestern United States - and make it better for the people who live here. more >>> |
| A lot is being discussed about the problem of being a patient in a health care system that doesn't talk within itself. The technology seems to exist to allow us as patients to have THE record that follows us so that docs know how to treat based on what other treatments we're getting...and medications are coordinated. So if we have the technology, why aren't we using it? more >>> |
| physicians love patients who listen and comply with the advice they have been given. A patient who completes their round of antibiotics or who continues to keep their follow up appts makes the physicians job that much easier than a patient who continues to make bad choices with their health. But what happens to the group of patients that want to comply and improve their health but financially can not?? Medications and healthcare must be made affordable to every kind of patient! more >>> |
| Recently I was reading an article in Chicago Tribune regarding the cancer risks caused by CT Scan. I was shocked to know the effects of CT scan on human body and how much it's prevalent in the country. The article talked almost every detail about the CT scan effects on human body. CT scan showers plethora of X-Rays on human body that can cause cancer in the long run. Though doctors also explained that people should not be afraid of CT scan rather go for this only if it's essential or required. There are various CT Scan centers where the oper... more >>> |
| Emergency rooms are filled with people who could & should be seen in urgent care centers or their Doctor's offices, this makes the real emergencies wait much longer than is necessary. Maybe we should have "Urgent care" areas affixed to the hospitals since this is where most patients tend to go. Triage could then have patients go to the appropriate site. more >>> |
| Sometimes big improvements can be made in reducing health problems by making the right decisions. Take smoking in public places, for instance. Two recent studies suggest that communities that pass laws to curb secondhand smoke get a big payoff -- a drop in heart attacks. It seems so simple -- ban smoking in all public places (yes, even in bars, restaurants, casinos) and you have less heart attacks. Yet this topic continues to be a hotly contested and emotional debate in many cities. You can read the article on CNN.com http://www.cnn... more >>> |
| similar to some car insurers- has anyone thought to develop an incentive based health insurance. One that would pay back premiums if not used- Premise is similar to car insurance, and that if you are a careful driver with no incidents, that portions of your premiums are returned. THis way folks that only go for routine preventative care check-ups and live and maintain healthy lifestyles, then they should receive a reimbursement on their "investment" more >>> |
| Dr. Ravi Uppaluri, surgial nurse Linda Zilch, along with the entire surgical team at Barnes-Jewish Hospital's Center for Advanced medicine and Karen Wheat from his office are all excellent examples of BJC 'making medicine better.' Dr. Uppaluri, from the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine, and his team performed surgery on me last week to remove a malignant melanoma tumor from the top of my head and 4 lymph nodes from my neck. Thanks to his advanced surgical skills and know-how I exp... more >>> |
| My experience at BJC was a terrible one. I arrived at the emergency room at Missouri Baptist Hospital at 3 pm with extreme lower abdomen pains. I checked in and then sat in the waiting room for almost nine hours. Finally, I received some pain medication from a nurse and then sat in another room for 2 hours. After almost 11 hours, they did a CT scan and a saw a Docter for about four minutes. There was no physical exam and only superficial questions. The diagnosis provided, I found later, was completely wrong. So in all, I spent 13 hours to se... more >>> |
| With Apple’s announcement of the iPad, I can’t help but think of the impact it could have on the medical industry. I can imagine the medical industry changing and becoming almost completely paperless. This is, of course, hypothetical until the iPad can undergo testing in a real-world medical environment. There are many articles about what the iPad is missing, but Apple always has a trick up its sleeve. It would take an iPad running a Mac operating system (OS) rather than an iPhone OS for the iPad to work in the medical field. ... more >>> |
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