Enclothed Cognition

Earlier this year Cerner CEO Neal Patterson announced his recent diagnosis of soft tissue cancer and his plans to begin immediate treatment. Patterson assured his executives that his diagnosis is curable and that he plans to remain involved with the business as it continues its day-to-day operations. 

Statistics show that social media affects 41% of consumers decisions when choosing a particular doctor, hospital, or private practice. With numbers steadily rising, this means that you may want to make maintaining your online presence a priority.

Your doctors received years of training to heal patients, but statistics have shown that physicians are now spending as little as 10% of their working hours on direct patient care - a figure that has been shrinking each year.

As educators, caretakers and communicators (to name a few), nurses are often overwhelmed with the drastic role variance they have to cycle between each day.

Certain specialties receive higher compensation than others. Some medical specialties have consecutively been top earners, while others are new to our top five list.

Content marketing can be tricky to grasp at first, simply because the concept of what constitutes content has changed over the past five to ten years. Thanks to mobile usage and social media, content today means a whole lot more than just a textual article posted online.

This year will mark the very first National Physician Week, taking place from March 25th-March 31st. This is a week for all physicians to be recognized by their patients, celebrated by their peers, and take pride in the hard work that they do. 

Join us and PWT in celebrating the very first National Physicians Week by using the hashtag #NationalPhysiciansWeek #ThanksDoc or #WhiteCoatWonders on social media, or by presenting your physician with a red carnation, the emblem of National Doctors Day.

Today medical software company Kareo got the conversation flowing on social media with their #KareoChat hashtag, sparking some critical discussion among the nursing community about exploring the different roles nurses should play in health information technology.

Guest contributor Darin Williams MD writes about the privilege of being a physician and society's puzzling attitudes towards the career path he chose.