Blogging e-Health

One of the best things you can do for your career in health care is to read a variety of blogs to help you get some insight into how things work from an administrative standpoint. This can be very helpful as you learn about different aspects of hospital administration and the business of health care. From IT to health care policy and law to being a hospital CEO, there is a great deal of information out there. Here are some of the top 50 hospital administration and business blogs available:

Hospital CEOs

In many cases, hospitals are run like businesses. Therefore, it is no surprise that they should have CEOs. Here are some great hospital CEO blogs to provide you with insight into the working of hospital administration.

1. Let’s Talk Health Care: Bruce Bullen, the interim CEO at Harvard Pligrim, looks at the nuts and bolts of health care, from a health industry standpoint.
2. Todd’s Perspective: Grinnell Regional Medical Center in Grinnell, Iowa, offers up a blog by the CEO Todd Linden. He shares his thoughts on running a non-profit hospital.
3. Healing Hospitals: This blog was originally called Ask a Hospital President. It is run by Nick Jacobs, who answers questions about health care using his knowledge as a former hospital president.
4. Leading the Way to Medical Excellence: The president of McLeod Health offers insight into the changing world of medicine and the business of health care.
5. St. Joseph Medical Center: Scott, the CEO of St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City, MO, shares insight into what is happening at the hospital, and what it’s like to be in charge of a medical facility.
6. Hospital Life: Marty Bonick is the president and CEO of Jewish Hospital, and shares his insights on running a health care facility.
7. Running a Hospital: Just what it sounds like, this blog by the CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston offers insight into hospital administration.
8. More Than Medicine: Tom Quinn, CEO of Community General Hospital in Syracuse, NY offers his insights on medicine and life.
9. Hospital Impact: This blog claims to be the first blog written by a hospital CEO. And it’s still going strong, exploring trends in hospital administration and health care.

Health Care Industry and Business

Health care is an industry, and it represents a number of business interests. Here are some health business blogs that can provide you with some insight into how the whole system works:

10. Health Business Blog: Get an idea of trends in the business of health care.
11. The Health Care Blog: This blog focuses on how the health care system works, how it is run, and looks at the business of health and hospital administration.
12. Health Blog: This offering from the Wall Street Journal looks at business practices and realities related to health care.
13. Medical Practice Business Blog: Get into the nuts and bolts of business in medicine with this blog from AllBusiness.
14. Healthcare Economist: Look at the way things work in health care, and the economics behind the business of medicine.
15. Integrated Healthcare Business Solutions: The Blog Watch feature looks at business and administration issues related to the health care industry. Additionally, there are a number of articles offering helpful hints for administrators and aspiring administrators.
16. Piper Report: Follows trends in the health care industry and offers insight into how the system works.
17. BNET Health Care: Keep track of the latest developments in the health care industry.

Pharma

One of the essential ingredients in hospital administration and business is the pharmaceutical industry. These blogs address pharma, and look at the latest trends.

18. Pharmaceutical Business Review: Get the top news from the pharma industry.
19. Pharma Gossip: A fresh and fun take on the pharmaceutical industry.
20. Eye on FDA: Stay up to date with the latest information on Pharma related news from the FDA.
21. PharmExec Blog: Get some helpful hints on being a successful pharma executive, along with news and analysis.
22. Pharma Marketing Blog: John Mack shares insight into marketing pharmaceuticals.
23. Pharmalot: A look at drug companies, and how they are run.
24. Hooked: Ethics, Medicine, and Pharma: An insider’s look at what is going on in the pharma industry.
25. PharmTech Talk: A look at what is going on in the pharmaceutical industry, and insights into how it is administered.
26. Internet Drug News.com: The latest in what is happening in pharma and health care administration.

Health IT

Information technology is increasingly important to the health care industry and the effective running of hospitals. Would-be hospital administrators and business people are advised to learn a little bit about health IT.

27. HealthBlog: Microsoft’s health director blogs about health care IT and more.
28. Medical Connectivity: Insight on how to integrate technology and medicine.
29. eHealth: A look at the ins and outs of health IT.
30. Crossover Healthcare: Get a look at what happens when medicine, business and technology intersect.
31. HealthNex: Addresses how technology can be used to improve health care from a patient perspective.
32. Candid CIO: Get health IT and information straight-up from this health industry insider and CIO of Ministry Health Care.
33. HIStalk: A look at what’s going on in health care IT, along with a healthy dose of opinion and commentary.
34. Be Spacific: Public law and technology, including what goes on in the world of medicine.

Health Care Policy

Learn about HIPAA, as well as other health care policy issues when you read the following blogs.

35. HIPAA Blog: A blog devoted to helping hospital administrators and others understand how to come into compliance with HIPAA.
36. Health Care Organizational Ethics: Learn about ethics in health care. Very useful for business and administration in hospitals and other health facilities.
37. Global Bioethics Blog: A great look at the ethics of health care on a global scale.
38. Health Policy and Communications Blog: A look at policy and communication in health business.
39. Watcher’s World: Get a look at the issues that affect doctors, nurses, administrators and other medical professionals in the real world.
40. Managed Care Matters: Learn about the issues related to managed care, worker’s compensation and other issues that hospital administrators have to address.
41. Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review: A look at what is happening in the business of health care.
42. HIPAA Blog: Another blog devoted to helping those in the the health care industry and running health care businesses understand patient privacy policy.

Health Law

There is a whole subset of law devoted to health care. Hospital administrators need to have a basic idea of how the law works in relation to health care and medical business.

43. HealthLawProg Blog: Get insight into health law and issues.
44. HealthBlawg: David Harlow looks at what is going on in health care law.
45. Drug and Device Law: Get an inside view of what happens when devices and drugs go wrong.
46. Health Care Law Blog: Keep up to date on what is happening in the world of health care law.
47. Juvan’s Health Law & Private Equity Report: A look at M&A and other business issues and points of law related to health care business.
48. FDA Law Blog: Keep up to date on the latest law related issues regarding the FDA.
49. Health Law and Policy Blog: This is the blog of the Journal of Health Law & Policy. It is an outstanding resource for hospital administrators and others.
50. Drug Injury Law: Hospital administration professionals can get an idea of what they are up against in terms of drug injury.