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States Take Lead in Medical Liability Reform
The entire issue of tort reform has been much in the news over the past several weeks. The new health…
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40% of doctors using electronic health records
The CDC (Center for Disease Control) estimates that as of 2009, about 4 in 10 physicians are using electronic health…
A Preview of Health Reform Battle
It is clear that the final vote on health reform is far from certain. The recent setback demonstrated that Democrats…
Social Networking May be Real Health Reform
It is becoming clear from the pace of health reform initiatives in Congress, that the public, as usual is far,…
61 % of American adults online for health info
In 2006 over 80% of all internet users (over 113 million Americans) searched at least once for medical information on…
The President's Plan for Health Reform – Part 3
The deficit which is already soaring is really our major problem and this approach will add to the already skyrocketing…
Archiving patients' emails – another thing for docs to do
There are many considerations when physicians move to electronic data management systems. When it comes to medical records, there are…
Louisiana to facilitate adoption of electronic medical records systems
This is great news for the advance of electronic health records. Kudos to Louisiana Governor Jindal for embracing this step…
Feds release summary of HIT plan
The government has released it's summary of funding and expenditures for the implementation of the HIT strategy included in the…