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Personal health records (PHRs) can be beneficial in improving interactions with patients, according to interviews with 10 family physicians conducted by researchers at the University of Western Read more...

Lately, the VA has taken a pounding over its handling of mentally-ill soldiers, not to mention the conditions under which physically-injured veterans have been treated at its facilities. Now, the Read more...

Getting through medical school is a tough indoctrination into a close-knit fraternity, so it's no surprise that people develop their own culture. One aspect of that culture is the adoption of Read more...

After running its Physician Quality Reporting Initiative for a year, Medicare has begun to analyze the data, and is preparing to tweak and improve the program for this year. Physicians who Read more...

> Tenet has struck a multi-year contract with Blue Cross of California covering 16 California hospitals. Read more...

This coming Monday and Tuesday (10/29 and 10/30), I'm heading to Philly to attend the Medical Group Management Association's annual conference. As usual, I'm expecting it to be an intriguing show. Read more...

> Kansas doctors are well-paid when compared to all other workers in the state, study finds. Read more...

> States continue to push for disclosure of hospital pricing data. Article > Actor Ben Affleck has come out in support of a Read more...

Here's another argument for the adoption of eprescribing. Prescription abbreviations generated Read more...

Not sure your physicians will buy in to your EHR rollout? It's a reasonable fear. After all, they may not feel ready for the changes EHRs will require them to make. But a physician leader who's been there--and achieved 100 percent adoption of a CPOE system--suggests that if executives take the right steps, they can virtually guarantee that their EHR implementation will succeed. Column