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NewsPoor judgment, lack of time-out behind most wrong-site errors
Despite the legal liability hospitals face when the Universal Protocol isn't followed, wrong-site and wrong-patient procedures continue to harm patients, according to findings from a study published Read more...
MGMA: Physician salaries up from '08
While primary care physician salaries are still out of whack, salaries for both specialist and primary-care doctors coming out of residencies increased last year, according to a new survey by the Read more...
Case study: NY health plan, group test 'medical home' model
While there's much discussion of the "medical home" model at industry meet-ups, few health plans have gotten to the point where they're actually putting their money where their mouth is. Albany, Read more...
Physicians now have many choices
A few weeks ago, I called to schedule a visit with my family's primary care doctor, and was surprised to learn that he had left the group. My doctor, a young man in his first few years as a Read more...
| Press Releases2011 Prescription Index from the Practice Fusion Research Division2nd annual Prescription Index tracks top 20 medications prescribed by Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Pediatric and Psychiatric physicians over the past 3 monthsSAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16, 2011 Read more >> Mississippi Family Medicine Receives Meaningful Use Incentive Using SuccessEHS SolutionBIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SuccessEHS client Mississippi Family Medicine received their Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) incentive check on May 23 after successfully Read more >> Pasadena Marathon Gives Kaiser Permanente Physicians Chance to Rehearse Emergency Skills25-bed Disaster Medical Tent Features State-of-Art Medical Equipment, Air Conditioning PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- For Thad Woodward, MD, providing medical care for the thousands expected in Read more >> Mayo Clinic Studies How Much Practice Makes Perfect When Performing ColonoscopiesROCHESTER, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A colonoscopy is an invaluable procedure for detecting problems in the colon and rectum. Doctors can often diagnose gastrointestinal issues and even catch the Read more >> SuccessEHS Client Among First in the Nation to Attest to Meaningful Use for MedicareBIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SuccessEHS client, Mississippi Family Medicine, attested to Meaningful Use for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program on April 26, 2011. The Centers for Read more >> |
