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Pauline Chen

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EMR use often is less than meaningful

Monday in FierceHealthIT, I reported on safety issues related to poorly implemented CPOE systems , and briefly mentioned one downside to EMRs in general, courtesy of New York Times columnist Dr.

Physician attitudes often hinder remote monitoring

"Are Doctors Ready for Virtual Visits?" read a New York Times headline from last week. It's a question we've been pondering for some time. Now, Dr. Pauline Chen, writing in the Times, ponders for the

Cases for and against third-party oversight in healthcare

Now that $1.1 billion has been set aside for "comparative effectiveness" studies, many physicians and patients are worried that it might lead to more interference by the government. But in a recent