General Medicine

For clinics with computerized medical records, a pharmacist-led intervention significantly reduces the risk of medical errors and is likely to be cost-effective.

Smoke-free legislation leads to less smoking in smokers' homes, not more.

In this video, Jeff Cutler, general manager of Vitals, discusses online doctor reviewing and how doctors can manage their reputation online.

Consumption of sugar, which helps to drive the obesity crisis and causes millions of deaths worldwide each year, should be controlled like other threats to public health, a team of researchers from the University of California San Francisco argue in the Feb. 2 issue of Nature.

Join us February 29th for the second edition of the 2012 HCPLive Webinar Series. We’re working with our friends at Health 2.0 to bring you an exciting and packed show that will focus on innovative tools for physicians including products that transform and aid in everything from scheduling to follow-up.

Being overweight/obese has a significant impact on a physician's provision of obesity care, according to a study published online Jan. 19 in Obesity.

What better way to pay for school than to create an innovative health-related mobile application? An ongoing contest sponsored by the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Engineering offers students pursuing degrees in health, engineering, and computer science the opportunity to do just that—and is offering a top prize of $10,000.

The 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was deemed a success in all areas of technologic advancement, especially within the health sector via the Digital Health Summit.

A substance used in China as a hangover remedy has demonstrated an ability to prevent alcohol from affecting the brains of rats and may lead to the development of a drug to treat alcoholism.

On January 5, Becker’s Orthopedic & Spine author Rachel Fields posted a list, “40 of the Most Powerful People in Healthcare.”

The American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation and nine other leading medical specialty societies have launched the Choosing Wisely campaign in an effort to decrease unnecessary health care spending and improve the quality of care patients receive.

Less than half of a sampling of trials funded by the National Institutes of Health were published within 30 months of completion, Yale School of Medicine researchers have found.

Plastic surgery is undeniably a growth industry in the US, but along with its popularity has come a series of scandals that illuminate the potential dangers of the surgical pursuit of beauty.

The rate of twin births in the United States has risen 76% over the last three decades, from 18.9 to 33.3 per 1,000 births, the CDC reports.

Tribal violence in a remote area of South Sudan has caused facilities run by the international medical relief organization Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders/MSF) to cease operation and over 100 local MSF staffers to flee into the surrounding countryside.

As the year comes to a close, one cannot help but reflect on the astounding technological advancements made in 2011, particularly since such progress has greatly benefited the medical industry.

The US Supreme Court has announced that it will hear oral arguments concerning the controversial health care reform law next March, when attorneys will have five-and-a-half hours spread out over three days to make their arguments on specific questions related to the law.

As the number of digital devices in the hospital setting multiplies, we may be entering a “digital nightmare” in which health care providers are so preoccupied with gadgets that patient care suffers significantly.

The mHealth Summit took place in Maryland this week and brought together think tanks from all sectors of the health care industry, including business, financial, technology, policy, and research. HCPLive had the opportunity to connect with Richard Scarfo, Director of the mHealth Summit, and here is what he had to say about the event.

This morning’s session Harnessing the Power of Social Media and Mobile Technology to Engage Consumers at the mHealth Summit was a popular one, and with good reason. Social and mobile strategies in health care are becoming increasingly important and, when combined with gaming strategies, create what was described in the opening address as the "trifecta of effectiveness” when it comes to engaging patients.