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Pay-for-performance programs, in which providers are reimbursed at a higher rate if they can demonstrate that they deliver high-quality services, are being introduced in...

In an instant, anyone can Google the up-to-the-minute value of the Yen, the price of any US security, or even the price of a sack of rice in Argentina. Capital markets around the world operate in...

Any physician will tell you that proper assessment and diagnosis of a patient is dependent upon review of a variety of information such as vital signs, EKG strips, medical images, and laboratory...

It is here and it is now. It has been covered in every medical and medically related publication imaginable. Electronic prescriping--along with adoption of electronic health records (EHRs)--is one...

Information technology is definitely the current it topic in healthcare. Supporters have touted its ability to do everything from increasing efficiency, safety, and favorable outcomes to...

Publications targeted to the young (and young-at-heart) are bursting with ads promising an end to lip hair, wrinkles, drooping chins, and fixes for other body parts farther south. If it's hairy...

Taking the DocMVP concept to the next level, Dr. Andrews' career is highlighted with major contributions to the careers of numerous professional and non-professional athletes.

Doctors, like other professionals, often find themselves wading through page after page of completely irrelevant search results, Web pages, and other content and data as they search for accurate...

By some estimates, two-thirds of patients occasionally miss a doctor appointment and fail to notify the physician's office.

A common misperception exists about monumental changes and how they come about. Most think that significant and permanent change occurs as a result of a large cataclysmic event that leaves the...

The conversation started innocently enough; a member of Sermo--a wonderful doctors-only website--posed the question, "do kids still play doctor?" The conversation that followed was full...

No Vaccine Shortfalls Expected for 2007-2008 Season

A common misperception exists about monumental changes and how they come about. Most think that significant and permanent change occurs as a result of a large cataclysmic event that leaves the...

There are more than 20 million diabetics in the United States, and all of them face the potential threat of blindness due to retinopathy, glaucoma and other sight-threatening eye conditions.

Doctors, like other professionals, often find themselves wading through page after page of completely irrelevant search results, Web pages, and other content and data as they search for accurate...

Despite evidence that implementing an EHR brings many benefits to a medical practice, cost and privacy concerns slow widespread EHR adoption by physicians. Even if they don't go completely...

Due to the high cost of pharmaceutical drugs, some patients are turning to the Internet (eg, online pharmacies) to purchase their medications at a much cheaper rate, or so they think.

5 Questions with Gary Kennedy, President and Chief Executive Officer, RemedyMD.

We've all heard about the Vioxx, Celebrex, and Bextra withdrawals; the debate over the safety and efficacy of the US drug and device approval processes has been well-traversed. But what is much...