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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.

The HIPAA Risk That Lurks in the Shadows

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...

Might PDAs soon go the way of the dodo bird? It sure looks like it, at least according to a blog posted to the Ars Technica website on August 13, titled "PDA Sales Drop by 40 Percent in a Single..."

The following are common myths regarding the Privacy Rule and the facts about what the law actually says.

When it comes to healthcare information technology (HIT), emergency medicine physicians are in-the-know, simply because they have to be. In order to maintain accuracy under intense crisis situations..

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.

Apple Inc. has been dominating the consumer technology market for the last few months, releasing the highly anticipated iPhone, which sold 1,000,000 units in a...

This month's DocMVP is Clifford Hudis, MD.

Over the last 30 years, the approach for treating breast cancer has changed dramatically, from the maximum tolerated treatment to the minimum effective treatment.

Patient adherence to prescribed medication and self-care regimens is generally below 50% in almost all areas, with the rate even lower for patients with complex regimens, low health literacy, or...

We've all seen the series of commercials pitting Apple against the PC, and although I admit they're clever and bring up some good points, I'd like to set the record straight...

Pay for Performance (P4P) is all the rage in Congress and among employers, insurance companies, some patient advocacy groups, and certain headquarters of organized medicine. P4P currently utilizes...

Getting physicians to use an Electronic Health Record (EHR) is not an easy task. Getting them to fork over thousands of dollars for one is even harder and yet EHR companies have demonstrated an...

Wow, I could definitely move in here. The weather is nice, it's warm, my stuff will fit, and I can procreate. Wait& road block? I don't remember making a wrong turn.

The blogging medium has an effect on the writing of physicians - and all bloggers. Where the most popular exemplars of this new medium are often posting almost instantaneously upon thinking of...

According to a recent post by technology website, Ars Technica ("PDA Sales Drop by 40 Percent in a Single Year - Vendors Bolt for Exit") PDAs are a dying breed.

As they celebrated Groundhog Day 2005, the staff at the Alameda, CA, offices of the four-year-old biotech firm Peninsula Pharmaceuticals had no reason to suspect that the company had barely months...

This study was conducted to determine whether response rate to capecitabine is similar in elderly patients with MBC and to evaluate its toxicity profile. Of the 10 patients with a median age of 77...

Biba Caggiano is a world-renowned chef, author, television personality, restauranteur, and cancer survivor. Over the last 35 years, Biba has published seven best-selling cookbooks, hosted 100...

On June 5, results of a survey conducted by the Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups and Northwestern University were announced at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting...

Medication reconciliation is a process that has received increased attention since inclusion by the Joint Commission as a National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) in 2005.

The Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations incorporated medication reconciliation into the National Patient SafetyGoals (NPSG)...

It has been said that healthcare is in the early stages of a digital revolution. The prescription pad is being replaced by the Blackberry; medical journals and manuals have transitioned to the PDA...

It's startling, isn't it, how quickly ideas become innovations become mundanities? In the early 1990s, most people would have put the likelihood of the proliferation of a vast information network...

Forbes.com recently listed the Top 10 Healthy Reasons to Take a Vacation, citing workaholism as a culprit for most professionals' inability to relax.

In a new and ironic twist, a growing number of individuals are now legally protecting themselves from their doctors. The idea may be surprising, but with rapidly disappearing...