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Rise in physician tablet use means less than meets the eye
Sixty-two percent of physicians--nearly double the number a year ago--now use computer tablets, according to FierceMobileHealthcare reports. That report makes it appear as if iPads and other tablets...
Physicians and social media: Follow the money
Physicians would not be well advised to use social media to connect with patients , said family physician Dike Drummond in a recent commentary posted to KevinMD.com--one of the top social media sites
Docs punished for not e-prescribing, despite exemptions
Physicians who last year applied for hardship exemptions from Medicare electronic prescribing penalties have begun seeing their Medicare payments reduced by 1 percent, according to an article
Hospital seeks repayments from docs after fraud settlement
Detroit Medical Center has been aggressively pursuing repayments worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from physicians as part of a fraud settlement with the federal government, reported Crain's
Social media evangelist rouses HIMSS CIO Forum
Physicians don't have enough time to fully educate their patients during patient visits. Therefore, they should use social media and every other online communication avenue to do a better job for
Docs not always honest with patients
Honesty is the best policy, but according to a survey published in the February Health Affairs, that's not necessarily the case in healthcare. In fact, many physicians don't always follow the Charter
HealthTap article trips over facts
A recent New York Times article on HealthTap, an online health information network that lets consumers ask doctors questions for free, showed an alarming lack of knowledge. Let's start with the
Heart docs leave practices for hospital employment, transform care
Shrinking insurance payments and rising costs of running a business have pushed an increasing number of cardiologists to leave private practice and work at hospitals, according to an analysis by the
Implementation support needed for small practice EHR adoption to take off in 2012
Long ignored by leading electronic health record vendors because of the high cost of selling to them, small practices finally are getting the spotlight. Motivated by the government's EHR incentive
Link physician pay to work hours to increase access to care
With a physician shortage and pay-for-performance shift hanging over the industry, some healthcare organizations have been incentivizing physicians to increase the availability of high-quality care.
