Business of Medicine
Opinion
The ‘monster note’ in EHR systems rarely helps
The note about radiology and lab results that automatically appears in an EHR “has become horribly misused.”
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Health reform action shifts to Senate, exacerbated by poor AHCA CBO score
Doctors’ groups weigh in on what should and should not be in the Senate bill.
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President’s budget: Malpractice reform but deep health care cuts
Trump’s proposed $4.1 trillion budget slashes Medicaid and CHIP, the CDC, and NIH funding.
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Trump administration loosens up HealthCare.gov
The change will take effect with the open enrollment period for the 2018 coverage year.
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More telemedicine shifts to system-wide models
As telemedicine gains momentum, more health providers are moving from stand-alone programs to system-wide approaches.In a survey of 436 U.S....
Conference Coverage
Teletriage cut dermatology wait times ninefold for patients at a free clinic
A study evaluating the use of teledermatology to triage patients at a free clinic provides more evidence indicating that teledermatology improves...
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Physician-created APMs: Early recommendations offer insight
Greater risk can reap greater rewards in the new value-based health care climate. Does your group have what it takes to be an advanced APM?
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Republicans race the clock on health care, but the calendar is not helping
Back in January, Republicans boasted they would deliver a “repeal and replace” bill for the Affordable Care Act to President Donald Trump’s desk...
Conference Coverage
HPV vaccine training video improved provider knowledge, confidence
SAN FRANCISCO – How can watching a video improve pediatric providers' ability to counsel patients about the HPV vaccine?
Managing Your Practice
No-shows
It is worth the considerable effort to minimize the problem of patient no-shows in your practice.
From the Journals
One-third of drug postmarket studies go unpublished
Why are postmarket studies with relevant findings nowhere to be found?