http://www.modernhealthcare.com In response to Bill Bysinger’s letter, I would very much like to know which electronic medical record technology has been shown to be both cost-effective and easily adoptable by primary-care physicians in solo and small-group practices. I have explored many and have yet to find one with a short learning curve if it truly […]

Some come to learn, stay to live By JIM JOHNSON Herald Salinas Bureau Dr. Minerva Perez-Lopez is back where she started. Born at Natividad Medical Center and raised in East Salinas, Perez-Lopez said she always knew she’d be back even after leaving the area for a decade to go to college and work in Minnesota, […]

By Erik Lacitis Seattle Times staff reporter http://seattletimes.nwsource.com If patients getting a checkup at Dr. Donald Stewart’s clinic in Sammamish feel at ease — like they’re visiting the family doc at his home — it’s because they are. On July 28, Stewart began his new life as a downsized solo physician, chucking his previous career […]

http://www.kaisernetwork.org The 500-member Florida Medical Association House of Delegates over the weekend in Hollywood, Fla., met to discuss a number of potential policy changes, with much of the focus on access to care, the Miami Herald reports. Karl Altenburger, an allergist who became FMA president over the weekend, said that the group has entered a […]

http://electronic-medical-record.blogspot.com/ A new research study by Purkinje, a healthcare technology and services firm, finds that three out of four (75%) Americans would prefer to have their prescription(s) filled in their doctor’s office instead of a retail pharmacy if given the choice. The research was conducted by Opinion Research Corporation on behalf of Purkinje. The study […]

AMA Leader Commentary. By Edward L. Langston, MD A message to all physicians from Edward L. Langston, MD, chair of the AMA Board of Trustees. The American Medical Association recently announced a three-year national communications program to underscore the plight of those among us without health insurance. Pointing out that “One in seven is 45 […]

By: Joseph Conn / HITS staff writer http://www.modernhealthcare.com When it comes to electronic health-record system adoption, osteopathic physicians say cost is a key barrier. Practice size is a determinant in whether the systems are purchased and used, and penetration rates are likely to be quite low, perhaps still in single digits, according to a study […]

By Judith Graham | Tribune staff reporter http://www.chicagotribune.com The doctor walked into the hospital room with a discomforting mission. He was there to admit a medical mistake and apologize to his patient, a woman with breast cancer. The staff had given her the same injection twice by accident, causing her white cell count to soar, […]

By Judd Gregg http://www.seacoastonline.com Editor’s note: The writer is the senior U.S. senator from New Hampshire. He is a member and former chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Over the past decade, many ideas about how to reform the U.S. health-care system have been debated in Washington. Some good and some […]