http://emradvice.wordpress.com Like a recurring dream about having to take a test they didn’t study for, some physicians view the idea of patients with electronic personal-health records as their own personal nightmare. Visions of patients handing over a computer disk containing years’ worth of blood-pressure readings taken every four hours along with random recollections of rashes […]

By Richard C. Gross, Contributing Writer Health Behavior News Service http://www.hbns.org Caps on medical malpractice damages mean lower insurance premiums for doctors, according to a new review from two Alabama universities. How these caps affect patient care or costs is less certain. “There’s been substantial controversy over whether caps do what they’re supposed to — […]

Novant’s New Star will offer them better control of malpractice-insurance premiums By M. Paul Jackson JOURNAL REPORTER Novant Health said yesterday that it has formed a medical-malpractice-insurance company to help its physicians better control their medical-malpractice premiums. The company, New Star Inc., will be based in Winston-Salem and will serve Novant’s doctors in North Carolina […]

Austin Business Journal http://austin.bizjournals.com The medical professional liability insurance provider American Physicians Service Group Inc. wants to raise at least $10 million by offering 2.3 million shares to the public soon. APS [NASDAQ: AMPH] Senior Vice President of Finance Bill Hayes says the company’s dividend this year is 30 cents per share, and a market […]

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com Research presented at Digestive Disease Week® 2007 (DDW®) examines a new endoscopic suturing method for the treatment of gastrointestinal perforations and other types of transgastric surgery, as well as the use of wireless capsule endoscopy in young children, to better understand the pathology of the small intestine. Endoscopic procedures are continually enhancing and improving […]

A decision by a major medical group to post rates could push rivals to do the same, letting Californians shop. By Lisa Girion, Times Staff Writer LA TIMES California’s largest private physician practice has become one of the first doctor groups in the nation, and almost certainly the largest, to make prices for its medical […]

By BILL KACZOR Associated Press Writer TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Hospitals cannot be held liable in medical malpractice cases for failing to ensure doctors with staff privileges meet state financial responsibility requirements through insurance or other means, the Florida Supreme Court said Thursday. The unanimous ruling disapproved of decisions by three of the state’s five district courts […]

By Paul Feinberg http://www.exduco.net Dr. Raphael Darvish (’04) is medical director of Concierge Medicine/LA, a VIP medical practice designed to offer patients “the best of the best” care without medical insurance hassles. Darvish, a fourth-generation physician (his father is a partner in Concierge Medicine/LA), created the practice after receiving his MBA and completing his medical […]

http://www.earthtimes.org/ Waiting Room Solutions today announced that Version 3 of its next generation hosted EMR & Practice Management Solution has been awarded second honors at the TEPR awards in the Personal Health Record Category. The TEPR awards are presented by the Medical Records Institute for outstanding healthcare solutions. “We are pleased to be awarded second […]