PRNewswire http://www.foxbusiness.com Highmark Inc. announced today that it is contributing $29 million to help physicians acquire ePrescribing/eHealth Record technology for their practices. This initiative is an alternative to a similar program Highmark announced in 2005 in which the company contributed significant funding to promote the adoption of health information technology by physicians. Highmark contributed the […]

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J. James Rohack, M.D. http://online.wsj.com Joseph Nixon’s Cross Country column “Why Doctors Are Heading for Texas” (May 17) hit the nail on the head: Medical liability reforms, including a cap on non-economic damages, work. Therefore, if we know how to keep physicians in patient care instead of tied up in the courts, why hasn’t every […]

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http://youngphillypolitics.com/ Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, a local physician, issued a statement yesterday alongside many other Doctors, Nan Feyler of the Nutter Administration and uninsured leaders, showing the support of progressive doctors in the National Physician’s Alliance for major healthcare reform. “It’s not everyday that you see solidarity and hear a unified voice from doctors, patients, politicians […]

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