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Users Say New AdvancedMD® Version 5.6 Saves Time and Money
http://www.businesswire.com SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AdvancedMD Software Inc. (www.advancedmd.com), the leading provider of Web-based practice management solutions for physician offices, management services organizations and medical billing services, announced today that, in response to physicians’ ongoing need for greater efficiency and tools for reducing exclusions, denials and rejection of claims, several enhancements have been made to its […]
TalktoaDoc.org Launch Allows Patients to Talk to Doctors Online Using a Webcam
TalktoaDoc, LLC http://www.streetinsider.com LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 8 /PRNewswire/ — Today marks the day that doctors have finally embraced the technology age with the official launch of TalktoaDoc.org. This new site allows patients to talk to doctors online using text (keyboard), voice (microphone), and/or video (webcam). This gives patients a more convenient and interactive way to […]
Knowledge and attitudes of primary care physicians in the management of patients at risk for cardiovascular events
http://7thspace.com Adherence to clinical practice guidelines for management of cardiovascular disease is suboptimal. The purposes of this study were to identify practice patterns and barriers among U.S. general internists and family physicians in regard to cardiovascular risk management, and examine the association between physician characteristics and cardiovascular risk management. Methods: A case vignette survey focused […]
Local surgeon would like to see Medicare system cured
by Ruth Campbell http://www.mywesttexas.com A Midland vascular surgeon wants to see a crisis in Medicare — not to hurt patients, but to provoke a change in a “broken” system of care coverage. His comments follow a complex procedure in the U.S. Congress that would cut Medicare reimbursements to physicians by 10.6 percent. “My feeling is […]
Strong Medicine: Doctors Who Signed the Declaration of Independence
Jacob Goldstein http://blogs.wsj.com Who knows better than a doctor — witness to birth, sickness and death — that all men are created equal? So it is fitting to recall, this Fourth of July, that the signatures of five physicians are scattered among the 56 names at the bottom of the Declaration of Independence. Here are […]
No family doctor means tough times for emergency rooms
BY MEGAN HARRISON http://www.standard-freeholder.com
Medicare cuts: Doctors to get 10% less unless Congress acts
By MELINDA MAWDSLEY http://www.gjsentinel.com
Medicare reimbursement cuts concern local doctors
DEREK HODGES http://www.zwire.com
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