A new survey finds that most medical students think conventional medicine could benefit to some extent by integrating complementary and alternative medicine, also known as CAM. Supporters of…
If you’re looking for a word to describe the adoption of information technology by physician practices, “drip” would be more appropriate than “gush.” According to a new government…
When it comes to the power of electronic medical records to coordinate patient care, perception and reality are two totally different things. At least according to a new…
Micheal Swiernik, MD, Director, Medical Informatics, UCLA, discusses the considerations before purchasing an EMR that suits your workplace, and the costs associated with implementing this into your practice…
The concept seems simple enough, but even after several years in operation, Medicare’s Physician Quality Reporting Initiative is still causing headaches for doctors. Under this voluntary program, physicians…
A new study of physician practices finds that while many physicians are having difficulty communicating with patients because of language or cultural barriers, even fewer are following the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with chest pain of uncertain origin, emergency department evaluation combining clinical history and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) level, without exercise…
Gary Small, MD, Director, UCLA Center on Aging, University of California, Los Angeles, discusses a recent study, “Your Brain on Google” in which blood flow patterns were compared…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The biomarker procalcitonin can help guide treatment of severe bacterial infections in the intensive care unit (ICU), French investigators report online in The…
EW YORK (Reuters Health) – Low-risk patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated with angioplasty can be discharged within 72 hours, Canadian investigators suggest. Although STEMI patients…