Amid debate over the merits of annual CT scans to look for lung cancer in smokers, three medical groups are recommending them for one particular group: current or former heavy smokers aged 55 to 74.

Consumers trust health information they find online, according to a new survey (and they don't believe that means they're cyberchondriacs, by the way). Meanwhile a second poll suggests that consumers do not trust health plans as a source of medical information. 

It's been a month of upheaval at electronic health record giant Allscripts, but CEO Glen Tullman told Healthcare IT News in an interview that he's working hard to right the ship.

In an effort to combat counterfeit drugs, the Food and Drug Administration trying to work out the details of a prescription medication tracking system in order to insert the proposal into the FDA user fee bill now being debated in Congress. An industry group wants to require pharmaceutical companies to include a serial number on each lot of drugs. Those handling the drugs throughout the distribution chain could check them against an electronic database to ensure their authenticity.

Ten years ago, most patients wouldn't have even considered bringing a camera into their doctor's office. The advent of smartphones, however, has changed that. So much so, in fact, that an article published this week in American Medical News asks if doctors should ban patients from taking cellphone pictures in their offices.

In a letter sent this week to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, Medical Group Management Association President Susan Turney reiterates the organization's position from March that the ICD-10 process, as currently outlined, lacks several steps.

The Federal Communications Commission is poised to open two segments of the wireless spectrum for medical patient monitoring, chairman Julius Genachowski said in a press conference in Washington, D.C. this morning.