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NewsDocs urged to use caution when building social media profiles
Despite a rise in the number of healthcare professionals migrating online to build a following on blogs and on social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook, dangers persist, as outlined in a Read more...
Physicians react warily to CMS proposal to release profiling data
The medical establishment is calling for some significant changes to the way that Medicare data will be released and used to evaluate physician performance. In a letter to the Centers for Medicare Read more...
CMS e-prescribing proposal slammed over physician penalties
The American Medical Association (AMA) and 91 specialty societies criticized the government's proposed new rules on electronic prescribing in comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Read more...
AMA report: Standardizing EMRs would 'stifle innovation'
The topics of usability of electronic medical records (EMRs)--and their ability to "effectively integrate" with clinical decision-making and work flow--will be on the agenda when the American Medical Read more...
AMA health IT platform available nationwide
Amagine, Inc., a subsidiary of the American Medical Association, has announced the nationwide availability of its health IT solutions platform with the same name. That platform offers physicians more Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Social media do's and don't for doctors
Despite all of the benefits and pitfalls surrounding the use of social media by physicians, formal rules for medical professionals to follow online are still in the making. But even as the American Read more...
Criticisms of final 'meaningful use' rule start to emerge
The final rules on "meaningful use" of EMRs have been out for about a week and a half now. While the early responses were overwhelmingly positive, some criticisms have started to surface now that Read more...
Critics question ethics of stepped-up pharma data mining
With the crackdown on gifts to physicians, and a slowing in direct-to-consumer advertising, the pharmaceutical industry is turning to data mining of physician prescribing habits to fuel the marketing Read more...
Obama to push health IT to cut costs
As President Barack Obama goes before the American Medical Association on Monday to detail his health reform strategy, health IT will prove to be an integral part of his planned overhaul. In his Read more...
Doctor's jail sentences raises questions over interstate telemedicine
A Colorado doctor has been slapped with a nine-month jail sentence after prescribing an antidepressant over the web to a California teenager who later committed suicide. The case is believed to be Read more...
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