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Evidence of decision support benefits lacking, researchers say
Healthcare technology continues to come under fire for failing to deliver results--whether lower costs, increased efficiency, better clinical outcomes. This time researchers are turning their
Study: Mammograms often lead to cancer overdiagnosis
Breast cancer screening often results in overdiagnosis of the disease, according a study published this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine. What's more, the potential for overdiagnosis is
Advantages of online note sharing with patients outweigh drawbacks
Physicians' fears about sharing visit notes electronically with their patients seem overblown. While much more research needs to be done about the benefits of note-sharing, patients like the idea,
Survey: Patients want more open medical records
A striking majority of patients would like to share information in their electronic records and see what their physicians are saying about them, according to a pair of studies published in the Dec.
Most heart patients confused about stent benefits
A new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine reveals yet another stunning disconnect in physician-patient communication. In this case, the heart patients at Baystate Medical Center in
White House to physicians: Time to embrace change
Physicians should not let their frustration over the still-unchanged sustainable growth rate formula distract them from the improvements that healthcare reform delivers to their patients and the
What are you hiding from patients in their medical records?
Many a physician is understandably apprehensive about entering the brave, new world of "meaningful use" of EMRs. After all, it's not easy to change the way you've done things for years. What they may
Undercover actors catch physicians' contextual errors in care
Although healthcare mystery shoppers have historically been used by some practices and hospitals to identify service flaws from the patient perspective, a recent study sent actors into first-time
There's an alternative to sharing notes with patients: Sharing them with ex-patients
Like a lot of today's patients, the only occasion I've enacted my right under HIPAA to review my medical records has been when I was ready to march them over to a new provider. All three times I have
