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Blue Button logistics could make VA contest problematic
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is offering a $50,000 prize to anyone who can develop a personal health record (PHR) that uses the government's Blue Button download method to import
UCSF: Transition-to-home program cuts heart readmissions by 30%
A University of California, San Francisco, program aimed at helping hospitals transition patients to their homes reduced hospital readmissions of older heart failure patients by nearly a third,
The 16-hour day dilemma: Will shortening residents' hours work?
Coming this July, medical residents will receive a "gift" in terms of possibly getting a little more shut eye. Under new guidelines approved last year by the Accreditation Council for Graduate
Study: Retail clinic users don't have personal doctors
For years now, many primary care physicians have battled the rise of retail clinics, arguing that such clinics would interfere with their patient relationships. However, a new study suggests that
AMA medical tourism policy emphasizes care quality
As part of its annual conference, the American Medical Association has taken its first official stand on the principles it believes should govern the provision of care for medical tourists. In the
