Twenty-four percent of physicians report that they are the primary decision makers with regard to billing and administrative decisions at their practices, according to the "2013 Physician Sentiment Index," by Epocrates and athenahealth.
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In a Medscape Today report, Ronald B. Sterling, president of Sterling Solutions, a company that guides medical practices in the use of technology, lays out three things medical practices should do with their electronic health record system in the coming…
In a Medscape Today report, Anne L. Finger, an independent writer, discusses five potential risks of becoming an employed physician.
Forty-two percent of physicians report that their practice is not participating in a pay-for-performance program, according to the "2013 Physician Sentiment Index," by Epocrates and athenahealth.
Cedar Park, Texas-based Specialty Compounding has issued a voluntary recall of all lots of sterile medications that have not expired.
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The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses offers a free surgical checklist to ensure patient safety and help facilities meet The Joint Commission's Universal Protocol requirements.
Here are the 10 most popular patient safety tools for the week of Aug. 5 to 9, 2013, beginning with the most popular.
Hospitals in St. Louis-based Ascension Health implement infection prevention practices differently, according to a study in the American Journal of Infection Control.
Most physicians believe that accountable care organizations will be successful in introducing performance reporting and benchmarking, according to Deloitte's 2013 Survey of U.S. Physicians.
A study published in JAMA Surgery found that 40 percent of participants in a shadowing program expressed interest in pursuing a surgical match, according to a Medpage Today report.