The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced an investment of approximately $75.8 million through the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases Cooperative Agreement to help states respond to infectious diseases.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality offers a free hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism prevention guide to help hospitals implement prevention strategies and improve patient safety.
If recently introduced legislation passes in Illinois, physicians will have to verify their academic, employment and disciplinary records through an independent service before being given a license in the state, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
The American Health Information Management Association is now gearing its ICD-10 training toward clinicians, according to HealthData Management.
Members of the public have until 5 p.m. Sept. 4 to give CMS feedback as to when and how the regulatory agency should disclose how much individual physicians receive from Medicare, according to a Medscape report.
In a KevinMD blog post, John Halamka, CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, discusses five ways in which Google Glass can help clinicians and caregivers improve quality of care and patient safety.
Most physicians report that while the experience of being sued was bad, it did not affect them financially or emotionally in the long-term, according to Medscape's Malpractice Report, released in 2013.
Most physicians believe that electronic health records improve access to clinical data, according to the "2013 Physician Sentiment Index," by Epocrates and athenahealth.
Michael Port, MD, medical director and anesthesiologist at DISC Sports & Spine Center in Marina del Rey, Calif., discusses eight ways ambulatory spine practices can manage conflicts successfully.
Physicians of group-based practices can expect to see a 3.7 percent salary increase in 2014, while hospital-based physicians will likely see a 2.2 percent increase, according to the Hay Group's 2013 physician compensation survey.