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The New Tech Disparity
Electronic health record (EHR) systems are poised to become the backbone of future healthcare delivery in the United States. For over a decade, EHR systems have been touted as the solution to improving efficiency in medical practices and the panacea Continue Reading …
Protecting the Good Doctors
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine examined whether protecting doctors from could curb unnecessary health care costs, particularly in the emergency department where patients are high-risk and information about patients is often incomplete. This environment, Continue Reading …
Is non-expansion a death sentence?
The journey to health care reform has surely been a long one, but for all of the twists and turns, the road to the may culminate in an unanticipated dead-end. Now that we have established health insurance exchanges and expanded Continue Reading …
Don’t Sue Me Bro
You walk into your doctor’s office with a headache. Like most people, before you made the appointment you did a quick Google search with your symptoms, and are now convinced you have a brain tumor—a meningioma maybe. WebMD says that Continue Reading …
CMS demands technology utopia in hospitals
The advancement of health information technology is surely becoming one of the foremost changes in the American health care system. Assuming the adoption of more advanced technologies will improve quality and efficiency, several recent federal policies have encouraged (if not Continue Reading …