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Head of the Crass
ISSUE: NOVEMBER, 2009 Perhaps it’s simply youthful indiscretion, but today’s medical students frequently use discriminatory, sexually provocative, profane and otherwise “unprofessional” language or content in their online communications, a new study suggests. Some of the incidents involved violations of patient privacy, and at least three cases led to expulsion. read more & comment | |
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Group: Nearly Half of Hospitals Flunk Reporting Rule for Problem Docs
ISSUE: OCTOBER, 2009 Thousands of hospitals in the United States may be shirking their responsibility to report cases of wrongdoing by physicians to a national data bank, a new report has found. read more & comment | |
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Alphanumeric Confusion Can Occur in Electronic as Well as Handwritten Rxs
ISSUE: OCTOBER, 2009 Although technology can help prevent prescribing errors related to illegible or misleading handwritten information, it doesn’t currently eliminate the potential for errors related to confusion between alphanumeric symbols, according to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP). read more & comment | |
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As New PhRMA Recs Sink in, MDs Must Know Their Own Risks
ISSUE: OCTOBER, 2009 Hoping to curb real or perceived conflicts of interest that arise from giving gifts to health care professionals, the pharmaceutical industry has paved a new road filled with stop signs for its marketers. Some experts wonder, however, whether doctors and other providers see this only as a one-way street—because it is not. read more & comment | |
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Red Flags Rule Is Raised
ISSUE: OCTOBER, 2009 What Are You Doing To Shield Your Patients From Identity Theft? read more & comment | |
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HealthCore Invites Community-based Practitioners to Participate in “Real-world” Research Network
ISSUE: AUGUST, 2009 HealthCore, the outcomes research subsidiary of WellPoint, Inc., has developed the Integrated Research Network (IRN), partly in preparation for prospective effectiveness research studies and potential comparative effectiveness grants from the $1.1 billion grant program administered by the National Institutes of Health, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. read more & comment | |
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Patients Start Comparison Shopping Online for Health Care
ISSUE: MARCH, 2009 The Internet revolutionized comparison shopping and scheduling for air travel. Could a similar approach to buying health care take off as successfully? One company hopes so. read more & comment | |
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Letters to the Editor
ISSUE: FEBRUARY, 2009 read more & comment |
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