Business of Medicine
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New federal health IT leadership, same goals
The physicians at the top of ONC talk about where electronic health records should be.
Opinion
Don’t be bullied by patients threatening bad reviews
Being blackmailed into providing free service isn’t the best way to start a medical relationship.
Conference Coverage
C. difficile travels on the soles of our shoes
NEW ORLEANS - Have you considered checking underfoot for the spread of C. difficile?
Conference Coverage
Childhood vaccine trauma decreases adolescent HPV immunization uptake
Too many vaccines at once can result in needle phobia.
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Health IT: Cybercrime risks are real
Feds offer six-point plan for increasing cybersecurity in medicine
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Malpractice reform: House passes bill to cap damages
Doctors, malpractice insurers back the legislation.
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Docs still don’t get MACRA
Just 1 in 10 said they were deeply knowledgeable about the value-based payment plam.
From the Journals
Medicaid expansion produced opposing cost effects
Did the states that expanded enrollment in 2014 spend more or less?
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Poll: Most voters oppose House and Senate health care bills
June polling shows little backing for provisions in the GOP reform bills.
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CBO: Senate health care proposal marginally better than House-passed bill
Even with some improvements over the House bill, BCRA looks to do more harm than good.
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Supreme Court allows partial travel ban to proceed
Order gives some relief to foreign physicians, medical students.