US Diabetes rate up 10% in last 10 years

Medicare Incentives for EHR take effect Jan 1, 1009

Daylight Savings time sees Heart Attack Risk Shift

With the elections drawing near, the Health Care proposals of both candidates are a hot topic. Several summaries are below:

ISSUE IN-DEPTH: HEALTH CARE: IN THEIR OWN WORDS

The Shifting Tax Implications of McCain’s Health Plan

Rivals' prescriptions for an ailing system

Health plans pit low-cost vs. public coverage

Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

Allscripts supports landmark Medicare electronic prescribing provisions

House overrides Bush veto on Medicare bill

Is it ever OK to withhold bad news from patients?

What do patients want from doctors? Survey shows thoroughness of doctor visits is highly valued

Continuous doctor care key to childhood screenings

Why aren't we listening, how do we change?

Physicians can become entangled in DME fraud

Older physicians trim hours in lieu of retiring

Price plays part in perceived power of medication

Essential provisions of retainer contracts

E-mails improve patient-surgeon communication

Doctors find concierge-care practices rewarding

Fear of: "Is there a doctor in the house?"

National Patient Safety Initiative launched to provide free electronic prescribing to every physician in America

Doctors use Wii games for rehab therapy

Survey: Physicians falling short on professionalism

Do-it-yourself medical records put to the test

Doctors suppress empathy, study suggests

Internists say pay-for-performance programs must put patients first

Statement by Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, regarding Medicare physician payment legislation and health information technology

These dummies may save your life

FDA and drug marketing

Knowing heart risk keeps patients on cholesterol drugs

Managing the chronic care of patients is not being captured in today’s reimbursement system

Bigger practice, better quality? Practice size not the complete answer

Getting patients to the front of the line

Map to better U.S. health care: Centralize, organize