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'Meaningful use' final rule offers some flexibility American Medical News Share     Physicians now can defer up to five EMR objectives in the first two years and still qualify for Medicare or Medicaid financial incentives. More Georgia's health plan in ICU The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Share
The state fund that pays health insurance claims for state workers is running out of money, and state officials are taking "immediate action" to keep it from going broke by the spring, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has learned. More MAG promoting discount drug card for all Georgians MAG Share
The Medical Association of Georgia has formed a partnership with the Georgia Drug Card Program to promote the "Georgia Drug Card," a free resource that is available to every Georgia resident which will help the uninsured and underinsured secure prescription medications at discount prices. More
Use social media to improve employee health Atlanta Business Chronicle Share
You may not have Facebook friends, a following on Twitter, or even a text-friendly cell phone, but the skyrocketing popularity of social media and wireless communication has Corporate America searching for unique ways to incorporate both into business practices. Now, an increasing number of companies, including health care providers, are using social media and wireless technology to reach out to their workforce -- in some cases to advocate for healthy living. More Brief Medicare pay fix may mean showdown in lame-duck Congress American Medical News Share
Lawmakers will wait until after the elections to tackle the Dec. 1 Medicare pay cut, observers predict. More Health plans must provide some tests at no cost The New York Times Share
The White House issued new rules requiring health insurance companies to provide free coverage for dozens of screenings, laboratory tests and other types of preventive care. The new requirements promise significant benefits for consumers -- if they take advantage of the services that should now be more readily available and affordable. More  Earliest steps to find breast cancer are prone to error The New York Times Share
Monica Long had expected a routine appointment. But here she was sitting in her new oncologist's office, and he was delivering deeply disturbing news. Nearly a year earlier, in 2007, a pathologist at a small hospital in Cheboygan, Mich., had found the earliest stage of breast cancer from a biopsy. More What the doctor is really thinking The Wall Street Journal Share
Some doctors are taking an unusual new approach to communicate better with patients -- they are letting them read the notes that physicians normally share only with each other. After meeting with patients, doctors typically jot down notes on a range of topics, from musings about possible diagnoses to observations about how a patient is getting along with a spouse. More Patterns: A thin white line among doctors? The New York Times Share
One in three physicians say they do not believe they should always report an incompetent or significantly impaired colleague, a new study reports. More
A doctor discovers a patient in the mirror The New York Times Share
The first thing Dr. Ellen Feld did was convince herself it wasn't a lump. Not difficult, as she'd felt plenty of lumps, and hers didn't fit the category. They are usually small, or soft and cystlike, or part of a general lumpy-bumpiness. This one, she told herself, is nothing more than dense tissue. More The debate over electronic medical records Forbes Share
After more than a year of review, the federal government has finally released its "meaningful use" guidelines for electronic medical records. For the health care field this is particularly meaningful because it's the first step taken toward adding the kinds of consistency and efficiency through IT that most corporations take for granted. More
Autologous transfusions use patients' own blood ABC News Share
During trauma surgery, blood loss is an unfortunate reality. Usually, this blood is replaced using the pints given by generous donors across the country. But new research suggests that collecting, cleaning, and re-infusing a patient's own lost blood during surgery -- a process called "autologous transfusion" -- is a safe, effective, and cost-saving alternative. More |
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