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06/01/2013
by: Chelsea Rice

At the 2013 Association for Health Care Journalists Conference, a panel of New England primary care providers highlighted what needs to be done for the future. One panelist outlined an experiment happening at one of the oldest and largest hospitals in New England-one that, if successful, could redefine the provision of primary care.

06/01/2013
by: Joe Cantlupe

The president of Partners Healthcare and a Harvard University economist contend that primary care in the U.S. needs to be restructured to improve physician business practices and provide more value for patients.

06/01/2013
by: Chelsea Rice

Doctors are missing three in 10 patient test results generated by electronic health record systems, research shows. The problem is a matter not only of volume, but of how alerts are communicated.

06/01/2013
by: Scott Mace

Resistance to new technology may be futile, but it remains an issue for healthcare.

06/01/2013
by: Philip Betbeze

Removing Congress from the process of making decisions about Medicare payments might be a way to get some control over healthcare costs.

06/01/2013
by: Cheryl Clark

Some providers are overusing colonoscopy for screening purposes in older adults. Research shows wide regional variations in the practice.

06/01/2013
by: John Commins

Adopting electronic health records (EHR) appears to be a money-losing proposition for most physicians, especially specialists and those in smaller physician groups.

06/01/2013
by: John Commins

Fee-for-service medicine is a financially unsustainable payment model that should be phased out by the end of the decade, a study commissioned by the Society for General Internal Medicine (SGIM) recommends.

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