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Expect more patients to seek smoking cessation as PSA campaign returns

by: Scott Kraft Mar 29, 2013

The images are intentionally unpleasant – a woman in her 50s installing the speaker that enables her to be heard, the diabetic with a lost leg suffering from kidney failure. They’re encouraging people to stop smoking to avoid suffering similar fates in a national ad campaign sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and funded by the Affordable Care Act.

Surveys: Doctors’ spouses content

by: Roy Edroso Mar 29, 2013

A survey of physicians’ husbands and wives shows that they’re satisfied with their partners – though there are a few odd findings as well.

Survey: Doctors eager for evidence about integrated health systems

by: Burt Schorr Mar 26, 2013

Deloitte’s annual survey of physicians found that responding practitioners believe they are finding more opportunities in the accountable care organizations (ACOs) and other integrated health systems that have been encouraged by the Accountable Care Act (ACA). But they remain hesitant to change their practices without more evidence that these systems will work.

Watch out for implant-pushing PODs

by: Julia Kyles Mar 26, 2013

No, we’re not reviewing a movie about alien invaders. That’s the message from the HHS Office of Inspector General. In its first new Special Fraud Alert in 10 years, the agency gives guidance on physician-owned distributorships (PODs) that sell implantable medical devices.

Physicians’ EHR dissatisfaction is growing, productivity still not up to par

by: Laura Evans Mar 7, 2013

On paper, electronic health records (EHRs) sound like such a great idea – streamlining physician documentation, patient health records and quality reporting so docs can devote more time to the practice of medicine. Turns out, that goal may be a ways off.

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