New regulation requires medical practices to protect against identity theft
Editor's note Oct. 30, 2009: The FTC today announced "At the request of Members of Congress, the Federal Trade Commission…
Editor's note Oct. 30, 2009: The FTC today announced "At the request of Members of Congress, the Federal Trade Commission…
Proponents of health information technology (HIT) contend that widespread adoption of electronic medical records (EMR) will both enhance patient safety,…
Billions of dollars are spent annually on medical research in the United States: on basic science to uncover the causes…
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the ARRA, commonly known as the stimulus bill) included $19 billion in funding for…
Editor's note: Health care attorney Pat King outlines and explains provisions of the pending economic stimulus package that deal with electronic health records (EHR/EMR…
Over the last year, the once-esoteric topics of physician ranking and “high performance networks” have been fighting words for physicians,…
For several years, health care industry experts have urged physicians to adopt electronic prescribing, to improve quality and contain health…
Editor's Note: Health care attorney Patricia King discusses the new rules for hospital subsidies of a physician practice's purchase of…