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Patient portals help improve communication
EHRs won't just help you keep accurate, neat patients records. If your practice's Web site has a
patient portal, EHRs also will allow your patients to have access to their information.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 25, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Once you commit to an EHR, don't turn back, doctors say
Two physician in our EHR study share key lessons about EHR implementation.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 25, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Most PCPs will participate in ACOs next year
Nearly half of the primary care physicians (PCPs) polled in a recent study say they plan to
participate in an accountable care organization (ACO) within the next year.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 25, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
What changes can an inheritance bring?
The word inheritance can mean many things to different people. Find out how you can ensure that your
inheritance is well-used.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 25, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
ACA provision could signal sobering start to 2013
In January, 10 of 15 Affordable Care Act (ACA) provisions will take effect for 2013. Compiled by the
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, here's a snapshot of the key provision of 2013.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 25, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Practice free to determine holiday closures, pay
The holidays are a time when many of your employees may want to take time off. Discover whether or not
you need to compensate them for this time.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 25, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
How to examine post-launch EHR productivity
Implementation isn't the only thing that you need to do to successfully use EHRs. Here's a look at
what you need to do to measure productivity.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 25, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Use self-audits to uncover, correct coding issues
This month's question focuses on what to do when you receive analyses from your payers. Find out the
answer to this pressing coding question.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 25, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Viewpoint: Author's view of MOC unrealistic
Medical Economics readers discuss maintenance of certification and medical homes.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 25, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Consider the costs of care
An experience with a broken leg in Canada causes a doctor to reflect on the costs of healthcare in the
United States.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 25, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
One in 12 in U.S. military has clogged heart arteries
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Just over one in 12 U.S. service members who died in the Iraq and
Afghanistan wars had coronary atherosclerosis, according to a new study.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 25, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Antioxidant oral supplement might help in macular degeneration
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An antioxidant oral supplement (Ocuvite, Bausch and Lomb), in particular
its lutein component, may provide benefits in patients with early age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according
to new findings from a secondary analysis of a clinical trial (CARMA).
Source: Modern Medicine - December 25, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Link between pot, psychosis goes both ways in kids
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Marijuana (cannabis) use may be linked to the development of psychotic
symptoms in teens - but the reverse could also be true: psychosis in adolescents may be linked to later pot use,
according to a new Dutch study.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 25, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Pacemakers tied to less heart-related healthcare use
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Elderly cardiac pacemaker recipients show a reduction in emergency
department (ED) and hospital inpatient stays, according to a new study.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 25, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Obesity declining in young, poorer kids: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of low-income preschoolers who qualify as obese or
"extremely obese" has dropped over the last decade, new data from the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention show.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 25, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Carvedilol plus NAC curbs postop atrial fibrillation
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Carvedilol plus N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) offered greater protection against
postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) than metoprolol or carvedilol alone in a randomized double-blind
placebo-controlled trial from Turkey.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 25, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
UCB gets Japan clearance for neuro and arthritis drugs
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian pharmaceutical company UCB has secured two regulatory clearances in
Japan.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 25, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Dextrose saline for rehydration no better than normal saline in hyperemesis gravidarum
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Rehydration outcomes in women with hyperemesis gravidarum are similar with
dextrose saline and normal saline, according to a new report from Malaysian researchers.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 25, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Neonatal palsy rare in vaginal birth after C-section
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Neonatal brachial plexus palsy (NBPP) is rare in women who give birth
vaginally after previously having had a C-section, researchers have found.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 25, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Japan approves Novo's new combination insulin Ryzodeg
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk said on Tuesday Japan's health regulator had
approved its new combination insulin, that it plans to market as Ryzodeg, for the treatment of
diabetes.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 25, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Poverty and fear of gangs drive young immigrants to U.S.
WORCESTER, Mass./PHOENIX, Ariz. (Reuters) - Diego Canil Ordonez was just 16 years old when he realized
he needed to get out of Guatemala after gang members arrived at the store where he worked to shake down his boss
for money.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 25, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Cut your risk of foodborne illness
With increasing concerns about food safety, simple steps can help ensure that what you eat is not hazardous to your health.
Source: American Medical News - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Health Source Type: news
Patient satisfaction’s impact on physician livelihood
Connected coverage — selected articles on trends, challenges and controversies in the changing world of medicine.
Source: American Medical News - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Opinion Source Type: news
Don’t become ensnared by physician ACO exclusivity clauses
Contract Language - A column examining the ins and outs of contract issues
Source: American Medical News - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Business Source Type: news
Employed doctors don’t have to lose social media voice
Technically Speaking - A practical look at information technology issues and usage
Source: American Medical News - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Business Source Type: news
Doctors lean local in joining health information exchanges
More small startups are competing with statewide or regional exchanges for physician business, a report finds.
Source: American Medical News - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Business Source Type: news
$120 million Aetna settlement isn’t end of doctor pay dispute
The AMA and state medical societies sued because of the plan’s use of the Ingenix database for out-of-network payments.
Source: American Medical News - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Business Source Type: news
Study underscores value of continuity in med student clerkships
A new study provides data for medical schools as they explore how best to structure third-year clinical training.
Source: American Medical News - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Profession Source Type: news
Project aims to get 80% of hypertension patients under control
Less than half of patients with high blood pressure reach this goal. Leaders of a quality initiative say better monitoring of patients can improve outcomes.
Source: American Medical News - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Profession Source Type: news
Off-label drug marketing gets free-speech protection in court ruling
Judges say the government cannot prosecute for promotion of accepted off-label uses of FDA-approved drugs. Some medical experts worry that drug benefits will be overstated.
Source: American Medical News - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Government Source Type: news
Only 18 states and D.C. will run insurance exchanges
The rest will partner with the federal government or defer control altogether to operate the health insurance marketplaces.
Source: American Medical News - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Government Source Type: news
Physicians push for full Medicaid expansion after HHS all-or-nothing stance
After the first GOP governor approved expanding Medicaid fully, doctors in states that had looked into partial expansions hope their states’ leaders follow suit.
Source: American Medical News - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Government Source Type: news
Meaningful use drives physician EHR boom
Physicians are responding to the promise of bonuses for electronic health records adoption — and the threat of penalties if they don’t.
Source: American Medical News - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Business Source Type: news
Medicare pay struggle a familiar year-end cliffhanger
Organized medicine goes to Congress to prevent rates from being slashed by more than a quarter and to end the annual ritual of averting cuts.
Source: American Medical News - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Government Source Type: news
For propranolol in infantile hemangioma, only "provisional" guidelines available
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A multidisciplinary panel of experts held a consensus conference exactly a
year ago to develop evidence-based recommendations for using propranolol for infantile hemangioma. But a lack of
high-quality research data made that impossible, they said today in Pediatrics.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Allergies, extra weight increase kids' risk of being bullied
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids who have food allergies or are overweight may be especially likely to
get bullied by their peers, two new studies suggest.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
NSAIDs may relieve bleeding from copper-containing IUDs
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may relieve bleeding
irregularities associated with copper-containing IUDs, according to results of a systematic review.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Violence, fear and suspicion imperil Pakistan's war on polio
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani health worker Bushra Bibi spent eight years trekking to
remote villages, carefully dripping polio vaccine into toddlers' pursed mouths to protect them from the crippling
disease.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
U.S. reprimands some eye centers on LASIK surgery advertising
Source: Modern Medicine - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
IVIg treats red cell aplasia due to human parvovirus B19
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A single course of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) can restore normal
hemoglobin levels in most patients with pure red cell aplasia due to human parvovirus B19 infection (HPV-B19), new
research shows.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
'Dystextia': Gibberish texts can be marker of stroke
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A devoted husband, waiting to hear from his pregnant wife after a visit to
the obstetrician, saw this on his phone: "every where thinging days nighing" and "Some is
where!"
Source: Modern Medicine - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Little change in overtreatment at doctors' offices
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although some Americans are getting more beneficial treatments that were
underused in the past, including drugs for heart disease, others are still being overtested or overtreated for a
range of conditions, according to a new study.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Budokon, made in America, mixes yoga with martial arts
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Budokon, a workout program developed in 21st century America, blends the ancient
mind-body practices of yoga and martial arts into a program that aims to reward followers with conditioning,
mindful meditation and progressively colored karate-type belts.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
RFA generally effective in Barrett's esophagus
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of Barrett's esophagus (BE) leaves most
patients disease-free, but a small number will have recurrence, according to researchers.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Anakinra effect ongoing in adult onset Still's disease
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The dramatic efficacy of the IL-1 receptor antagonist anakinra in
adult-onset Still's diseases is maintained over the long term, according to researchers.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Pharmacy linked to U.S. meningitis outbreak files for bankruptcy
Source: Modern Medicine - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Valsartan does not improve function of systemic right ventricle
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Valsartan does not improve cardiac function in patients with a systemic
right ventricle, researchers from The Netherlands report.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Hormones improve quality of life in symptomatic postmenopausal women
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treatment with low-dose hormone therapy and tibolone improves quality of
life subscores in symptomatic postmenopausal women, researchers from Brazil report.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Apps to help achieve New Year's resolutions
Source: Modern Medicine - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
FDA okays cholesterol drug lomitapide (Juxtapid) with strongest warning
Source: Modern Medicine - December 24, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
