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Electronic health records may lower malpractice settlements

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 25, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Use of electronic health records (EHRs) may help reduce paid malpractice settlements for physicians, according to a new study. The study, which appeared in the November 24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, showed a tren ...





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Report: Limiting medical lawsuits could save $41B

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 10, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Limits on medical malpractice lawsuits would lead doctors to order up fewer unneeded tests and save taxpayers billions more than previously thought, budget umpires for Congress said Friday in a reversal that puts ...


Health care dispute: Costs of defensive medicine (AP)

Health care dispute: Costs of defensive medicine

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Dr. James Wang says he tries to tell his patients when extra medical procedures aren't necessary. If they insist, though, he will do it - not so much to protect their health as his own practice.


Poll: Support for curbs on malpractice lawsuits

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created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Most Americans want Congress to deal with malpractice lawsuits driving up the cost of medical care, says an Associated Press poll.


Choosing the best doctor

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created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Finding a good doctor is both harder and easier than ever before. Harder because insurance restricts your options. Easier because government and other health-care Web sites are putting more information about doctors at your ...


Falling public support for health-care reform can be turned around

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created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Survey results published this week in the journal Health Affairs show that while only 27 percent of adults currently support the U.S. Senate Finance Committee's proposed healthcare legislation, an amended bill could gain ...


Variety trade newspaper to charge for online site (AP)

Variety trade newspaper to charge for online site

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created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Ending a three-year flirtation with free online content, Variety newspaper plans to put some of its Web site content behind a "pay wall" that will require a paid annual subscription, its publisher ...


States weigh campaign rules for the Internet age (AP)

States weigh campaign rules for the Internet age

Technology / Internet

created Oct 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- To promote his recent campaign for mayor of St. Petersburg, Fla., Scott Wagman bought an ad that popped up online when anyone ran a Google search for his opponents' names.


News Corp. chief digital officer Jonathan Miller speaks with The Hollywood Reporter in New York in June 2009

News Corp. seeking to form online news consortium: LAT

Technology / Internet

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

Media giant News Corp. is holding talks with other newspaper publishers on forming a consortium that would charge for news online and on portable devices, The Los Angeles Times reported on Friday.


New study reveals taxing job-based health benefits would hit working families hardest

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created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As the debate over health care reform continues to unfold in town hall meetings and on Capitol Hill, a new study by two Harvard researchers has found that taxing job-based health benefits would heavily penalize insured, working ...


Four-fifths of businesses foresee problems maintaining operations if H1N1 flu outbreak

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created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a national survey of businesses that looks at their preparations for a possible widespread H1N1 outbreak, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that only one-third believe they could sustain their business ...



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