The idea for ranking doctors – issuing a report card of sorts – is not new, but recent efforts by Procter & Gamble, Pepsi, J.C. Penney and several other large employers have sparked debate...
As medical practices expand or move, physicians and practice managers are taking a hard look at how they might upgrade technology. Building expansions have prompted two practices — one in western Ne...
The federal government and healthcare think tanks may be pushing doctors to adopt electronic prescribing, but many of them are still resisting — and with good reason, they say....
Emergisoft's CEO and chairman Ash R. Huzenlaub says moving from a public to private company will help return its focus on products and customers. "It's better to be a good priva...
While supercomputers at hospitals and other healthcare facilities are still uncommon, more and more hospital CIOs, doctors and researchers around the country are eyeing the possibility of adding compu...
Dwight Monson, 51, an expert in physician practice management and strategic planning for hospitals, has joined Cap Gemini Ernst & Young's Health Practice as a vice president. Software developer...
David M. Cutler, professor of economics at Harvard University, argues that if we spent more money on healthcare, the system would work better. In his recently published book, Yo...
The federal government and healthcare think tanks may be pushing doctors to adopt electronic prescribing, but many of them are still resisting — and with good reason, they say....
The Health Data Exchange initiative that Duke University announced last week may be the impetus the industry needs to move forward on electronic medical records, healthcare IT leaders say....
