Ed Rabinowitz

Technology has the potential to make the practice of medicine more efficient, but technology can also create a barrier between doctors and patients, who often report wanting their physician to spend more time with them during office visits. Here, an expert lays out the case for how technology and patient experience can work together.

A Cincinnati internist has focused her career on bringing attention and help to patients who are often neglected by policy makers, such as women with HIV and AIDS, and people suffering from drug addiction.

The Affordable Care Act has helped millions of uninsured people gain health insurance, but it's also increased the burden on an already shorthanded industry. As a result, medical practices are turning their focus toward recruitment and retention.

If there is a bottom line for physicians contemplating their meaningful use future and the financial considerations intertwined, it is not necessarily that they should stay the course and keep attesting or not.

An orthopedic surgeon pushes the limits of what's possible as he practices on the cutting edge of knee repair. Meanwhile, he pushes his patients to raise their own expectations of what they're capable of.

Physician extenders, the term used to describe a healthcare provider who is not a physician but who performs medical activities that might typically be performed by one, have helped address the healthcare needs of an ever-increasing number of patients. But, have they opened the door to added legal risks and malpractice?

In the last 15 years, Robert Booth, Jr., MD, has performed more total knee arthroplasty surgeries than any other physician in the United States. Though he's performed more than 25,000 knee procedures in his career, he says he never gets bored of the challenge.

Rome wasn't built in a day. It took a carefully planned long-term process. A compliance expert says the same holds true for ICD-10. Though October is the deadline, the work of ICD-10 needs to happen before and after that date.

If physicians want to take a positive step toward improving patient satisfaction, avoiding medical malpractice, and positively impacting their practice's bottom line, they don't have to go so far as to say, "I'm sorry." All they have to do is show empathy.

A Texas physician splits his time between the emergency department and his photography dark room. In both, he finds deep lessons about the vulnerability of humanity.

As more and more of the health care industry moves to bundled payments, one industry expert believes the new model represents a "tremendous opportunity for physicians." She said doctors should move quickly, or risk being left behind.

Crowd sourcing in medicine is nothing new; it has been around for hundreds of years. What? You've never heard of it?

A spine surgeon's study became international news when he found smartphone usage can negatively impact the spine. But the physician sees opportunity in the results.

Chemistry is considered an essential element to the success of any professional sports team. The right fit can indeed make the whole greater than the sum of its parts. That's true in health care as well.

Physicians have long been anticipating the move from fee-for-service pricing to value-based pricing. That era has finally arrived, and it's leading to a new focus on patient satisfaction.

To say that athletics is an integral part of Kathryn Stecco's life would be a gross understatement. The surgeon and entrepreneur says that athletics has played a huge role in shaping her career.

A study taking place in California could help make the case that telemedicine can drive down the cost of health care.

A recent study found that nearly half of patients given control over their electronic health records elected to withhold certain medical information from some or all of their healthcare providers. That impulse creates a number of challenges for physicians.

A New York physician hasn't let a diagnosis of choroideremia stop him from fulfilling his dreams. The New York University School of Medicine instructor has even found a way to turn his experience into a business opportunity.

The patient-centered medical home? That's not a new concept to the folks at Chicago-based La Rabida Children's Hospital.

For the small- to mid-size medical practice, and even for some small hospital, the challenge of keeping up with technology changes can be daunting.

A doctor's shared affections for mountain climbing and technology enable him to find innovative ways to make direct differences in patients' lives.

When Queen recorded "I Want It All" in 1989, the English rock band likely had no idea the rant of that song-"I want it all, and I want it now"-would decades later become the unofficial rallying cry of demanding consumers. But it has.

The market for medical apps is booming, but that creates a number of thorny issues for physicians thinking of prescribing an app. For one, how can a doctor possibly stay current?

A Texas neurosurgeon has made a career at the cutting edge of his field, but when it comes to his other passion-cars-he prefers to stick to the classics.

While most physicians say they're actively working to improve quality, most feel Medicare's quality reporting program is more of a nuisance than a genuine help.

The emerging telepharmacy industry promises small and rural hospitals the same safeguards and protections of an in-house pharmacist, but at a lower cost.

As the healthcare system transitions form a fee-for-service model to a value-based model, early adopters say financial incentives are not a panacea.

An Ohio neurologist found his loves of music and medicine work in harmony.

Community health workers play a vital role in helping providers tackle the influx of new patients and the growing push to control costs.