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Medical errors may happen more frequently than patients realize because their physicians are staying tight-lipped when they see an error.

Most seniors are quite capable, but there does come a time for all of us to turn over our financial affairs, whether we want to be timely about admitting it or not.

The holiday season is a time of great spending, which means keeping track of your expenses and sticking to a budget is incredibly important. Here are some free, top-notch budgeting and expense apps to keep you on track.

In a panel on the impact EHRs have on malpractice claims, three lawyers discuss the usefulness of some features and the dangers of others.

There is a program being talked about right now that seems so socialist you'd think Karl Marx is applauding in his grave. And it has nothing to do with President Obama.

When art objects are considered part of an investor's portfolio, over collecting can become an issue. Too much invested in art can mean too little placed in other financial assets, resulting in an unbalanced portfolio.

Like it or not, the holiday shopping season has already begun. But with Black Friday deals coming earlier than ever and Thanksgiving coming exceptionally late, there's a lot of negative speculation surrounding the retail sector.

Consolidation in the health care industry may be inevitable due to government regulation, but there will still remain a strong entrepreneurial spirit among physicians, according to panelists.

The majority of uninsured Americans who visited a government health exchange website reported having a mostly negative experience, and a slightly higher percentage is choosing to simply pay the fine.

Last week was a strong week for stocks in the Medical/Drugs sector and these two companies in particular could give your portfolio a needed shot in the arm.

After devoting 20 years of his life to the allopathic medical community, Michael Finkelstein, MD, made a 180-degree turn He left his position as medical director to pursue more holistic medicine.

While the U.S. workforce is projected to grow 4.4% from 2013 to 2017, some health care jobs are expected to grow three to five times as fast during that time period.

With the increasing demand for cost-effective but high-quality health care, team-based care delivery models are emerging as a preferred method.

Within the discussion of whether or not to sell to a hospital, the panelists discuss the need for clinical integration and collaboration, which has created strange bedfellows.

About 80% of medical practices that utilized patient satisfaction surveys and measured patient satisfaction more frequently were determined to be "better-performers" by the Medical Group Management Association.

Thanks to hydraulic fracking, America is now awash in cheap oil. And that's great news for everyone … except oil companies and their investors.

On a trip to Spain and Morocco, Eric Anderson, MD, searched out traces of Jewish scholar and physician Maimonides' life. Finding the statue in Cordoba proved easy, but the streets of Fes were more challenging.

Even having all of a company's public information and after doing all the research, stock market predictions are incredibly difficult. Even the professionals get it wrong fairly often.

One in 10 of the world's population will have diabetes by 2035, as the number of people with the disease is expected to grow from 385 million today to 592 million people by 2035.

A survey of 11 countries found that American adults are far more likely to forgo care because of cost and they were more likely to have difficulty paying for care even when they had insurance.

Since the beginning of 2013, primary care physicians have, for the first time, been able to get paid by Medicare for the time spent coordinating care for patients who are transitioning back to their homes.

The U.S. health care system is still performing poorly in some aspects, and is improving at a slower rate than similar countries, according to a JAMA study.

When analyzing whether to stay private or sell to a hospital, there are certain consideration within the employment contract that physicians will want to take note of.

A very promising program that can help many physicians save thousands of dollars of interest on their student loan payments and even liberate them of their payments sooner than expected.

A look at the recent Twitter IPO might help to cut through the smoke and mirrors of the circus-like media coverage of such events to talk a bit about how worthwhile of an investment IPOs really are.

Fear of the unknown and local trends are driving physicians to sell their practice to hospitals, but they should first see what their practice looks like when its operating as efficiently as possible before looking to be acquired.

While many retirees might eye warm weather states like Florida, Nevada and California as the ideal retirement spot, when looking at some of the factors that actually matter most for retirees, few of these states actually make the cut.

After coming under fire for promising people could keep their insurance plans if they wanted to, the president announced a change that will let people keep their insurance through 2014.

The benefits of having several different asset classes in your portfolio are well-known. Since no one can predict the future, you want a portfolio that will do acceptably well no matter what happens in the world.

Putting money to work in the market is no easy task right with stocks at record highs and bond yields miniscule: so where can you invest any available money?