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With a major hack of an insurance company’s database having made front-page news not long ago, it’s natural that many physicians think first about electronic data when they think about protecting patients’ private health information (PHI).

Calling a Donald Trump presidency “a threat to the goals of medicine,” more than 600 physicians have signed a statement opposing him and urging others in the medical community to vote against the Republican presidential nominee.

Online patient communities are dramatically changing how patients engage with the healthcare community. In fact, more than 40% of patients say that information found via social media affects the way they deal with their health.

Doctors taking part in stage 2 of the Meaningful Use program for electronic health records (EHRs) will get some welcome flexibility in their reporting requirements next year.

The nearly 2,400-page final rule for the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) has been reviewed by healthcare experts, and the general consensus is that it’s an improvement compared to the proposed rule, but challenges for small practices remain.

Infographic showing everything doctors need to know about MACRA's reporting options.

A test for hepatitis B virus should be done for patients beginning treatment with direct-acting antiviral therapy for their hepatitis C, experts advise.

A new study shows all-oral direct-actin antiviral agents for hepatitis C can provide both short- and long-term economic value.

More awareness of COPD by primary care physicians can lead to early treatment and better care for this growing group of patients.

Primary care physicians should not underestimate their role in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Keeping primary care practices open for more hours, particularly on nights and weekends, reduces patient visits to emergency departments for non-life threatening issues, according to a recent study published in PLOS Medicine.

As deductibles rise, the ability for you to avoid financial ruin gets to be tougher if you don’t take patient balances seriously. So what to do?

Physicians have long expressed dissatisfaction with the amount of time and money it takes to deal with insurance companies, but the alternative, going insurance-free, may seem a risky, problematic model of operation that could send patients fleeing from their practice-something no physician wants to happen.

Scaring young doctors one reality check at a time.

It’s easy to get lost in the ever-evolving landscape of the telehealth marketplace.

While Medicare and Medicaid are bankrupting federal and state governments because of deep structural flaws, our Congress refuses to address these flaws and to learn from its past mistakes.

As they analyze the 2,398-page final rule revamping Medicare reimbursement, Republican physician lawmakers say they will, if needed, intervene to improve the regulations for the nation’s physicians.

New Medicare reimbursement rules will focus on uniqueness of independent practices vs. single them out, says administrator.

The care you receive from your doctor could depend on whether he or she is a Democrat or Republican

In order to survive and thrive, private practices must adopt and embrace integrated physician and patient workflows

For this year’s Medical Economics EHR Report, we wanted to get right to the heart of the matter regarding what’s working and what’s not with electronic health record systems, so we went to the experts: you, our readers.

Containing healthcare costs and MOC are the hot topics of this edition of Your Voice.

The risk for physicians is real, but solutions do exist.

Physicians expect more from their electronic health records (EHRs). These systems were supposed to provide efficiency and troves of useful data, enabling doctors to manage patient populations and meet the demands of quality care. But EHRs are lacking in all of these areas.

If we have a patient who is being seen by a physician for a problem that was already treated by another physician in the group, is the problem considered a “new” problem to the second provider?

Independent physicians are concerned about data security, but feel they are limited as to what they can do to protect it.

Despite widespread unhappiness, surprisingly few practices say they plan to change their EHR system. Here’s why.

Federal reimbursement changes are coming, so physicians need to ensure that data collection tools are up to the task.

The healthcare information technology (HIT) marketplace-not Congress-should solve the problems with technology to aid physicians, according to electronic health record (EHR) vendors.