A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Meaningful Use
This July marked the 16th anniversary of the installation of our electronic medical record. Yup....
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This July marked the 16th anniversary of the installation of our electronic medical record. Yup....
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A multicenter, retrospective study of patients with poorly controlled diabetes who have been...
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A single-use, surgical device (Linx Reflux Management System, Torax Medical) has been approved by...
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A CDC report has found that 10,521 new tuberculosis (TB) cases were reported in 2011 in the United...
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A small prospective analysis suggests that statin use appears to modestly reduce the risk of...
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In patients with metabolic syndrome, both all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality appear to...
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The incidence of atrial fibrillation and stroke appears to be higher for patients with rheumatoid...
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Over the last decade, significant advances and innovations have rapidly evolved in the use of PCI...
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac rhythm disturbance. AF is a risk...
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New research was recently presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Society for...
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New research was presented at the 2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting from...
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A North Carolina study team has found that the rates of depression at 3 and 12 months after...
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Single-incision laparoscopic colectomy (SILC), when performed by highly skilled surgeons, appears...
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Patients commonly experience lulls in their treatment during the course of their visits to the...
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Previous research has reported that suicide attempts are higher for migraineurs than those without...
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A high-performance anesthesia delivery system (Arkon, OSI Systems) has received 510(k) marketing...
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The risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) appears to be higher as BMI increases and when surgery is...
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Dear patients on insurance company X: I am very sorry to give you the bad news: effective...
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Almost one-third of adults in the United States have elevated triglyceride levels (>150 mg/dL),...
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Pain has been identified as the most common reason for patients seeking care in emergency rooms....
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