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Reform, Pay Cuts to Widen Gap Between Rich and Poor Hospitals. Analysts say physicians also could end up winners and losers, depending…
NIH to Create Genetic Test Database. Hoping to improve healthcare research and centralize data, the National Institutes of Health plans to create…
Antidepressant Scripts Often Lack Diagnosis. Almost three-quarters of the antidepressant prescriptions written by nonpsychiatrists had no documentation of psychiatric diagnoses, an analysis…
In recent weeks, several Democrats and some health reform advocates including the AMA have joined Republicans in calling for a repeal of…
$400M in EHR Incentives Released. The government has paid $400 million in meaningful use incentives to physicians and hospitals so far, a…
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The Case In 2009, administrators at St. Joseph Medical Center in Maryland wrote letters to patients of Mark Midei, informing them that…
Sweetened Drinks Boost Heart Disease Risk. Beverages sweetened with fructose or high-fructose corn syrup can worsen cardiovascular risk factors, even in the…