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A national campaign for electronic health records is driving business for at least 20 companies with thousands of workers ready to help stressed doctors log ...
Read More »Medical scribes are on the rise, but standards lacking
Making sense of the senseless gun violence
Mass shootings and the accompanying carnage have now become a regular part of life in America. And mental health experts warn that this steady drumbeat ...
Read More »Doctor Burnout Rates on the Rise
Burnout is a growing problem among American doctors, a new study indicates. Analyzing the results of 2011 and 2014 surveys of more than 6,000 doctors ...
Read More »End-of-Life Laws Only Accentuate Need For Palliative Care, Providers Say
LOS ANGELES — More times than she can count, Dr. Carin van Zyl has heard terminally ill patients beg to die. They tell her they can’t ...
Read More »Informed Consent: What Every Pennsylvania Physician Needs to Know
Informed consent is an important part of the patient-physician relationship and has implications for other theories of medical malpractice. The principle of “informed consent” has ...
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