Medicine & Technology

John Halamka, MD, is Chief Information Officer of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Chief Information Officer at Harvard Medical School.  He recently asked his ...

1/5/10 UPDATE:   In recognition that the transition to EMRs might take a while, CMS is proposing a phase-in of three stages.  The first stage ...

As the year, and the decade, come to an end, you are likely to see a lot of “Top 10” lists.  With that in mind, ...

It’s official:  The Internet is an integral part of clinical practice.  Google said so. We already knew that the Internet was an increasingly vital tool, ...

National survey of U.S. hospitals shows information technology has yielded neither administrative efficiencies nor cost savings The increased computerization in U.S. hospitals hasn’t made them ...

You can’t go very far without hearing or reading about new technologies that benefit medicine and physicians.  Entire hospital systems are devoting themselves to particular ...

Patients are online more than ever.  They go online before and after their doctor visit and will come into the office armed with information and ...

Epocrates Essentials Suite Features Premium Drug, Disease and Diagnostic Resources Epocrates, Inc. today announced the availability of its most popular premium clinical software suite, Epocrates® ...

By Richard Rosenstein, D.O. Patients surviving a stroke are often left with severe disabilities. New devices used by our Rehabilitation Medicine specialists are having positive ...

By Eryn Jelesiewicz Patients rely on their physicians to recognize signs of trouble, yet for common heart murmurs, that ability is only fair at best.  ...