By Brad Broker Two separate studies have been published advancing the health benefits of video games. In the first study, playing action video games specifically ...
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By Ankita Rao, Kaiser Health News Last year Dr. Michael Nusbaum introduced a mobile application in an effort to make scheduling a medical appointment as ...
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By Tony Jeffs According to a recent study performed by the Ponemon Institute, nine out of 10 hospitals in the United States have suffered from ...
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By Harvey B. Lefton, MD We face ongoing changes in Medicine today which will alter our future practice patterns. We all recognize the need for better ...
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By Ankita Rao Kaiser Health News When Brett Geranen needed an eye exam he turned to the website you might choose to find cheap Thai ...
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By Shefali S. Kulkarni The game of football isn’t played without its share of injuries. Look at just one of yesterday’s marquee games: The contest ...
Read More »Survey: Most U.S. Primary Care Docs Using EMRs
By Ankita Rao, KHN U.S. doctors are no longer the laggards when it comes to using health information technology in their practices. But they are ...
Read More »Status Update: Medical Schools May Check Applicants On Facebook
By Alvin Tran While applying to medical school as a college student, Drew Lee did what many of his fellow “premeds” were doing at the time – ...
Read More »The Big Issues for Doctors in the Presidential Election
An online social network collected physicians’ top questions for the presidential candidates. The purpose of the poll was to better understand what the nation’s leading ...
Read More »Changing the Tides of Healthcare Communication with Social Media
By Tim Soo Health is social. Yet, the thought of a patient tweeting about a health condition or a physician updating his or her status ...
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