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Obamacare exposes the malpractice of organized medicine
EHR adoption for office docs at 57%: survey
Rates of electronic health-record system adoption among office-based physicians grew significantly in 2011, according to a national report card on EHR adoption.
Read the Article>Hospital-Employed Physicians May Drive Up Costs
Hospital-employed physicians not only are paid on the basis of productivity but are also pressured to order more expensive care.
Read the Article>Diagnosis As Disease
New health-care law might make your doctor more informed, efficient, responsive
In many respects, American doctors today labor much the way their counterparts did 50 years ago.
Read the Article>Study finds many unpaid tasks in a primary-care doctor's workday
In addition to seeing patients, a primary-care physician each day must address more than three dozen urgent but uncompensated tasks, according to a study that provides a rare, quantitative look into the mechanics of office practice.
Read the Article>Why Physicians Oppose The Health Care Reform Bill
Seniors and doctors give key boost to healthcare bill
The din loudens from the left and right as a House vote nears on healthcare overhaul legislation.
Read the Article>Obama enlists doctors in healthcare reform campaign
The president pitches his overhaul, promising physicians gathered at the White House that proposed legislation would allow them to spend more time with patients.
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