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Nearly a decade after implementing a policy of disclosure with offer of compensation for harmful medical errors, the UMHS has seen a reduced rate of claims against the system, lower liability costs, and shorter times to resolve claims.

Physicians often code for the wrong place of service when submitting payment claims to Medicare, resulting in widespread overpayments, according to HHS.

The curious illness

One doctor recounts his recovery from a curious and not completely diagnosed illness.

Tech support options

Know your IT options when implementing an electronic health record system.

Quality of care provided by foreign-trained physicians is no different than tha provided by U.S. trained physicians, according to a new study.

Americans spend 40% of their time online participating in social networking activities, playing games, or emailing. Almost 25% of the time online is spent with social networking sites and blogs, up from 15.8%.

Americans are divided about whether broadband Internet access is an advantage when it comes to obtaining health information, according to the results a national phone survey by the Pew Research Center?s Internet & American Life Project.

Support and monitoring via the telephone for patients who have chronic heart failure helps reduce the risk of mortality from all causes, and hospitalizations related to the chronic heart failure, according to a study recently published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. These interventions also were found to improve patient quality of life, reduce costs, and improve evidence-based prescribing.

Fifty-three percent of those going online for health information report that they have discussed information they found online with their doctors, and 51% say they have searched for information on the Web based on discussions with their doctors, according to a new Harris Poll.

The American Board of Medical Specialties plans to incorporate the ?meaningful use? of health information technology into its maintenance of certification program.

The president-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians said he was cautiously optimistic about final rules for "meaningful use" of an electronic health record.

Physicians who provided guided care, a model designed by Johns Hopkins University researchers for patients with multiple chronic conditions, reported higher levels of satisfaction with patient/family communication.

Physicians may ignore a patient's contextual information, such as transportation needs or economic situation, which may lead to clinical error.