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Use of antidepressants during pregnancy, particularly paroxetine, venlafaxine, or a combination of different antidepressant classes, may increase risk of miscarriage by 68 percent, according to researchers.

The use of at-home blood pressure monitors and Web-based reporting tools that connect clinicians and patients via the Internet appears to significantly improve patients? ability to manage their hypertension to healthy levels, according to a recent study from Kaiser Permanente.

Improved patient outcomes are the biggest benefit of the use of telehealth, and the main barrier to telehealth adoption is reimbursement, according to a national survey of healthcare and information technology professionals sponsored by Intel Corp.

Practices using paper notes should consider switching to electronic health records to improve the efficiency with which they recall and treat sexually transmitted infections such as chlamydia, according to research conducted at the Patrick Clements Clinic, Central Middlesex Hospital, London.

A proposal by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to establish a temporary program to certify electronic health record systems, followed by a permanent program, has elicited formal comments from the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission.

A new provision under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act places an administrative burden on physician practices that could discourage them from adopting electronic health record systems, according to the Medical Group Management Association.

With the passage of the federal healthcare reform law and the increasing number of audits that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will be conducting, it may be time to consider opting out of Medicare, but be sure to first know your options.

For more than a decade, most teaching hospitals in the United States and some individual taxpayers, including medical residents, have had refund claims pending with the IRS.

Media outlets are always seeking content. The best approach to reaching them is to create and distribute press releases on local angles to current national topics related to the types of patients you would like to attract.

Learn how to handle contractual relationships with Medicare Advantage plans.

How to count number of active patients.

For busy clinicans, new technologies promise savings in time as well as costs-in theory. But in practice, is this actually true? The jury is still out, as Medical Economics found out.

How to handle phone number when moving locations.

Family issues are the leading reasons physicians resign as well as accept positions, a healthcare recruiting firm survey reveals.

In clinical practice, we may feel, metaphorically speaking, like we have to pull rabbits out of hats; but in my family practice, I've been known to perform real magic tricks-and my younger patients love it.

Consider suggestions for when you find yourself in an acute situation with a loved one.

The number of Americans covered by health savings account-eligible insurance plans has increased 25 percent since last year, according to a census from an industry group.

Insurance paperwork needs to be standardized, simplified, and transparent as part of healthcare reform, according to two medical groups.

Growing acceptance of telemedicine is paving the way for technology to burst into the mainstream.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is providing $9.2 million in federal matching funds to Medicaid programs in four states to enable the programs to implement electronic health records.

The use of home use medical devices will ramp up as telehealth takes off, according to a report from British medical research company InMedica.

Healthcare reform can "catalyze healthcare innovation that improves quality and reduces cost, if only investors, policy-makers, and companies rise to the challenge before us," according to a new report by healthcare venture capital firm Psilos Group.

The non-profit National Quality Forum has formed the Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) to guide its ongoing work in health information technology.

One in five consumers rated their interest in accessing personal health records through a secure Internet connection as high, said they would switch physicians to obtain access, and indicated that they would be very likely to use a mobile communication device to access them, according to the third annual Deloitte Center for Health Solutions Survey of Health Care Consumers.

The estate tax will come back into effect on January 1, 2011.

Autonomous motivation is a potential intervention target for increasing adherence to self-monitoring in a weight-loss program and weight loss itself, according to new research.

More than 43 percent of primary care providers received some form of additional compensation for on-call coverage, according to a new survey.

Higher nut consumption is linked to lower serum cholesterol levels, especially among individuals with higher baseline low-density lipoprotein cholesterol or lower body mass index, according to new research.