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Physicians have concerns about whether providing patients with direct access to imaging tests could lead to patient anxiety and unrealistic demands on physician time, according to a published study.

Do you tweet? Do your patients? Social networking via Twitter and other means could be a way to disseminate correct information and improve behavior related to the use of antibiotics, but it also might lead to confusion or the sharing of inaccurate information, contend the authors of research recently published in the American Journal of Infection Control.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a new online tool that highlights and compares national, regional, state, and local community data on the use of preventive services among adults aged 50 to 64 years in an effort to help healthcare professionals and others increase knowledge and use of preventive care services.

Regional health information organizations must provide leadership and financial incentives if more comprehensive, community-wide use of health information exchange is to occur, according to research recently published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Physicians who practice at facilities at which electronic health record systems are used have a high prevalence of computer-associated upper extremity musculoskeletal symptoms, according to research recently published in Archives of Internal Medicine.

Americans remain concerned about the privacy of their medical records, according to the results of a new study released by the California HealthCare Foundation.

Patients want it, you can bill for it, but you can't store it. It's your time.

Medicare is now telling doctors to update their electronic funds transfer information.

You should review your portfolio balance once a year.

Consider certain variables when deciding whether to prepare your own taxes or to have it done.

Know how to bill for glucose monitoring, penicllin shots and new patients

Massachusetts, the only state that requires its citizens to hold health insurance, held hearings in March about lower health insurance costs.

An IRS rule limits how much highly compensated employees contribute to qualified retirement plans relative to non-highly compensated employees.

In diagnosis cases, you don't have to be right, but you do have to be reasonable.

In order to successfully promote your practice, your marketing message must be crystal-clear.

In postmenopausal women, a low-fat diet has little effect on cardiovascular risk factors and no overall effect on coronary heart diseae and stroke.

In tough economic times, with fewer people seeking medical care because they've lost insurance coverage or they're hoarding spare cash, attracting new patients and keeping established patients takes on increasing importance.

Non-compete clauses are enforceable in most jurisdictions.

Disability companies are competing for your business again.

Fear of inflation is one of the leading topics among clients currently.

Most women don't exercise enough during pregnancy to meet expert recommendations.

A high peripheral neutrophil count is a useful predictor of CVD risk in postmenopausal women.

Throughout the healthcare reform process, the AMA remained actively engaged in an effort to ensure that the physician voice was heard.

Family medicine residency training programs this year attracted 101 more U.S. medical school graduates than in 2009, while internal medicine saw smaller growth in its primary care programs, according to National Residency Match Program.

Family and general internal medicine doctors each generate more than $1.6m in net revenue on behalf of their affiliated hospitals, according to a new study.

The Little Clinic, which operated in 8 states, reported that it would close 30 locations and exit 5 U.S. markets, according to an industry firm.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a monumental step toward providing Americans with affordable coverage, but there are uncertainties, according to the American College of Physicians.

Anemia increases the risk of death in patient who have had a heart attack and coronary angioplasty, according to new research.