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Dermatologists and oncologists are the physician specialist groups most likely to communicate with patients online, according to the latest physician report, "Physicians in 2012: The Outlook on Health Information Technology," from pharmaceutical and healthcare market research company Manhattan Research.

Two academic medical centers and one rural hospital will be recognized with Stage 7 awards, representing attainment of the highest level of electronic health record adoption as judged by HIMSS Analytics, at the 2010 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society annual meeting in March in Atlanta.

Healthcare cost control is the overarching theme for 2010, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute's "Top 10 health industry issues in 2010" report.

Physicians are more likely to report drug side effects through an electronic health records system than they are via traditional paper methods, according to the results of a survey sponsored by Pfizer.

Electronic health record systems hold much promise for the future of healthcare, but improvements are needed before their benefits can be fully realized, according to two commentaries published in the February 3 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

An Arkansas internist was indicted by a federal grand jury in January for a car bomb that maimed the chairman of the state's medical board, according to court documents.

Bypass trusts are addressed

Credit report blemish is addressed

Field questions on ancillary services for cardiovascular disease here.

Do not purchase the wrong electronic medical record (EMR) system.

In January, Minnesota pharmacies were required to report data on addictive drugs to the Minnesota Prescription Monitoring Program.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology released the proposed definition of "meaningful use" of an electronic health record system.

Get your questions answered on how to create effective to-do lists.

Medical Economics magazine asked 10 practices to reveal the best lessons learned from electronic health record adoption experiences.

About 72 percent of Americans assign some blame to Congress for their own financial woes.

Get your questions answered on office space organization.

The once private consultation between doctor and patient no longer exists.

Recent and anticipated tax law changes provide new opportunities to avoid overpaying taxes.

Payment for work with Roth IRAs is addressed

The Great Recession is keeping doctors on the job longer, and they're not happy about it.

Field questions on Medicare claims limits

The Department of Health and Human Services will fund two additional grant programs totaling $38 million to support the training and development of the skilled workforce required to support broad adoption and use of health information technology.

The watchdog group Patient Privacy Rights has released its first personal health record privacy report card in an effort to educate and protect consumers.

The Department of Health and Human Services expects to award in March $60 million to universities and research centers to support the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology.

The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology is updating its electronic health record technology certification programs to conform to the interim final rule recently released by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Eighty-five percent of healthcare providers believe that their ambulatory electronic health record software will let them meet the 2011 meaningful use deadlines being considered by the federal government, according to a report from research firm KLAS.

Get your questions answered on secondary insurance billing.