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Automated telephone outreach with speech recognition is not an effective way to increase the incidence of colorectal cancer screening, according to a study of 80,000 health plan members published in the February 8 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Medical practice leaders continue to experience administrative challenges reporting data for Medicare?s Physician Quality Reporting Initiative, according to results of a survey recently released by the Medical Group Management Association. Specifically, respondents reported difficulty accessing the feedback reports and said that the presentation of information in the reports was not satisfactory.

More than 150 health information technology systems from 104 participating companies and organizations, including vendors, health information exchanges, government agencies, and open-source development groups, were tested recently at IHE North America?s annual Connectathon. Results are posted here.

403(b)s are addressed

One physician hates the way she feels about herself when she has negative emotions about some of her patients.

Heatlhcare jobs are expected to be the fastest-growing category through most of the new decade.

Several factors will determine whether converting traditional IRA assets to Roth IRA assets is the right decision for you.

Get your questions answered on what parts of your business to analyze on a yearly basis.

Get your questions answered on marking up purchased services.

No matter where you practice or how well your practice is run, physicians all have one thing in common: the rising cost of everything!

Ten business days is the most time California private health plan members will have to wait for a non-urgent appointment with a primary care physician.

Physicians' moods affect number of prescriptions, referrals and lab tests ordered, as well as amount of time spent talking with patients, a new study shows.

National and state organizations representing physicians were among 118 organizations that sent a lettter to House and Senate leaders supporting equality of Medicaid and Medicare rates for primary care services.

Although an informed and engaged patient usually is a good thing, these qualities sometimes can lead to disagreements, hurt feelings and interruptions in care.

The biggest mistake doctors make when communicating bad news is reverting to "just-the-facts" mode as a defense, one expert says.

Some people forget that many of us went into this profession for reasons other than money, such as helping people in need, that is, the so-called 'psychic reward.'

One of the most significant deductions available to a taxpayer is for charitable contributions.

Loan payoffs are addressed

Connecticut AG sues Health Net of Connecticut in January for failing to secure private medical records and financial information of 446,000 enrollees.

With healthcare fraud now estimated to be a $100-billion-a-year enterprise, the federal government has developed new tools to aggressively pursue fraud.

Understanding the status of consultation codes

Nearly 44 percent of office-based physicians reported using all or partial electronic health record systems in practice.

Deferred loans are addressed

Get your questions answered on handling an outstanding account balance.

Late payments are addressed

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.