Medical Economics, Digital Edition, September 4th, 2009

In a controlled test of 12 AI models across 33 physician-written clinical cases, a clearly labeled pharmaceutical ad raised the share of responses choosing the advertised drug from 35% to 47.6%.

A single front-desk login breaks HIPAA’s unique user ID rule, invites credential-stuffing attacks and leaves a practice unable to trace who opened a chart after a breach. Here are seven low-cost fixes physician owners can make in weeks.

The top news stories in medicine today: A 25-year follow-up of the VA’s COURAGE trial finds no benefit from early stenting in stable heart disease; the VA pays for more heart care among veterans in veteran-heavy Medicare Advantage plans; counties light up green for Veterans Day.

Start with universal primary care coverage, doubled investment and a bigger workforce.

Five-year update to the 2021 National Academy of Medicine report finds little progress on access and calls for universal primary care coverage, more investment and a bigger workforce.

CMS scaled back its same-day E/M payment cut in the final 2027 physician fee schedule, but the 20% reduction still costs practices money and patients time. Here's what practices should audit now and what physicians should ask Congress before the lame-duck session ends.

Patients can't compare prices, can't read their bills and can't take their records with them. An interventional radiologist proposes price-tagged orders, shared savings accounts and portable patient records.

Medicare's newly finalized 2027 fee schedule extends key telehealth rules. Here's how to bill, document and plan around them.