Mar
30
A firm hired by health plans to limit imaging is issuing radiation-exposure estimates for CT scans. Some worry patients will avoid the tests.
Mar
30
Doctors must use pads with at least one security feature by next month and three features by Oct. 1.
Mar
16
Physicians had denounced a proposal to stop paying for these services, saying it was a barrier to needed care.
Mar
16
Many people with low bone mass will never have a fracture, but some will. The FRAX algorithm helps to pinpoint who needs to be treated.
Mar
16
This will add 30 million people to the list of those who should get vaccinated. Also, flu virus strains were selected for the upcoming season.
Mar
16
The proposal would allow greater use of journal articles about off-label use of drugs and devices.
Mar
16
Questioning patients about past addictive disorders can alert physicians to the need for care when prescribing medication with the potential for misuse.
Mar
16
One week after Google said it was testing its PHR with Cleveland Clinic patients, the company's CEO gave the first public showing of Google Health.
Mar
16
Even though United has to give a little, doctors are not happy about another merger.