August 2007
Monthly Archive
Mon 6 Aug 2007
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Mon 6 Aug 2007
EMRs don’t guarantee quality care, a review of 50,000 patient records shows
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On 14 of 17 measures, physicians using paper records did equally well as those using EMRs. They even outperformed electronic record users in one area.
Mon 6 Aug 2007
Grand jury clears Dr. Pou; medicine wants to protect future disaster responders
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With murder charges against this physician dropped, the AMA is developing model legislation to prevent unjust accusations against other doctors trying to help.
Mon 6 Aug 2007
Republicans slightly delay $75 billion legislation while releasing their own $36.5 billion version.
Mon 6 Aug 2007
Former CMS chief launches “do tank” focused on health care
Posted by Jenny under GovernmentComments Off
Leaders of the action-oriented think tank support physician pay-for-performance in Medicare.