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Physicians and social media: Follow the money
Physicians would not be well advised to use social media to connect with patients , said family physician Dike Drummond in a recent commentary posted to KevinMD.com--one of the top social media sites
Patient data for 7,000 compromised in Arkansas
Roughly 7,000 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences radiology patients had their information exposed after a physician there emailed the data to a person outside the organization with a request
FDA sued for monitoring employees' personal email accounts
After warning Congress that some medical devices were being approved despite possibly posing a danger to patients, a number of scientists and doctors had their personal email secretly monitored by
Experts debate merits of physician-patient email
This month's Wall Street Journal's "Big Issues" feature focuses on healthcare, including a debate-style article with two expert views on physician-patient email conversations, FierceHealthIT
Regular e-communication with patients is 'inevitable'
As part of a quest to enhance customer service and communication with patients, healthcare providers are increasingly leveraging the power of technologies such as text messaging, email and Skype to
Patients who email their doctors are healthier, Kaiser study finds
Patients who take advantage of secure patient-physician email options offered by their doctor are more likely to experience healthy outcomes, according to a recent study published in the journal
Patients who email their doctors are healthier, study finds
Patients who take advantage of secure patient-physician email options offered by their doctor are more likely to experience healthy outcomes according to a recent study published in the journal
Study: Parents would welcome email access to their child's doctor
Not many pediatric doctors are like Dr. Michael Crocetti of Johns Hopkins Children's Center in that they forbid patient communication via email. A study conducted by Crocetti and Dr. Robert Dudas
Deloitte: Consumer health IT demand growing
Think consumers aren't paying to the health IT investments you make? Think again. A new study from Deloitte suggests that consumers are indeed interested in knowing what you're spending on health IT,
Using email to save lives
Usually when we think of health IT, we think of complicated new systems with cutting-edge technical options. But one couple is using technology that has been around quite a while to save lives in
