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CIO December 15, 2009 Kim S. Nash	Data Sharing That Benefits Customers At Children's Hospital Boston, sharing more data, securely, promises healthier, more satisfied patients.
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2005 Lena Chow	Docs of Shanghai They're short on status, pay, and respect, but China's young doctors hold keys to the world's fastest growing pharmaceutical market.
The Motley Fool February 26, 2009 Brian Orelli	Big Blue Struts Its Stimulus Stuff The company announces that it had signed up four hospital groups in the U.S. to use its electronic medical records systems, after the stimulus bill contained $19 billion in grants and incentives to encourage doctors and hospitals to invest in electronic medical records.
BusinessWeek March 28, 2005	Crusader for Clearer E-Info Entrepreneur Jonathan S. Bush -- yes he's related -- discusses how Web-based medical records can become a workable reality
CIO June 1, 2003 Alison Bass	A Big Rollout Bust Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems can reduce medication errors by as much as 86 percent, and save hospitals and doctors' practices billions of dollars, studies show. Yet only 3 percent to 5 percent of American hospitals have fully implemented CPOE systems. What gives?
CIO February 1, 2003 Christopher Koch	Off the Charts An electronic medical records system at the University of Illinois Medical Center did more than transform communication, it converted the least likely users into technology believers.
BusinessWeek March 28, 2005	The Doctor: Dr. Lauren Koniaris Online prescribing and record-keeping free her up for patients.
CIO August 1, 2003 Sarah D. Scalet	Paperless Medicine Saving Money, Saving Lives Health-care CIOs face intense pressure to install electronic medical records and order-entry systems, in spite of physician resistance and large up-front costs. Here's how early adopters are overcoming the obstacles.
CIO April 1, 2006 Michael Fitzgerald	The Business Case for Paperless Medicine A strong argument can now be made that doctors in small and midsize practices should invest in electronic health records. Here's how to get your physicians on board.
Managed Care October 2000 Maureen Glabman	Giving Some Ground to Physicians Helped Turn Health System Around One hospital system accepted the general wisdom a few years ago by acquiring physician practices. Now it bucks the new wisdom by holding on to them...
Salon.com December 1, 1999 James B. Stewart	Who's watching the docs? The code of silence in hospitals allows deadly mistakes to happen, but some simple reforms could help...
Insurance & Technology March 24, 2009 Nathan Conz	Obama Appoints Healthcare IT Coordinator Dr. David Blumenthal will lead the implementation of a nationwide healthcare IT infrastructure.
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2007 Humphrey Taylor	Opinion: Inappropriate Behavior Do doctors prescribe needless care? Will healthcare costs drop if patients decide whether treatment is necessary? It's time to start talking.
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 Arlene Weintraub	A Remedy For Malpractice Malaise Hospitals are offering free coverage to recruit doctors from private practice
Managed Care May 2001 Jack McCain	Use of Hospitalists: Another Case of 'May' vs. 'Must' Despite a movement to ban mandatory use of these physicians, their numbers and influence are rising as their roles become better understood...
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Managed Care July 2002	Money isn't everything Physicians are fairly happy with their incomes, but unhappy with the number of hours they have to work, as well as with the ancillary duties involved in practicing medicine, according to a survey.
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Managed Care July 2006	Physician Satisfaction Study Surprises A new study suggests that physicians working in areas where there is an extensive medical infrastructure are less happy with the quality of the care they provide than doctors working elsewhere.
Insurance & Technology August 25, 2004 Marianne Kolbasuk McGee	EMR Initiative: BCBSMA Steals a March One Massachusetts community is going to find out if electronic medical records really can deliver revolutionary improvements in the quality and cost of healthcare.
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BusinessWeek November 20, 2008	Financial Triage Innovative ways that hospitals are looking at patient finances.
AskMen.com April 15, 2001 Joshua Levine	Choosing The Right Doctor Choosing a doctor is one of the most important decisions you can make. It's probably best made when you are healthy and have some time to think about a number of possibilities. If you don't have a doctor or are thinking about changing doctors, now may be the best time to look...
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Fast Company March 2015 Julie Makinen	Apricot Forest Fixes What Ails Chinese Health Care Apricot Forest offers a suite of three apps that aim to fix some of the core inefficiencies in China's medical system. Twenty-five percent of China's 2.5 million doctors now use at least one of the apps, as do about 2,000 new physicians every day.
The Motley Fool May 7, 2010 Ryan McBride	Athenahealth Paying Dearly to Take on Larger Rivals Athena has been ramping up efforts to raise its profile among doctors, the target audience for its Internet-enabled billing and electronic health records services. Yet the company has been criticized for the relatively high price of the push.
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2005 Ame Wadler	PR: In the Loop Pharma marketers can help doctors stay abreast of the news.
CIO August 1, 2003 Galen Gruman	Wireless: Just What the Doctor Ordered As medical records go electronic, hospital CIOs are finding that wireless networks can get the records to where the doctors and nurses want to use them. CIOs in other industries would do well to watch and learn.
CIO April 1, 2004 Malcolm Wheatley	Why Brit Health Project Does Everything Twice Britain's National Health Service in recent months has been awarding contracts for a major IT project: creating a database of electronic patient records that will include every citizen in England.
CIO August 1, 2005 Susannah Patton	An End to Medical Forms? Patients could keep all their medical information online using iHealthRecord, a new service that Medem (a joint venture of the American Medical Association and six other medical societies) introduced in May.
Fast Company May 2001 Scott Kirsner	Digital RX When leaders of the Detroit Medical Center launched a major financial turnaround two years ago, they saw that they had a big money problem. Here's how the DMC is using digital remedies to treat its fiscal condition...
Managed Care September 1999	Selling The Electronic Patient Chart: A Conversation With Mark Leavitt, M.D., Ph.D. This physician and his backers are making a $100 million bet that electronic patient records, and widespread access to them through the Internet, are not far away for most practices.
IEEE Spectrum October 2006 Robert N. Charette	Dying for Data A comprehensive system of electronic medical records promises to save lives and cut health care costs -- but how do you build one? The many technical, social, and political issues are also formidable.
AskMen.com Tara Weiss	Reasons Not To Become A Doctor There were once many rewards to being in the medical profession. For decades, doctors earned hefty paychecks, had autonomy and respect. Those benefits are fading, and as a result, so is the number of doctors.
Financial Advisor June 2010 Andrew Gluck	Advising Doctors As medical economics change for the worse, both physicians and their financial advisors are getting organized.
CIO June 1, 2005 Susannah Patton	Medication Systems Need Treatment A recent study found computers can increase the risk of dangerous medication errors.
Managed Care January 2005	Private Practice Physicians Find Dual Role Challenging When it comes to balancing the role of business owner and practicing physician, many private practice doctors are having a tough time of it.
Managed Care April 2000 Tim Olsen	Physician, Tarnish Not Thine Image Doctors who use the news media to criticize others, rather than initiate a constructive dialog about difficult issues such as antibiotic resistance, help erode the profession's influence.
Managed Care October 2007 John Carroll	Early Tiered Networks Encounter Many Obstacles From dodgy data to uncooperative doctors, difficulties confront health plans that are trying to stratify providers by cost and quality.
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Managed Care February 2002 Alan M. Muney	Evidence-Based Medicine Needs To Be Promoted More Vigorously This means using a carrot-and-stick approach with physicians. Those who respect the evidence should be rewarded; others should face penalties...
BusinessWeek October 10, 2005 Howard Gleckman	Why MDs Are IT-Phobic Information technology promises savings for patients and health-care companies, but going electronic can be a bitter pill for the MDs footing the bill.
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