Physicians should pause before hitting “send” on an e-mail, tweet, or other digital communication to ensure that the communication will uphold their professional obligations to patients and not mar the reputation of the profession, urges a new joint position paper… Read More ›
Physicians are likely to find themselves in hot water for ill-considered online behaviors, such as posting information that misrepresents their credentials or their treatments, violating patient privacy by posting patient photographs online, or sending inappropriate messages to patients, according to… Read More ›
Patients with online access to their medical records used more health care services than did patients without online access, found a study published in JAMA today. Electronic medical records and other new technologies have been proposed as tools to help… Read More ›
Results from a pilot study suggest that patients who have online access to their physicians’ electronic notes may be more engaged and understanding of their health and become more reliable in taking medications as prescribed. The findings appear today in… Read More ›
A telemonitoring device in the home that can measure and transmit information about indicators of health such as blood pressure and oxygen saturation coupled with videoconferencing can allow a health care team to assess a patient’s condition remotely and discuss… Read More ›
Proposed changes to US oversight of human research would extend existing protections to studies not receiving federal funding and offer individuals more control over how their tissues are used in research, according to Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)… Read More ›
The ever-growing number of health-related software applications, or apps, for smartphones, tablets, and personal digital assistants have caught the eye of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The agency announced today that is considering providing oversight of some of… Read More ›
Rural primary care centers can treat chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection as effectively as academic medical centers, given the proper tools and training. A study released online today in the New England Journal of Medicine says the primary care… Read More ›
Patients who have undergone total knee replacement may be able to receive rehabilitation therapy at home via their Internet-connected home computer, allowing them to skip the trips to an outpatient physical therapy department. Researchers from Brisbane, Australia, found that patients… Read More ›
