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Our government is systematically decimating the practice of medicine in the U.S. The CMS called a long overdue “timeout” and solicited comments concerning how to rectify their disastrous electronic health-record mandates. The current immature, rushed, proprietary EHR technology fails to...
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In response to your recent article “CVS cancels pharma-funded Rx reminders citing new HIPAA rule,” it is entirely inappropriate to use a person's personal healthcare information without specific consent to do...
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Regarding the story “Highmark completes West Penn deal, announces new system,” hurrah for this action. Competition is healthy in healthcare, and Pittsburgh needs another viable hospital-care system. UPMC has...
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I'm afraid I have to respectfully disagree with your Top 25 Women in Healthcare (“Beyond the glass ceiling,” April 8). While these may be the choices of the industry itself, it negates the influence of...
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“Pentagon struggles with high cost of healthcare” contains many misrepresentations and untruths. “The cost of military healthcare has almost tripled since 2001” is misleading in that the reported...
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The transcript of your webinar, “Improving the patient experience,” didn't contain much about communication between the check-in...
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I am very disheartened to hear about this ("CMS does about-face on Medicare Advantage payment cuts,” April 1). I did the billing for a rheumatologist while I...
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It is outrageous for the National Institutes of Health to sponsor a $31 million study of chelation therapy (Modern Physician, March 27) that left some commenters questioning the integrity of the investigators. It makes me question if NIH's entire purpose was to make it fail, since EDTA treatment is...
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I was encouraged to see you call out “exchange of information” as a key takeaway from this year's Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's annual conference (“Opening...
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When it comes to infection control, the healthcare industry is paying attention. I am proud to say my staff is as well. The first comment they had when they saw the March 4 cover of Modern Healthcare was, “Look at the dangling masks!”
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