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The New York eHealth Collaborative has announced the three winners of its Patient Portal for New Yorkers Design Challenge, launched earlier this year in which designers submitted portal prototypes for the not-for-profit organization.
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Vermont is poised to become the fourth state to allow doctors to help terminally ill patients die. A bill approved Monday night by the state House would allow Vermont doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication.
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Whether computers are a negative or positive influence in the exam room appears to depend on the communication skills of the physician, according to a report from the AMA board of trustees.
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Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama's healthcare law, industry analysts and advocates warn. Where you live could make a huge difference in what you'll pay.
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Making the decision to approve heroic measures to save a loved one’s life can be fraught with emotion, so anxious family members tend to turn to the doctor for guidance, according to the first study to analyze the role that doctors’ language plays in end-of-life decisions.
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Faced with declines in population and inpatient stays, Rhode Island can expect to see a costly surplus of hospital beds—the equivalent of a full hospital—in four years, according to a state health care council.
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Modern Healthcare reporter Maureen McKinney talks with Dr. Anne Beal, deputy executive director and chief officer for engagement at the Washington-based Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
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In his book "The Good Nurse," journalist Charles Graeber chronicles the crimes of critical-care nurse Charles Cullen, who killed more than three dozen patients at hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Graeber discussed the book with Modern Healthcare reporter Joe Carlson in a recent podcast...
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Close your eyes and imagine a world where you could receive a liposuction, magically extract specific cells from the tumbler of excess fat and then inject them into your heart tissue to repair the muscle damage that causes your coronary artery disease.
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It might be hard to grasp how large and transformative the market for so-called medical body area networks could be in the years ahead.
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