HHS Plans Database on EHR Incentive Program Participants
HHS plans to create a national database that will contain information about office-based healthcare providers participating in federally funded electronic health-record system incentive payment programs.
Electronic Health Records – A Physician Must Have?
With electronic usage demonstrating positive health outcomes according to some case studies, and matched with a government incentive, adoption is likely to grow.
Patients Want to Read, Share Their Medical Records
Studies show patients want easy access to any notes their doctor has recorded about them, and they want the right to let others view their medical information. Advocates of open-access medical records say this is not only a patient’s right but will help boost quality of care.
Smartphones Blamed for Increasing Risk of Health Data Breaches
The number of physicians using smartphones has reached a near-saturation point. Meanwhile, the number of data breaches is going up. Coincidence? Leading experts think not.
Transplant Surgeon Becomes First Ever to Donate His Own Kidney After Mother Falls Ill
A transplant surgeon at a leading hospital has saved his mother’s life by donating one of his own kidneys. It is thought to be the first time in the world that a transplant doctor has donated an organ.
Will Home Hemodialysis Ever Prosper in the United States?
Home dialysis modalities are markedly underutilized in the United States compared with several other countries. Two recent article outline the barriers and what would be need to overcome them.
Young Stem Cells Counter Kidney Aging
New studies demonstrate that bone marrow-derived stem cells modulate kidney aging by directly reconstituting the kidney structure.
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