Archives for September 2010

The use of e-prescribing nearly tripled last year, but still only accounts for the minority of prescription transactions in the U.S., according to a new report....

Physicians’ Reciprocal Insurers announced the results of a survey of more than 500 physicians regarding the implementation of EMR systems....

A receptionist at a St. Petersburg doctor's office was recently arrested because she requested a series of prescriptions for pills...

If physicians widely adopted electronic health records, or EHRs, patient outcomes could be improved at the same time clinical competence could be assessed for medical licensure. Th...

Authorities in Pinellas County said they began rounding up 123 people last Wednesday involved in illegal painkillers through selling, writing bogus prescriptions or duping doctors ...

Some hospitals and medical schools have policies to direct physicians, medical students and other health professionals on how to use social media properly, but formal ethical guida...