This startup helps patients get an appointment with a specialist faster
Founded by Dr. Paula Muto, UBERDOC is a Lawrence, Massachusetts-based startup that seeks to accelerate the patient's path to a healthcare specialist.
Survey: 83% of physicians have experienced a cyberattack in their practices
New research from Accenture and the American Medical Association found that more than four in five doctors have had some type of cyberattack in their practices. More than half of surveyed respondents indicated they're very or extremely concerned about future cyberattacks.
Using Informed Awareness to Transform Care Coordination and Improve the Clinical and Patient Experience
This eBook, in collaboration with Care Logistics, details how hospitals and health systems can facilitate more effective decision-making by operationalizing elevated awareness.
Consumers weigh in on patient portals, whether physicians spend too much time on EHRs
Do EHRs make healthcare more or less safe? Do physicians spend too much time on EHRs? These are a few of the questions that HEALTHeLink asked 1,000 consumers in Western New York as part of a new survey.
When language is a barrier in the doctor-patient relationship
A new study from Doximity, a physician social network, found a significant language gap between physicians and patients is prevalent in cities such as Washington, D.C., Minneapolis and Boston.
Survey: 59 percent of doctors have heard biased, offensive comments from patients
A new survey from WebMD, Medscape and STAT dug deeper into the prevalence of patient bias. Among 822 physician respondents, 59 percent said they'd heard a derogatory remark about their personal characteristics from a patient within the past five years.
Why doctors have started recording appointments for their patients
To help their patients better remember bits of information, more and more doctors are, with their patients' consent, recording appointments.
A Deep-dive Into Specialty Pharma
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
Medici lets you text your physician, dentist, vet and therapist from one platform
Launched Monday, Medici is a single platform that allows patients to communicate with all their providers, from their dermatologist to their dentist.
Nearly half of physicians support single-payer system
For about half of the country's physicians, universal healthcare is sounding pretty good right now.
What happened to my family doctor?
I had an interesting conversation with a friend of mine. He is (was) a solo practitioner in New York. He is a Pulmonologist / Internist. 5 years ago he started his own practice, getting away from a group practice. I have to mention, he’s my family doctor also. He was skeptical but entrepreneurial. Suddenly he […]