The Wall Street Journal | October 15 - Computerized patient records could be used to improve lax reporting of serious drug side effects, the results of a small study suggest. The study, at Massachusetts General and Brigham & Women's hospitals in Boston and sponsored by Pfizer...
AuntMinnie.com | October 15 - In today's world of seemingly omnipresent cell phones and smartphones, along with widespread access to e-mail in most corners of the globe, fast and efficient communication among physicians concerning a patient's test results should be easy, right? Unfortunately, conveying critical results...
The New York Times | October 13 - Obviously, doctors and nurses have different roles in the hospital. Our training is different, and so are our responsibilities. It's also true that patients choose their doctor and only end up with a particular nurse through the...
AuntMinnie.com | October 14 - U.S. researchers used MRI to show that walking at least 6 miles per week may preserve brain size and help prevent Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment as adults age, according to a study published October 13 in the online...
Radiology Business Journal | October 13 - Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger of California has signed into law a medical radiation protection bill aimed at protecting patients from excessive radiation exposure received during CT scans and radiation therapy procedures. Greasing the wheels for the first state law...