should patients be doing more when it comes to their health records

While it’s certainly not uncommon to see your physician taking notes or reading from a paper chart, it’s also becoming increasingly common to see them performing these very same tasks via a laptop or tablet computer. Indeed, thanks to roughly $30 billion in government incentives, both physicians and hospitals have implemented electronic health records’ (EHRs) […]

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study examines need to keep hospitalist on overnight shift

For decades, one of the primary testing grounds for medical residents were the overnight shifts at the hospital. That’s because there were no attending physicians present, meaning they were forced to make decisions on their own, something experts said provided them with not just the necessary experience, but also confidence in their abilities. This arrangement […]

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