Many physicians may be falling behind in their quest to meet a government standard that is part of federal health care reform, according to an issue brief from the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions.
The brief questions whether physicians will be able to meet federal standards for “meaningful use” of electronic health records by 2013.
While nearly two-thirds of physicians are using some form of electronic records, only about one-quarter say they are on target to meet government expectations.
In addition, the Deloitte study found physicians have been slow to use Internet tools such as online scheduling or social media.
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When physicist Dmitri Krioukov was given a $400 (around £247) penalty fine for driving through a stop sign, he came up with a rather intelligent way of proving his blamelessness.
Appearing at a court in California, Mr Krioukov presented a math paper entitled “The Proof of Innocence”. To give a rough idea of the document’s content, here are a couple of sentences:
“Therefore we can assume that the deceleration was close to maximum possible for a car, which is of the order of 10 m/s2 = 22:36 mph/s. We will Read more…
No fault auto insurance laws were originally intended as a way to ensure cheap car insurance for drivers. Under most no fault laws, drivers’ insurance providers pay for medical or property damage claims regardless of who is at fault in an accident.
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A recent study issued by CVS Caremark finds physicians fail to consistently follow the recommendations of the American Diabetes Association (ADA). In 35 percent of cases reviewed, doctors did not adhere to the association’s consensus treatment guidelines.
In addition to potentially impacting the quality of care, CVS Caremark says ignoring the guidelines can also result in increased health care costs for insurers and patients.
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Does the Queen have to pay for car insurance like rest of us women? I don’t know – does she know even? Does she have someone who sorts all these things out for her?
I can’t exactly imagine her sitting down at her computer and going through the various car insurance comparison websites – she is, after all, no ordinary woman driver.
One thing we can be sure of is that the Queen has had plenty of vehicles in her lifetime – expensive ones.
Now, as part of her Diamond Jubilee celebrations, we’re going to be allowed to see them. It should b Read more…
