Oncology Business Management

Before he got an electronic health record, David Fairbank, MD, was on the brink of bankruptcy. "A month later than that, and I would have been under..."

Might PDAs soon go the way of the dodo bird? It sure looks like it, at least according to a blog posted to the Ars Technica website on August 13, titled "PDA Sales Drop by 40 Percent in a Single...

On a hot June afternoon in Palo Alto, more than 100 people stood in line outside the Apple store for a much-anticipated new release. The mood was festive. While children got their faces painted...

Wall Street has seen dramatic productivity improvements through the implementation of a few rigorously enforced standards, such as SWIFT ISO 15022, which "sets the principles necessary to provide the different communities of users with the tools to design message types to support their specific information flows."

We caught up with MDNG Healthcare IT Advisory Board Member Bill Crounse, MD, at the 3rd Annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress, held this past December 9-11 in Washington, DC.

Since this is the fun issue, I decided to take an off beat look at what your office computers could be doing while you are not using them. The concept of donating idle computer time to science projects has been around since the dawn of the Internet.

We know you are busy. But even doctors find themselves with a little time to kill every now and then. When this happens, we suppose you could do something like read a book or talk with a friend or family member, but who wants to do that?

Keeping with our "timewaster's" theme, we've compiled a few links to some of our favorite online games and game collections. There's something for everyone here: sports games; puzzles and logic games;

Healthcare is undergoing a transformation that is placing more responsibility and decision-making in the hands of patients. In this new healthcare world, physicians need tools that improve the...

Pay-for-performance programs, in which providers are reimbursed at a higher rate if they can demonstrate that they deliver high-quality services, are being introduced in most states as part of an...

Information technology is definitely the current it topic in healthcare. Supporters have touted its ability to do everything from increasing efficiency, safety, and favorable outcomes to...

Lately, we've been bombarded with dire warnings about hackers, viruses, spyware, adware, and a host of other threats to our computers...

To blog or to social network, that is the question. With the growing popularity of online technologies like blogs, vlogs, and video sharing websites, physicians now have numerous ways to collaborate..

The beat on the people, devices, and companies shaping healthcare.

The Internet is a seemingly endless source of medical information. With a couple of mouse clicks, we can easily access useful resources, such as specialty medical websites, PDA downloads, online...

Not too long ago, the idea that Americans would need to go overseas to have complicated surgeries would have seemed ridiculous.

We rely on the Internet to get the latest news, stock quotes, and sports scores; conduct online banking; and purchase goods and services from vendors worldwide.

During the past 40 years, experts in technology, telecommunications, and medicine have collaborated on numerous demonstration projects that have documented the efficacy and effciency of telemedicine.

On November 29, 2006, The Brain Tumor Foundation(BTF) launched The Road to Early Detection, an unprecedented nationwide campaign aimed at broadening public awareness about brain tumors ...

We spoke with Terry Rabinowitz, MD, FAPA, FAPM, Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Family Medicine, Director of Telepsychiatry, University of Vermont Fletcher Allen Health Care hospital ...

Remote health monitoring empowers patients and physicians, increases access to healthcare services, and helps reduce healthcare costs.

Dozens of websites have popped up over the past few years offering advice, diagnoses, second opinions, and even prescriptions from physicians who never physically meet the patient.

Few, if any, would argue with the statement that the Internet has revolutionized health-related communication.

Video games helping kids with cancer? A novel approach, but it's a good one. Games are not just for kids anymore, after all. Read on to find out more.

Daryl A. Rosenbaum, MD, assistant professor and director of the sports medicine fellowship at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, has been working as a volunteer MD with some soccer folks!

If the AMA's attention is any measure of importance, blogging has hit the physician mainstream.

If you're an oncologist, hematologist, or some other type of healthcare professional treating cancer, these tools are essential to keep and reference on a daily basis.