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Where You Practice Makes a Difference: Best Places to Practice Medscape looked at an array of criteria to come up with the best places in each region of the United States for physicians to practice. There are some surprises!
Medscape Business of Medicine, May 21, 2012
Renal Artery Stents to Treat Severe Hypertension How affective are renal artery stents in reducing blood pressure?
California Technology Assessment Forum, May 16, 2012
The Challenges of Managing Thymic Cancers Drs. James Huang and Gregory Riely discuss some of the latest surgical and medical advances in thymoma and thymic carcinoma, and emphasize the importance of taking a multidisciplinary team approach.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, May 11, 2012
What More Can We Do to Reduce Surgical-Site Infections? Dr. Ed Septimus reveals why the surgical-site infection rate remains high and what steps can be taken to reduce it.
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), May 8, 2012

More Patients, More Revenue, but Less Rush. How? Doctors may think the only way to increase revenue is to add services, do more marketing, and change their practice. But there are ways to make more money by adapting what you're already doing. Here's how.
Medscape Business of Medicine, May 2012
Doctors and Marriage: Should You Have a Prenup? Love is powerful, yet marriage always involves some element of risk. Can you protect your finances and your practice in the event of a divorce and still start off a marriage on the right foot?
Medscape Business of Medicine, May 2012
A Fierce but Effective Way to Combat Accounts Receivable If A/R is mounting and some of it is long overdue, your current staff and billers might not make much headway. You need a tactical way to attack the problem.
UnCommon Sense® , December 2011
New AMA Head on Membership, the ACA, and Medicine's Future Dr. James Madara, of the American Medical Association, gives a candid interview on the nation's largest physician organization and whether it has any regrets about supporting the Affordable Care Act.
Medscape Internal Medicine, May 2012
Can a Hospital Say, 'Only Thin Doctors Can Work Here'? A Texas hospital refuses to hire overweight staff, including doctors and nurses. Is this ethical -- or sensible? A leading bioethicist gives his take on the situation.
Medscape Business of Medicine, May 2012

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Top 10 Cloud-Based EHRs CureMD is tops among companies that sell EHRs as online software that physicians access solely through a Web browser, says research firm KLAS.
Medscape Medical News, May 15, 2012
ECO Bariatric Surgeries Associated With Increased Alcohol Risk Bariatric surgery is associated with an increased risk for problems related to alcohol consumption. Different procedures present different levels of risk.
Medscape Medical News, May 15, 2012

Keeping Patients Safe From Infection in Outpatient Settings In the absence of accreditation, patient safety is largely a matter of trust in ambulatory care settings. Joseph Perz of the CDC explains.
CDC Expert Commentary, May 11, 2012
New AMA Head on Membership, the ACA, and Medicine's Future Dr. James Madara, of the American Medical Association, gives a candid interview on the nation's largest physician organization and whether it has any regrets about supporting the Affordable Care Act.
Medscape Internal Medicine, May 9, 2012