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Report Names Top 20 Electronic Health Records for Physician Practices
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Senate Turns Down Drug Reimportation
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Obama Wants Senate to Pass Health Reform Before Christmas
Medscape Medical News, December 15, 2009

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Pediatric Critical Care Telemedicine in Rural Underserved Emergency Departments
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A Question of Ethics: An Expert Interview With Amy Brodkey, MD
Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health, December 11, 2009

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Slideshow
November 2009
Early Detection and Treatment of MRSA in Surgical Patients Can MRSA be reduced in surgical patients, even when isolation rooms are not available? William R. Jarvis, MD, offers his commentary on a new study in this video blog.
Jarvis on Infectious Disease, December 2009
Medscape One-on-One: Rapidly Unfolding Health Information Technology In the first in a new one-on-one series, Dr. Eli Adashi and Dr. Ashish Jha discuss health information technology -- what it means for both inpatient and outpatient physicians.
Medscape One-on-One, December 2009
Buzz Words Surrounding Healthcare Reform Guaranteed issue, community rating, and individual mandate: What do these terms mean in the context of healthcare reform? What do they mean for you? David M. Brown, MD, explains in this video blog.
Brown on Ophthalmology, November 2009
Surgical Masks vs N95 Respirators: Research and Practice A well-designed study examines the efficacy of surgical masks in protecting healthcare workers against influenza. William R. Jarvis, MD, comments in this video blog.
Jarvis on Infectious Disease, November 2009
Use of Methadone in Chronic Pain Management--A Video Lecture from CSAT/SAMHSA An important video lecture on prescribing methadone for chronic pain, from the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
November 2009
Respiratory Protection for Healthcare Workers: 2009 H1N1 Influenza In this video blog, William R. Jarvis, MD, reviews the varying recommendations for 2009 H1N1 influenza protection -- N95 respirators or surgical face masks?
Jarvis on Infectious Disease, November 2009
KDIGO Guidelines on Mineral and Bone Disorder In this video blog, Jeffrey Berns, MD, of UPenn School of Medicine, talks about newly released guidelines from Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes.
Berns on Nephrology, August 2009
Calcium -- Can It Help you Lose Weight? In this video editorial, Dr. Sandra Fryhofer explores a recent study on calcium's role in weight management.
Medicine Matters, August 2009
Who's to Blame for Our High Healthcare Costs? Payer, Payee, or Another Culprit? Robert Morrow, MD, responds to "The Cost Conundrum," an article published in The New Yorker which blames high healthcare costs on excessive overuse of medicine.
The Transparent Practice, July 2009
Carbapenemase-Producing Bacteria on the Rise? Learn the latest on highly resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC). In this video blog, Paul G. Auwaerter, MD, MBA, offers advice on testing, antibiotic therapy, and infection control.
Auwaerter on Infectious Diseases, July 2009

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