Pulmonary Medicine

An ACO Visionary Talks Implementation, Healthcare Reform Dr. Elliott Fisher of the Dartmouth Institute discusses the ins and out of ACOs and more.
Medscape Internal Medicine, January 25, 2012
Rare and Unusual Sleep Disorders You've heard about sleepwalking and talking, but how about sleep driving, -eating, and -sex?
January 23, 2012
Should All IPF Patients Be Treated for GERD? Should all idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients be treated for GERD regardless of symptoms or diagnosis?
Medscape Pulmonary Medicine, January 23, 2012
Efficacy in Asthma of Once-daily Fluticasone Furoate Patients with asthma may have a new once daily option - with this novel inhaled corticosteroid.
Respiratory Research, January 19, 2012

Healthcare Gone Missing: The State of the Union Address Henry R. Black, MD, and Roxana Mehran, MD, talked with Medscape after the 2012 State of the Union address about why healthcare was missing and what that portends.
Medscape Cardiology, January 2012
If Patients Bash You on Internet Rating Sites, Consider This Being trashed on the Internet is a distressing experience for physicians. How to decide whether it's worth fighting back?
Medscape Business of Medicine, January 2012
Failure to Discuss Healthcare Reform Was Purposeful Lapse An "Obamacare" opponent asserts that the president avoided discussing healthcare reform because the topic is contentious, and says why we should repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Medscape Business of Medicine, January 2012
An ACO Visionary Talks Implementation, Healthcare Reform Dr. Elliott Fisher of the Dartmouth Institute discusses the ins and out of ACOs and more.
Medscape Internal Medicine, January 2012
4 Problems With Bundled Payments Doctors are concerned that bundled payments will provide lower payments to physicians for their roles in patient care. But lower payments are just one of the problems bundled payments bring.
Medscape Business of Medicine, January 2012

Pulmonary Medicine News
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FDA Approves New Chest X-Ray Scanning Software New software improves the early detection of lung cancer inexpensively.
Medscape Medical News, January 18, 2012
10 Medical Errors That Changed the Standard of Care Tragic and preventable errors dot the recent history of medicine; some were so glaring that they led to important changes in patient care.
January 12, 2012

Are Electronic Cigarettes Safe? Is this alternative to cigarette smoking safe and effective?
Medscape Pharmacists, January 24, 2012
Rare and Unusual Sleep Disorders You've heard about sleepwalking and talking, but how about sleep driving, -eating, and -sex?
January 23, 2012