A main use would be for wireless and mobile health care. Only the physician would have access to the electrocardiograph data and could easily match it to the patient, without costly decryption.

The Patient Experience Policy Forum will focus on shaping patient-centered health care strategies at the national and state levels.

Many health care systems are focusing on medical-legal partnerships for patients who are high users of services.

Professional burnout is pervasive for U.S. physicians. This phenomenon should be attributed to the workplace, rather than the individual.

Among leadership qualities, transparency poses a special challenge because it requires more strategic balance in academic and private practice environments.

The case for implementing a data-driven, systems-based and outcomes-responsive renal disease management clinical model in the pre-ESRD population.

Naloxone is a remarkably effective treatment for opioid overdoses but available only by prescription? Some suggest expanded access would be a societal benefit.

A health care attorney suggests reviewing policies and clarifying training to avoid an incident similar to what occurred when a Utah investigator demanded a patient’s blood sample.

More than half of the 1,003 responding physicians supported the idea. Why? Excessive paperwork that takes their time away from patients.

Aware Recovery Care says it treats it as an illness that doesn’t disappear just because symptoms are under control.

The magazine said this year’s report used an altered methodology to avoid penalizing facilities for treating low-income patients or for accepting high-risk transfers.

The ranking disparities among various agencies and publications raise doubt about validity and could lead to confusion for patients and their families.