Disaster Preparedness: Are Physicians Prepared?
When disasters strike, physicians are relied upon to provide care to those in need, but their ability to perform is dependent on a well-defined advance plan.
Addressing Workplace Violence in Healthcare Facilities
With a significant rise in workplace violence in the healthcare industry, measures are being taken to address and prevent it.
Healthcare Data: Ensuring Regulatory Compliance
Updated HIPAA rules require healthcare organizations stay vigilant keeping patient data safe from threats in this ever-changing digital age.
The Misdiagnosis Dilemma
Why is misdiagnosis so often revealed with a second opinion? And what can be done to curb the associated costs of diagnostic errors that affect both the medical profession and patients?
Revolutionizing Patient Care with Digital Technology
Healthcare professionals are able to take advantage of an increasing number of medical technologies to modernize their practices and revolutionize patient care.
U.S. Vaccine Supply: Understanding and Combating Shortages
Vaccine shortages do occur, but plans are in place to help mitigate them and to lessen their impact on both public and private sectors.
The Growing Profession of Medical Scribes
Medical scribes can help improve patient/physician satisfaction by shifting focus from electronic health records back to the patient.
How Crowdsourcing Is Changing Medicine
How is crowdsourcing informing the doctor-patient relationship, and how can healthcare providers be prepared for the ways in which crowdsourcing is changing the dynamics in medicine?
Containing an Outbreak: An Epidemiologist at Work
A look at how an epidemiologist conducts an investigation into a measles outbreak shows just how complicated containing an outbreak can be.
Increasing the Role of Pharmacists in Patient Care
Allowing pharmacists to become more involved in patient care will reap benefits for patients and save healthcare dollars.