Sixty-nine-year old Lawrence Dawes felt ill after a long, hot day in the sun at an outdoor concert. His primary care physician, Brian Yeaman, MD, chief executive officer of Coordinated Care Oklahoma, ...

Creating an environment where patients are allowed and encouraged to tell their illness story is a crucial yet often overlooked component of cultural competence in healthcare settings. A factor that ...

For decades, cancer awareness has been recognized by the colorful ribbons signifying the months dedicated to specific diseases. Breast cancer is one of the most popular ones — with pink ribbons ...

For many health professionals, treating patients is a matter of assessing their ailments, making a diagnosis and prescribing treatment where it is required. Then it is on to the next patient. But a ...

Healthcare, which has always been based on the doctor-patient interaction, is nearing the end of Stage 1 meaningful use, and as the industry increases its reliance on electronic health records, it ...

Incidence, timing, and severity of anemia with dose-dense breast cancer adjuvant chemotherapy No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2005 ASCO ...

MEDITECH has partnered with Nuance Communications and Intelligent Medical Objects to help translate physician notes into clinically accurate data in the EHR. The triad seeks to enable providers to ...

For many health professionals, treating patients is a matter of assessing their ailments, making a diagnosis and prescribing treatment where it is required. Then it is on to the next patient. But a ...