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Your peers are taking on payment reform—will you?

An academic primary care physician society will study PCP compensation and how it can be improved. Find out who’s leading the effort, and what the group hopes to achieve.
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HIT battle: ONC boss, study's authors at odds

After the government's head of health information technology slammed a report that blamed EHRs for higher health costs, the study’s authors responded with accusations of “wishful thinking.” Whose side are you on? » Full article

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C. difficile in your practice: Prevention tips

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