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Isn't it time for a 21st century pain assessment?

We need to move to an evaluation of acute pain that not only takes the patient's perception into account, but also, for the first time, incorporates objective measures of pain into a global assessment matrix.

To drive major change, physicians and patients must unite

A main way physicians and patients can approach all the change in healthcare these days is simply by advocating for one another.

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ADHD in Children

To glean new insights into the treatment of ADHD, athenaResearch analyzed records from all 295,000 patients who visited doctors for ADHD treatment on athenahealth’s EHR service from January-April 2016.

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Opening a Medical Weight Loss Practice in High-Competition Areas

Understand what steps are recommended for primary care physicians to launch and grow a medical weight loss practice. Potential key outcomes for the program include: Increasing revenue, leveraging US preventive service task force and CMS Guidelines for obesity screening and treatement and maintaing independence.

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The Numbers Don’t Lie: 16 Stats on Why You Should Start Texting Your Patients

Texting is a great way to communicate with patients anytime without being intrusive. It’s easy. It’s inexpensive. Best of all, it’s what your patients want. But pudding is supposed to be full of proof, right?

All Healthcare is not Local: The Human Cost of Disparate Health Data

Can you access patient data from outside systems within your existing EHR workflow? Now you can.

Read how a truly national record locator service improves patient care coordination and positively impacts care quality.

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