10 specialties patients have the most questions about

When doctor-shopping, patients request far more info about certain specialties than others. Docs in those fields should ensure they make it easy for patients to find what they need.  Read more

Cops called on patient for paying doc with pennies

Pro tip: Doctors are stressed enough about their reimbursements. Adding fuel to the fire by paying with coins won’t help anyone. Read more

5 HIPAA-friendly ways to use social media

Many health care providers are worried that social networking’s main selling point — ease of sharing info — will lead them astray of HIPAA rules by sharing too much info with the wrong audience.

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Report: Low health literacy can be deadly

Patients who have less complete understanding of the health issues they face have worse health in general and higher death rates. Read more

Survey: Patients want more online access to docs

As more people default to doing everything from paying bills to ordering groceries online, they also want to handle more of their health care online. Read more

Vast majority of patients use inhalers incorrectly

As many as 90% of patients who use inhaled medications do so the wrong way. Fortunately, the correction is relatively simple. Read more

The new infertility specialist is a clown — literally

Laughter in the bedroom can be awkward. But for couples struggling with infertility, it might be just what the doctor ordered.  Read more

Your surgeon was up all night — does informed consent require you know that?

An article in The New England Journal of Medicine raises an ethical question: How much information — and how often — must a patient be given to ensure they’ve given truly informed consent? Read more

Top 10 health care stories of ’10

Here are the top 10 most read and discussed stories on HealthExecNews.com for 2010. Read more

Are you making your patients fatter?

Could doctors, nurses and other health professionals be partly to blame for their patients’ increasingly large size? At least one M.D. thinks so. Read more

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