Dr. Ann Hester’s Commentary Feature on the Price of Business Digital Network
Ann M. Hester, M.D. is a board-certified internist with over 25 years of experience. She obtained her medical degree from...
3 Ways to Encourage a Dysphagia Patient to Eat
What is dysphagia? Dysphagia is the word used when referring to someone who has difficulty swallowing. It is commonly used...
Even as a Priority, Nursing Home COVID Vaccination Faces Challenges
In the wake of recent FDA approval of a vaccine and with the first batches of COVID-19 vaccines ready to...
4 Ways to Improve Efficiency in a Medical Practice
An efficient medical practice is one which prioritizes the patient experience and satisfaction and enables your staff to see as...
How To Connect and Chat with An Online Doctor for Free
Over the period of past one decade, technology has taken a route uphill. The boost in technology, applications, digital marketing...
Conflict Management Training and Alternative Dispute Resolution for Medical Staff in Healthcare
The prevention of serious medical errors and patient safety is a mutual goal of all parties involved in healthcare —...
Getting Surgery Patients Back on Their Feet
By Abbott, Special for USDR More than 48 million surgeries happen in the U.S. each year,1 and for many of those...
Medicating People around the World
By PhRMA, Special for USDR It is important to look at costs across health care systems to fully understand how...
Preventing “Surprise” Health Insurance Gaps
By ACEP, Special for USDR "Insurance companies have been taking gross advantage of patients and emergency medical providers for years...
Getting Patients Where they need to Be
By AeroCare Air Ambulance Service, Special for USDR AeroCare Worldwide Air Ambulance has introduced an organ transplant "Pre-Plan Service" for patients...
Protecting Arthritic Patients
By Arthritis Foundation, Special for USDR The pain and management of arthritis may not be visible, but it is incredibly real...
Diversity in Emergency Medicine
By ACEP, Special for USDR An editorial published online Friday in Annals of Emergency Medicine launched the official kick-off of a campaign...
Protecting Low-Income Kidney Patients
By American Kidney Fund, Special for USDR The American Kidney Fund (AKF) today commended the U.S. District Court for the Eastern...
A New Way to Target Cancer
By NYU Langone Medical Center, Special for USDR A protein-sugar molecule, CD99, occurs more frequently than normal on stem cells...
Making Surgery Safer
By Society for Vascular Surgery, Special for USDR Cigarette smokers facing surgery should quit smoking as soon as possible, according to...
Ignoring Brittle Diabetes
By Brittle Diabetes Foundation, Special for USDR According to the Brittle Diabetes Foundation, the ADA purposely omitted any mention of...
Massachusetts Hospital Tests New Payment Method
By Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Special for USDR A new study led by researchers from Harvard Medical School shows...
Making Quality Healthcare Affordable
By FastMed Urgent Care, Special for USDR FastMed Urgent Care has announced a new membership program offering simplified, affordable care at...
How Obamacare Hurts All Americans
By USDR Dwindling choices. Rising premiums. Diminishing access to doctors. These have become the hallmarks of President Obama’s failing...
Protect Your Feet this Winter
By American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, Special for USDR It is never a good time for a foot or...
Cure Hep C in just 4 Weeks
By AASLD, Special for USDR Two injections of RG-101, in combination with a four-week course of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy, has...
A New Way To Take Your Medicine
By Pulmatrix, Inc., Special for USDR Pulmatrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: PULM) today announced that a recent white paper, What is the future...
Myths and Truths About Thyroid Cancer Campaign
By Eisai Inc, Special for USDR A thyroid cancer diagnosis can lead to significant distress as patients and caregivers cope with...
Seniors with More Continuity of Care Use the ER Less
By ACEP, Special for USDR Seniors with traditional Medicare coverage who have more continuity of care – defined as consistently seeing...
Pre- and Postnatal Brain Defects from Zika Virus
By RSNA, Special for USDR The journal Radiology has published a special report, detailing the spectrum of imaging findings in babies...
U.S. News Unveils Its First Hospital Ratings in Common Care
By US News & World Reports, Special for USDR U.S. News & World Report, publisher of Best Hospitals, today...
Are Physician Owned Hospitals Good for Health Care?
By PHA, Special for USDR Today, the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing titled...
Obamacare has not Solved Emergency Room Over Use Crisis
By ACEP, Special for USDR Three-quarters of emergency physicians report that emergency visits are going up, according to a...
Physician Owned Hospitals Lead a Trend
By USDR New hospital star ratings are in and physician-owned hospitals stand above the competition. On April 16, the...
Changing The Way The World Detects Cancer
By USDR Jenny Hrbacek's new book, Cancer Free! Are You SURE? can play a role in changing the way...
Which Hospital Does the Most Pediatric Heart Transplants?
By Texas Children Hospital, Special for USDR. Last year, Texas Children's Heart Center performed 32 heart transplants, making Texas Children's...
Health Coalition Applauds Congress for Action on Medical Liability Reform
By HCLA, Special for USDR The Health Coalition on Liability and Access applauds Congress for passing legislation that will...
New Hospital Safety Scores Help Patients Find the Safest U.S. Hospitals
By USDR At a time of unprecedented attention on U.S. hospitals, statistics suggest that more than 1,000 people die each...
Is the EPA Trying to Harm Sick Patients?
By AAPS, Special for USDR The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting older Americans with asthma, metabolic...
Nation's Grade Drops to a Dismal D+ for Failure to Support Emergency Patients
By USDR Emergency physicians today sounded a warning that the continuing failure of state and national policies is...
