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Despite an abundance of news and analysis available online, polls show Americans are confused about health care reform.

Advances in wireless and other mobile technologies are leading the way toward an integrated, more accessible health care system.

Electronic health records make it easier than ever for patients to access their personal health information, but privacy concerns remain.

More teens are going online to illegally buy prescription medications. What should physicians do to prevent this and warn patients of the dangers?

Malpractice costs are high, but don't drive rising health care costs. Studies also show physician fears often don't match their malpractice risks.

Health IT incentives called for under health care reform are boosting e-prescribing adoption, but physicians are still skeptical about EMRs.

Patients and physicians have embraced mobile healthcare solutions for everything from communications and remote monitoring to EMRs and e-prescribing.

Is Healthcare Blue Book looking out for the interests of patients, or is it just another company trying to grab a piece of the healthcare pie?

What policies should hospitals and other facilities enact to educate staff on patient privacy in the age of Facebook and Twitter?

Dell debuts the Aero, an Android-based smartphone with loads of memory and the ability to run simultaneous apps.

This week's blog looks at a recent FDA ruling on social media marketing by pharma companies and discusses a new smartphone tool for diabetics.

Should physicians use social media to monitor patients' discussions about health and lifestyle for information that might affect treatment outcomes?

Nanotechnologies may soon be used to deliver targeted doses of medicine, treat wounds, and deliver pain-free flu shots and other vaccinations.

Taylor reviews several of many ways to become part of the conversation that will ultimately change healthcare.

A new government healthcare website that's actually quite helpful, an interactive health literacy resource, and more.

With the rise of retail clinics, convenience clinics, and other in-store health services at large pharmacy chains, should pediatricians be worried about losing patients and business?

With personal genetic testing kits available for sale in stores and online, the FDA recently announced that it would regulate the kits as medical devices and require companies to prove the tests are valid and accurate.

This week: measuring the impact of technology on physicians' personal and professional lives, EMRs and the usability factor,Health IT consultants for office-based physicians, and cloud computing in healthcare.

Google may be looking for alternatives to Microsoft and selecting the right EMR requires more than just a checklist of functions.

Jill Taylor contrasts the role of psychiatrists and primary care physicians in prescribing psychiatric medications, reviews recent regulatory challenges for the pharma industry, and wonders why the APSS refuses to embrace the Internet.

Can the pharmaceutical industry learn a thing or two from the world of information technology when it comes to not giving up too soon on research?

This week, a new report suggests that many people who think they have a food allergy actually don't, and Apple doctors its iPhone sales figures.

IT news in healthcare this week has been a mixed bag. The industry is buzzing around Sebelius' announcement of 15 communities chosen to participate in a $200 million IT program.

There is a battle brewing between technology giants that has huge implications, and you can see it everywhere you look.

McDonald's and other fast food restaurants are catching heat from a variety of sources, but here's something new to add to the fast food naughty list: researchers say that it fosters impatience, at least as with respect to college students.

When I read on CNN's website that more than 900 infant lives could be saved each year simply by breastfeeding, I was stunned.

A happy belated Doctor's Day to all the doctors who train and work hard to care for the masses, and pediatricians in particular. A lot of hours go into not only practicing medicine, but being shoulder for distraught parents, a guiding light for confused and tired mothers, and a trustworthy confidante for children.

Let's all look for the luck of the Irish as we watch visible pushes toward better nutrition and healthcare for the nation's children this week.

I've written about Google Health in the past, and have been watching the development of both the Google tool and Microsoft's HealthVault.

I've spent years working in quality assurance and regulatory affairs, two of arguably the most thankless jobs in the world because you're constantly on your toes with regard to organizational behavior, and nobody, but nobody wants to discuss how they (or their department) can (or must) improve on the job. That's one of the reasons why I was looking forward to downloading the Heath brothers' new book, Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard, to my Nook when it came out last week.