The "SOAP" -- subjective, objective, assessment, plan -- format has been in common use for decades as a way of organizing physician progress notes in medical records, but it was created during a ...

With an influx of data available at providers’ fingertips, they can readily share information with patients. Many in the medical community advocate for note sharing as healthcare becomes increasingly ...

Physicians’ style of note-taking could affect the quality of care they provide, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. The study examined ...

When Dr. David Wallace graduated from medical school in 1995, every visit note, prescription and lab request had to be written by hand. Now, artificial intelligence writes visit notes for him before ...

Donald Trump’s personal physician revealed Friday that the doctor’s note he wrote for the GOP nominee last year, in which he said Trump’s blood pressure and weight loss were “astonishingly excellent,” ...

Most physicians have never undergone a peer review, but 56% of physicians said they were concerned that peer reviews could be used to punish them, according to a Medscape report. The “Seeking Fairness ...

Here are 10 notes on physician pay cuts: 1. In March, Congress released a $460 billion spending package that halves 2024’s 3.4% Medicare pay cut for physicians to approximately 1.7%. 2. The cut, which ...

Physicians often need to work outside of typical clinic hours to complete patient visit notes, and studies have shown this "pajama time," along with other factors driven by documentation burden, ...

SIX months ago, more than a dozen offshore oil-drilling companies in Houston agreed to pay $75 million in back wages to 60,000 laborers. It turned out that the companies had gotten together and set ...

As all parents know, the start of a new school year stirs up anxiety. How could it not? Going back to school is like starting a new job without having met your boss or even knowing what your boss will ...