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Blackouts bring question: What if the Internet goes down?

WASHINGTON -- If a day without Wikipedia was a bother, think bigger. In this plugged-in world, we would barely be able to cope if the entire Internet went down in a city, state or country for a day...

Small physician practices are targets of hackers, too

While data security breaches at big healthcare organizations capture most of the media attention, small medical practices are actually more vulnerable to data losses and theft, according to a Kroll...

Patient-specific, eye catching alerts less likely to be ignored

Want doctors to read the alerts they receive in their electronic health records systems? Then make them more patient-specific and interesting to read. That's the skinny from a recent study published...

UC Davis dermatologists find telemedicine effective for patient care

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — UC Davis Health System dermatologists, using videoconferencing technology known as telemedicine, have determined that live interactive consultations can improve clinical...

A guide for entrepreneurs to get a doctor’s attention

I’ve had the luck to attend medical school in the city of San Francisco during what will be looked back on as the start of transformational change in our health care system.