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The public's trust in health care has long been assumed. But the erosion of trust that has spread throughout our society has not exempted health care, and providers should take a hard look at themselves and their practices to preserve and strengthen that special bond.

After decades of false starts, technologies and policies finally converge to let providers share data

Joseph F. Majdan, M.D., believes physicians can impact this situation positively. But first, he says, many providers must rid themselves of their prejudice toward obese patients.

The number of high-cost tests drops by giving physicians better information

New recruitment and retention models are needed to weather the storm

February 2011 Business Watch

As physicians are faced with orienting income prospects around individual patient health and managing chronic conditions, astute organizations will see to it that the HIE network they form or join will facilitate communitywide access to information.

Variation in health care spending and utilization not only occurs across geographic regions, but also within regions, within states and even across health care professionals within a single organization.

There is a way to avoid a collapse of health care in this country.