About 11 percent of doctors have knowingly lied to a patient in the last year, according to a new survey published in Health Affairs.Reasons why doctors lie to patients vary. Nearly 20 percent of physicians said they had not fully disclosed an error to a patient due to fear of malpractice litigation. More than 55 [...]

A company with a medical device to detect early onset of age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in adults ages 50 or older, is raising $2 million in a series A preferred financing round to commercialize its diagnostic tool, which was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last year.Apeliotus Vision Science [...]

A digital atlas that provides a state-by-state guide for tracking sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS has been produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The CDC began developing the atlas in 2010 and it went live earlier this month.In emailed responses to questions, a spokeswoman for the CDC said the Atlas was developed to [...]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reviewing epidural injections of steroids to treat neck and back pain following a warning by Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY) seven months ago that administering its Kenalog steroid around the spine could cause serious complications, according to a report by Bloomberg.Bristol-Myers in New York revised its label for Kenalog to [...]

As Penn Medicine expands digital health across its health system with the continued implementation of electronic medical records for inpatients and improves patient-monitoring for patients at risk for readmission, it is striking a balance between the need for change and the need for carrying it out at a manageable pace.Bill Hanson was appointed chief medical [...]

The JP Morgan Annual Healthcare Conference has become the biggest conference for the industry drawing pharmaceutical and medical device companies, clinical research organizations, and of course, their investors.Over the course of four days, attendees get their fill of back-to-back company presentations. Some found those presentations unenlightening. Audrey Erbes, principal of Erbes & Associates, described presentations [...]

A mother’s blog post alleging that a Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia physician explained that her daughter was turned down for a kidney transplant because she is intellectually disabled has sparked an online campaign that transformed the hospital’s Facebook page into a forum for an impassioned transplant ethics debate.Chrissy Rivera’s post described a meeting last week [...]

A Philadelphia health IT company with software aimed at helping oncology patients decide more suitable, personalized cancer treatments has changed its name to reflect the decision-making platform it began marketing last year and to aid its national expansion.Eviti, formerly known as ITA Partners, started as a case manager for cancer treatment 10 years ago, but [...]

Five companies developing treatments for back pain, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, and innovative diagnosis technology to detect osteoarthritis and glaucoma have received fresh funding from the state’s economic development and investment arm.Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania has invested more than $900,000 in five startups.CD Diagnostics received the largest investment of $275,000 for its [...]

How are physicians using social media and to what extent do they recommend it for their patients? A compilation of surveys by a social media strategy firm reveals that physicians’ use of social media groups such as Twitter and YouTube for professional and personal use has surged in the past three years. Although physicians are [...]