Some consider use of a social networking site such as LinkedIn, Twitter and Plurk a fundamental tool for their business. They use it to advertise, connect and collaborate. It is a wonder that anyone has time to keep up with all of them, especially busy doctors. Many professions such as lawyers, marketers and real estate agents have their own dedicated social networking sites. And, believe it or not, so do physicians, sites such as doctorshangout.com , imedexchange.com , and sermo.com are gaining in popularity with physicians. Even the Canadian Medical Association has launched their own physicians networking site, Asklepios. Read more...

The Rutland Herald reports that Vermont health care leaders want to have a fully functional Health Information Exchange in seven years. Read more...

According to Healthcare IT News, use of financial incentives to encourage physicians to adopt Electronic Health Records is on the rise. Read more...