Electronic medical records

Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis has cut testing for urinary tract infections nearly in half after making changes to its electronic health records…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 30, 2012 - Some doctors are beginning to discover a downside to electronic health records. Call…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 28, 2012 - Though efforts to set up a health insurance exchange in Missouri have failed so far,…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacin, Dec. 8, 2011 - The federal government's decision to open access to Medicare data so groups can…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 20, 2011 - When an athlete limps into an orthopedic surgeon's office for treatment of a swollen…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 9, 2011 - Days after a tornado leveled parts of Joplin and heavily damaged St. John's Regional…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 8, 2009 - More than a year ago, Dr. Jay Moore, an internist and pediatrician at the SSM St.…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 17, 2009 - Ask small business owners about the U.S. House's health-reform legislation, and some…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 4, 2009 - Right now, health-care reform is right at the top of the national agenda. Local, state…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: August 1, 2008 - The New York Times published an all too familiar story this week on the erosion of…