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ICMCC Newspage (Free subscription) | yesterday
“The adoption of health information systems is seen world wide as one method to mitigate the widening health care demand and supply gap. The purpose of this review was to identify the current state of knowledge about health information systems adoption in primary care. The goal was to understand factors and influencers affecting implementation outcomes [...]
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | yesterday
How will people remembers the 60th anniversary of the NHS? Put that question to Mark Wilson, research director at Catalyst Corporate Finance, and he will say that the private sector may reflect on 2008 as being the year when competition finally entered the primary care services market.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
Two complementary guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of allergic rhinitis are published in the August issue of the Allergy journal. These guidelines are the result of a close cooperation between scientists, primary care professionals, and patients' organisations. GA²LEN, Global Allergy and Asthma European Network contributed to the guidelines representing European research in the field.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
More than 1 in 10 primary care nurses lack even basic training in cardiovascular disease (CVD), and nearly a third (28%) said they were not comfortable seeing patients with CVD, in a major survey of the practice nursing profession. The Nursing in Practice - Omron Survey, of more than 800 primary care nurses, by the journal Nursing in Practice (www.nursinginpractice.
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Docuticker (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Mental Health Services Should Be More Accessible in Primary Care Settings Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (HHS) A new report released today by three agencies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services proposes strategies to overcome barriers associated with the reimbursement of mental health services provided in primary care settings. [...]
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Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Shadowfax, you make it sound so easy : "But when you underfund primary care, create a system which reward procedures and skimps on cognitive services, freeze Medicare reimbursements on top of it all, it is predictable and unsurprising that the more time- and resource-intensive acute illnesses get shunted to the ER. While it's good for my business, it is decidedly not good for patients, who deserve...
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ICMCC Newspage (Free subscription) | yesterday
“A GP campaigning against the consent model for the NHS Care Records Service (NCRS) claims a European Court of Human Rights judgement reinforces his view that the NHS database is unlawful.” Article Diona Farr, e-Health Insider Primary Care, 25 July 2008
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The LRC Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
A great concept for primary care physicians and patients alike: concierge medicine. This doctor in Arizona is building his concierge practice, which will give patients an alternative to assembly-line, quasi-government-managed care. It's fee-based, and gives patients access rights to the...
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DB's Medical Rants (Free subscription) | yesterday
The new NICE guidelines for Antibiotic prescribing for self limiting respiratory tract infections in primary care: summary of NICE guidance are previewed in the BMJ today. I personally like a couple of things in this guideline (and admit to major bias.) Adults and children (3 months or older) with acute otitis media; acute sore throat, acute [...]
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Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | yesterday
Posted 24 July 2008 on DocuTicker: + Will Employers Want Aging Boomers? (Urban Institute) + Mental Health Services Should Be More Accessible in Primary Care Settings (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) + Child Well-Being Index (CWI) 2008 Report (Foundation For Child Development)
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adn.com: Lifestyle (Free subscription) | yesterday
YAKIMA, Wash. -- A new Pacific Northwest medical school celebrated its opening this week with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the College of Osteopathic Medicine, which plans to send primary care doctors to serve in rural and low-income areas in a five-state region.
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Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Uh, there are primary care physicians all over the country who have come to the same conclusion .
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Emma Brady Plans for three 'polyclinics' in Birmingham have divided the city's health watchdog, which failed to approve proposals tabled by the city's primary care trusts yesterday.
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EADT24 - News (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
SUFFOLK Primary Care Trust has today confirmed that it will support the move of head and neck cancer surgery from Ipswich Hospital to Norwich.
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Live Science (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Psychiatrists wrote 29% of new orders, followed by GPs and primary care docs, survey finds