Primary Care

Adopting electronic medical records in primary care: Lessons learned from health information systems implementation experience in seven countries

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 [...]

Year to Remember for Primary Care Services?

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.

Allergic Rhinitis Diagnosis And Treatment: New Guidelines For Primary Care Professionals

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.

National Survey Finds That 14% Of Primary Care Nurses Have Never Undertaken Any Type Of Basic Training In Cardiovascular Disease, UK

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.

Mental Health Services Should Be More Accessible in Primary Care Settings

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. [...]

Solutions

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...

European judgement casts doubts on NHS CRS consent

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

Concierge Medicine

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...

In which I receive some pub

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 [...]

Will Employers Want Aging Boomers'…and other full-text reports on DocuTicker

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)

3 Alaska students part of medical school's first class

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.

• 3 Alaska students part of medical school's first class - Anchorage Daily News
• WA medical school celebrates opening - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Retail clinics don't make money

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 .

Pounds 250m Plan for New Surgeries Across City Prompt Debate

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.

Health chiefs back controversial move

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.

Antidepressant Scripts Up 16 Million Over 3-Year Period

Live Science (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

Psychiatrists wrote 29% of new orders, followed by GPs and primary care docs, survey finds