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Getting Better (Free subscription) | yesterday
In medical schools, primary care continues to be among the least respected fields a student can choose. No where is that more starkly illustrated than in Pauline Chen’s recent New York Times piece, where she tells a story of a bright medical student who had the audacity to choose primary care as a career: Kerry wanted to become a primary care physician. Some of my classmates were incredulous....
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Two GP practises will merge to create one primary care centre, although it is not yet known how much it will cost.
Adventures of a Funky Heart! (Free subscription) | yesterday
My Primary Care Physician retired a while back, and I’ve been examined by the doctor who replaced him, a Dr. Holmes. Dr. Holmes seems to be a nice enough person, and fairly familiar with Congenital Heart Defects. The nurse that worked with the retired doctor is now working for Dr. Holmes – that makes sense, as [...]
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
It's a phrase people are loath to hear when they're looking for a new primary-care doctor: Not accepting new patients.<p/> Some parts of the country already lack an ample supply of general internists, pediatricians and family physicians, forcing patients to drive further or wait longer for care. If a comprehensive health reform bill passes and extends coverage to millions of uninsured Americans,...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
ARLINGTON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medfinders, Inc. (parent company of Nursefinders, Inc.), one of the nation’s largest healthcare staffing providers, has successfully implemented its SingleSource® managed staffing program at Saint Luke’s Health System, a not-for-profit network of 11 hospitals, primary care practices and home care services throughout Kansas City and surrounding regions....
Health Populi (Free subscription) | yesterday
In 1975, nearly one-half of American families had a sole wage-earner who was a husband. In 2008, those traditional families numbered only one in 5. Today, one-half of American workers are women, and one in five is a single working parent. 4 in 10 mothers is the primary bread-winner in her family. The Shriver Report , a study penned by Maria Shriver and The Center for American Progress , paints the...
Lynne Featherstone's Parliament and Haringey diary (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here's my latest column for the Muswell Hill Flyer and Highgate Handbook: Finally I managed to get Transport for London (TfL), Haringey Primary Care Trust (part of the NHS) and me together in the same place to bang heads together about the need for better bus links to the new Community Health Centre on the old [...]
Angry Bear (Free subscription) | yesterday
November 12, 2009 Reform: Looking at the Glass Half-Full Part 2 Maggie Mahar, Health Beat Blog Reform: Looking at the Glass Half-Full, Part 2 The Truth about the Public Option For reasons I don’t understand, progressive pundits have been swallowing Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf’s dispiriting speculation about the public plan, hook, line and sinker. Elmendorf claims...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Associated Press further analyzed its poll from earlier this week, with an eye on medical malpractice limits: "54 percent favor making it harder to sue doctors and hospitals for mistakes taking care of patients, while 32 percent are opposed. The rest are undecided or don't know. But congressional Democrats are reluctant to press forward on the issue.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
As electronic health records become more widely deployed, increasing amounts of health information are being collected. This data has many beneficial applications, such as research, public health, and health system planning. In a recent study, Dr.
Consumer Focused Health (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Are Primary Care Physicians (PCPs) finally willing to say no to the Fee for Service Medicare approach that has destroyed their practices and profession? The Mayo Clinic in Arrowhead, Arizona fires a shot across the bow, by informing patients that they will no longer accept Medicare for their primary care doctor visits as of Jan 1 [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Leading health experts round on the health secretary Andy Burnham today, warning him off reversing a Labour programme of modernisation and competition within the health service. Burnham surprised cabinet ministers and policy officials alike when he announced in September that the NHS would return to the "preferred provider" model of services that existed before the government opened the...
Lively Women (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
I read the The Whole Food Guide to Strong Bones by Annemarie Colbin, Ph.D. at an interesting time in my life when it seems that more than ever my doctors want to push pills on me to prevent problems that may never exist anyway. (I received a complimentary copy of the book for review.) The advice given in this book is often quite different from what you’d hear from your specialist or primary care...
The Medical Quack (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Earlier this year the company created a blue tooth chair scale for those who have problems standing on a scale. As mentioned in the article, many insurance companies are not reimbursing for the use of such devices that report data, but there are some, such as CareMore in California who are. With devices that report data, privacy is a big concern as well as knowing who gets to see your data and where...
Radon Mitigation Pittsburgh (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
New to Empire Medical Training and would like to see what other Physicians are saying about Empire's training programs, please watch some of the video testimonials from the latest workshops. These are unscripted personal responses from attendees. FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, November 22, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Empire Medical Training educational classes specializing in Aesthetic Medicine. All training...
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eprnetwork | 11/09/2009
Medelita®, maker of breakthrough medical apparel, celebrates National Nurse Practitioner Week this November 8 through 14. Nurse practitioners (NPs) are advanced practice nurses who provide high-quality healthcare services similar to those of a doctor. They diagnose and treat a wide range of health problems, and even prescribe medication. This year, nurse practitioners are celebrated for providing “125,000
aarkstore | 10/21/2009
Public hospitals represent a very important market segment for most biopharmaceutical companies in Europe. They are the often the only market for the increasing numbers of speciality drugs emerging from R&D, with many primary care products also unable to get established for maintenance therapy in the community without hospital recommendation first. Though the processes for achieving hospital usage...
aarkstore | 09/17/2009
Public hospitals represent a very important market segment for most biopharmaceutical companies in Europe. They are the often the only market for the increasing numbers of speciality drugs emerging from R&D, with many primary care products also unable to get established for maintenance therapy in the community without hospital recommendation first. Though the processes for achieving hospital usage...
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