Archive for the ‘Primary Care’ Category
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Every day, thousands of doctors around the United States walk a tightrope stretched between their duty to help patients in pain -- and the risk of abetting illegal and life-destroying drug addiction and dependence, and losing their medical license for doing so.They walk this tightrope every time a patient asks ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Sermo (http://www.sermo.com), the largest physician-only online community, today announced the results of a physician survey prompted by the swirl of media coverage following the release of ENHANCE trial data at the recent American College of Cardiology (ACC) conference. The focus of the study was on the effectiveness of frequently prescribed ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Patients who are normally fit but need treatment for a serious, acute illness have never been better served by the NHS than they are today. But for those with long term conditions, there is no fast technological fix. They need an NHS where care is properly integrated between hospitals, GPs ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
The BMA has requested an urgent meeting with NHS employers to open negotiations with junior doctors. The move follows this week's announcement of below-inflation pay awards for hospital doctors. The BMA's Junior Doctors Committee was particularly angered by the refusal of the doctors' pay review body to recommend a compensatory ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Continuity of care for patients, the quality of training for doctors and the efficiency of hospitals could be compromised when junior doctors hours have to be reduced further next year to meet the requirements of the European Working Time Directive (EWTD). The difficulties of moving from the current 56 ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
The American Medical News reports that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said last month that it will re-examine a November 2007 opinion that calls on physicians to provide referrals for patients seeking abortions, emergency contraception or other procedures if they are opposed to providing the services themselves. According ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
New international research1 conducted on behalfof SCA Personal Care, and presented at the 2nd Global Forum onIncontinence (GFI), points to an array of failings in society that keeps incontinence,rooted towards the bottom of the healthcare agenda. Incontinence remains an isolating and debilitating condition and a clear communication barrier exists, even ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
URAC, one of the nation's leading independent accrediting organizations, announced its support for the general principles put forward by the Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project in its Patient Charter for Physician Performance, Measurement and Tiering Programs. The Patient Charter is supported by leading consumer, labor and employer groups and aligns with ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Massachusetts' health insurance law has had the "unintended consequence" of exacerbating the "imbalance" between supply and demand for primary care physicians, the New York Times reports. Since the law took effect last year, about 340,000 of the state's estimated 600,000 uninsured residents have obtained coverage. However, the number of physicians ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Doctors are today (Monday 7 April, 2008) facing another year of below inflation pay awards, with effective cuts for many. Dr Hamish Meldrum, chairman of the British Medical Association, warns of anger and disappointment within the medical profession at what he describes as "unacceptable" pay rises.The government has today (Monday ...
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