Archive for the ‘Primary Care / General Practice’ Category
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
The following statistics were released by the Department of Health: GP extended opening hours for month ending July 2008. This data shows the number of GP practices within each Commissioner area (PCTs and Care Trusts) and how many of those practices were ...
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Incentivising primary care family doctors improves clinical care, but does not promote healthier lifestyles or improve patients' quality of life, when it comes to coronary heart disease, indicates research published ahead of print in Heart. Research has shown that the better a country's primary care system is, the lower are ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Although Nevada officials have said they were not aware of abuses by employers hiring foreign physicians though the J-1 visa waiver program, the state received at least six complaint letters from foreign doctors, according to a report released on Thursday by the state, the Las Vegas Sun reports (Allen, Las ...
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
More patients are saying they are "completely satisfied" with care in GP practices and health centres, with high proportions saying they are treated with dignity and listened to carefully. This is according to a major survey of primary care services, published by the Healthcare Commission. Between January and April ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Some patients might feel like they spend more time in the waiting room than actually talking with their doctor, but a new review of studies suggests that these consultations would not be much different if patients had more face time with their physicians.In five studies conducted in the United Kingdom, ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
The following summarizes an editorial, opinion pieces and a letter to the editor that address the American Medical Association's recent apology to black doctors for past racial discrimination.EditorialSouth Florida Sun- Sentinel: AMA "should be commended for finally owning up to policies that excluded blacks from the organization for more than ...
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
Senate Finance Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) recently introduced legislation (S 3343) that would require physicians to disclose their financial ties to imaging services ordered under Medicare when making self-referrals, CQ HealthBeat reports. The legislation is intended to reduce physicians' incentives for referring patients to imaging providers in ...
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
International evidence shows that breastfeeding is best for babies, boosting their resistance to infection and diseases, and their growth and development. The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is using World Breastfeeding Week, which runs from 1 - 7 August, to highlight the benefits of breastfeeding and the role ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
In the decision-analytic community, Markov modeling incorporating discrete events has become increasingly popular but it remains difficult to perform these types of analyses using standard modeling packages. The problem facing many decision scientists is that for each data point in a deterministic one-way sensitivity analysis that makes usage of ...
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
AMA President Dr Rosanna Capolingua said the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency should introduce a new accreditation requirement to ensure that residents of aged care facilities have appropriate access to medical care by doctors."Access to appropriate medical and nursing assessment, care and management is essential to the appropriate care ...
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan have signed contracts with CVS Caremark to cover member visits to the company's retail clinics in Massachusetts, the AP/Boston Herald reports (AP/Boston Herald, 7/24). Under the contracts, copayments for visits to the clinics -- which typically cost between $59 and $69 ...
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
In a proposal to the Federal Government, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia is recommending that pharmacists should be allowed to write repeat scripts for chronic conditions for up to 12 months as well as writing repeat scripts for low dose statins, the contraceptive pill and certain antibiotics, saying this will ...
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Sunday, July 27th, 2008
The University of Queensland is helping to increase medical support in rural communities through its new $4.2 million advanced clinical training facility.UQ's Rural Clinical School, the biggest in Australia, has added a Teaching and Learning Centre to its portfolio, with space to accommodate up to 80 students.The Centre, adjacent to ...
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Sunday, July 27th, 2008
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 ...
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Following the publication of the Chief Medical Officer's (CMO) Report, Medical Revalidation - Principles and Next Steps, today the MDU welcomes the plans for robust and evidence based assessments of doctors and will work on behalf of our members to ensure that revalidation delivers this.Dr Hugh Stewart, Head of case ...
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