Archive for the ‘Primary Care / General Practice’ Category
Friday, July 25th, 2008
Prescriptions filled for antidepressant drugs increased from 154 million in 2002 to 170 million in 2007, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Among the prescriptions (not including refills) which were written after patients talked with doctors in-person or over the phone. ...
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
The Chief Medical Officer's (CMO) report for appraising and revalidating doctors, launched yesterday (Wednesday 23 July 2008), was given cautious backing by the BMA.Chairman of the BMA, Dr Hamish Meldrum, said:"The BMA is supportive of plans to appraise doctors in order to develop and improve their skills. However, it is ...
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
Plans to improve patient safety and support professionals insustaining their high standards, were today set out by the ChiefMedical Officer for England (CMO) Sir Liam Donaldson.In proposals, outlined in the report "Medical Revalidation -Principles and Next Steps", doctors will, be required to renew theirprofessional registration every five years, in order ...
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
The Tennessean in a two-part series examined how physicians in the state are limiting the number of new Medicare beneficiaries they will treat and how some are charging concierge fees to accept new beneficiaries.In the first part of the series, the Tennessean on Sunday examined how Tennessee physicians are "[t]ired ...
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
The Washington Post on Tuesday examined how many hospitals and health care professionals "have begun to think greener" in an effort to reduce medical waste and "make their daily operations more environmentally friendly." According to environmental advocates, the U.S. medical industry disposes of more than two million tons of waste ...
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
Without immediate action to develop an integrated, comprehensive, national health workforce policy, the U.S. is at risk of losing its status as the global health care leader, states a new report released by the Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC, http://www.aahcdc.org/). The report was funded in part by the Josiah ...
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
The California Academy of Family Physicians today congratulated the state's Congressional delegation on protecting seniors' health care by overriding President Bush's veto of key Medicare legislation. Both the House and Senate yesterday rejected the President's attempt to block legislation canceling a 10.6% cut in physician pay that took effect July ...
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Sunday, July 20th, 2008
A recent study led by Rahul Khare, MD, emergency department physician and assistant director of operations at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, sought to determine the cost-effectiveness of utilizing a CT scanner to evaluate low-risk chest pain patients in the emergency room. The study results which are published in the July issue ...
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Sunday, July 20th, 2008
Patient satisfaction with access to their GP remains consistently and impressively high the BMA said. Commenting on the publication of the second Department of Health GP Patient Survey, Dr Laurence Buckman, Chairman of the BMA's GP Committee said: "With nearly two million people taking part in this survey and satisfaction ...
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
Summaries appear below of editorials that address the American Medical Association's apology last week to black doctors for past racial discrimination in the medical field.Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The "hope is that disparities in health care between blacks and whites can be closed" now that AMA is "committed to reversing its legacy" ...
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
The majority of patients remain satisfied with access to their local family GP services, says a report published by The NHS Information Centre. The GP Patient Survey 2007/08 asked almost five million patients for their views on access to their local practice and almost two million patients responded. A key ...
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
The Government welcomed the results of the second annual GP Patient Access Survey which reveals improvements in patient satisfaction and experience. The results, published by The NHS Information Centre, reflect the important role patient feedback plays in shaping and improving NHS ...
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
The expectation that East-Asian people emphasize physical symptoms of depression (e.g. headaches, poor appetite or aches/pains in the body) is widely acknowledged, yet the few available empirical studies report mixed data on this issue. A new study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) debunks this cultural myth, ...
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
An increasing number of "healthcare overachievers" are bringing health information from the Internet to the doctor's office to discuss during the office visit. In fact, virtually all physicians report at least some of their patients arrive armed with health information from the Internet, according to the latest physician market ...
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
President Bush intends to veto legislation (HR 6331) that would delay a 10.6% reduction to Medicare physician fees that was scheduled to take effect last week, despite the measure passing both chambers by veto-proof majorities, the Los Angeles Times reports (Gaouette, Los Angeles Times, 7/11). The Senate on Wednesday approved ...
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