Archive for the 'Specialty' Category
22nd of June, 2010 ER doctors: Lawsuit fears lead to overtesting
Posted by john in Medical Malpractice Laws, Physician Practice, Specialty at 2:21 pm |  Permanent Link
side note: One of the most serious problems associated with today’s hostile medical liability climate is defensive medicine; doctors are afraid of being sued for the slightest lapse and order tests or carry out procedures they do not truly believe are necessary. Defensive medicine is partially responsible for the recent steep rise in the number [...]
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6th of February, 2009 Doctor Shortage Gives Medical Students Hope
Posted by john in Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Orgs., New Developments, Physcian Shortage, Physician Practice, Specialty, State/Local at 2:42 pm | Permanent Link
By Allison Berry / Staff Writer
http://www.dailynexus.com
Due to an editing error, this article originally stated that the Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, UCLA and UCSD medical schools are considering increasing enrollment next year. In actuality, the schools just participated in a survey on the matter. The Nexus regrets the error.
Several prominent medical schools have reported plans to increase enrollment [...]
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5th of February, 2009 Ethicists debate doctors who keep it personal
Posted by john in Health Insurance, Healthcare Industry, Local Physician News, New Developments, Patient Satisfaction, Physician Practice, Practice Management, Specialty, State/Local at 4:46 pm | Permanent Link
By Mary Brophy Marcus
http://www.usatoday.com
Have you ever sat frazzled in a doctor’s office, waiting for your or your child’s appointment, only to glance up and see one of those Norman Rockwell paintings of a kindly old doctor gently pressing a stethoscope against the heart of a little girl’s doll?
In this age of managed health care, when [...]
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5th of February, 2009 Doctors thank House bill for help in ER
Posted by john in Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Orgs., Hospitals and Medical Centers, Medical Malpractice Insurance, Medical Malpractice Laws, New Developments, Physcian Shortage, Physician Leadership, Physician Practice, Politics, Specialty, State/Local, Tort Reform at 4:41 pm | Permanent Link
Dallas Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/
A house bill that passed the Texas Legislature in 2003 is now receiving credit for getting emergency physicians back into the ER.
The Texas College of Emergency Physicians held a press conference in Austin on Tuesday, thanking lawmakers for the passage of House Bill 4 six years ago — a move they credit for [...]
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5th of February, 2009 Large Orthopedic Practice Orders Carestream Health’s DR, CR Imaging Systems
Posted by john in Healthcare Industry, Hospitals and Medical Centers, Local Physician News, New Developments, New Technology, Patient Satisfaction, Physician Practice, Practice Management, Sales and Marketing, Specialty, State/Local at 4:19 pm | Permanent Link
http://www.dotmed.com
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – As part of its conversion to a digital medical imaging environment, Orthopedic Associates of Meadville, P.C., in Meadville, Penn., ordered the latest computed and digital radiography solutions from Carestream Health, Inc. The order, which included a KODAK DIRECTVIEW DR 3500 System, KODAK DIRECTVIEW Classic CR system and KODAK DIRECTVIEW Long-Length Imaging System, [...]
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22nd of January, 2009 Creative Dissatisfaction
Posted by john in EMR, Healthcare Industry, Hospitals and Medical Centers, New Developments, Patient Satisfaction, Physcian Shortage, Physician Leadership, Physician Practice, Physician Writings, Specialty at 11:59 am | Permanent Link
by Dr. Kenneth H. Cohn
http://www.hospitalimpact.org
I heartily recommend Abigail Zuger’s provocative article on Dissatisfaction with Medical Practice (Zuger A. 2004. “Dissatisfaction with Medical Practice.”New Engl J Med 350(1):69-75). I learn more each time I reread it.
In the article, Dr. Zuger points out that the golden age of health care, which lasted approximately two decades after the [...]
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19th of January, 2009 Eric Hartley: Doc opts out of system
Posted by john in Health Insurance, Healthcare Industry, Insurance Companies, Local Physician News, New Developments, Patient Satisfaction, Physician Leadership, Physician Practice, Politics, Practice Management, Reimbursement, Sales and Marketing, Specialty, State/Local at 1:06 pm | Permanent Link
By ERIC HARTLEY
http://www.hometownannapolis.com
Dr. Laurie Poss has a message for the health insurance industry: “We don’t want to play anymore.”
For years, Dr. Poss has been feeling more like a factory worker than a family doctor. With insurance reimbursement averaging $23 a patient, her practice has become an assembly line.
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19th of January, 2009 Hospitals reluctant to pay for specialist
Posted by john in Healthcare Industry, Hospitals and Medical Centers, Local Physician News, New Developments, Physcian Shortage, Physician Practice, Politics, Specialty, State/Local at 12:03 pm | Permanent Link
By PHIL GALEWITZ
http://www.palmbeachpost.com
BOYNTON BEACH — Palm Beach County’s hospitals are balking at paying a collective $1.1 million a year to ensure that residents seeking help at an emergency room have 24-hour access to a neurosurgeon.
Hospital officials say they should not have to bear most of the burden of providing the emergency coverage. Instead, funding [...]
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