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Presidential Candidates Should Focus On Emergency Departments, Elder Care Before They Address Broader Health Care Issues, Opinion Piece States

Categorie : Primary Care / General Practice
Presidential candidates should address problems with the U.S. emergency department system and develop a system that allows elderly patients to remain at home longer before they begin "putting forth comprehensive plans for health care reform," business expert Andy Grove writes in a Fortune opinion pi ...

read more Presidential candidates should address problems with the U.S. emergency department system and develop a system that allows elderly patients to remain at home longer before they begin read more Wed Jun 2007 Wed Jun 2007

Extra Training For Regional Proceduralists Welcomed, Australia

Categorie : Primary Care / General Practice
AMA President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, today welcomed the Government's increased training support for procedural GPs, which was a key recommendation from the AMA's recent Rural Health Issues Survey. The AMA Rural Reference Group (AMARRG) has for some time stressed the importance of improving procedur ...

read more AMA President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, today welcomed the Government's increased training support for procedural GPs, which was a key recommendation from the AMA's recent Rural Health Issues Survey. The AMA Rural Reference Group (AMARRG) has for some time stressed the importance of improving procedur read more Wed Jun 2007 Wed Jun 2007

GPs Should Lead Chronic Disease Fight

Categorie : Primary Care / General Practice
Professor Chris van Weel, a GP and expert in chronic disease management, said that GPs should be capitalising on their role in the prevention of chronic disease and the subsequent savings to health systems."General practice needs to stop complaining that nobody likes us. Rather, we should get on and ...

read more Professor Chris van Weel, a GP and expert in chronic disease management, said that GPs should be capitalising on their role in the prevention of chronic disease and the subsequent savings to health systems. read more Sun Jun 2007 Sun Jun 2007

California Physicians' Group Lists Prices For Common Procedures On Web Site

Categorie : Primary Care / General Practice
California-based HealthCare Partners Medical Group, the state's largest private physician practice, last week posted on its Web site the prices for 58 common procedures, the Los Angeles Times reports. [click link for full article] ...

read more California-based HealthCare Partners Medical Group, the state's largest private physician practice, last week posted on its Web site the prices for 58 common procedures, the Los Angeles Times reports. [click link for full article] read more Sat Jun 2007 Sat Jun 2007

Australian Government Has Increased Training Support To Procedural GPs Practising In Some Metropolitan And Regional Areas

Categorie : Primary Care / General Practice
The increased assistance will be available as part of the Training for Rural and Remote Procedural GPs Program. Rural and remote GPs who do procedural work that specialists carry out in urban areas can access a grant of up to $20,000 per GP, per financial year for the cost of up to ten days training ...

read more The increased assistance will be available as part of the Training for Rural and Remote Procedural GPs Program. Rural and remote GPs who do procedural work that specialists carry out in urban areas can access a grant of up to $20,000 per GP, per financial year for the cost of up to ten days training read more Fri Jun 2007 Fri Jun 2007

Australian Medical Association Awards 2007 - Gold Medal

Categorie : Primary Care / General Practice
AMA President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, last night bestowed the organisation's highest honour on a Victorian general practitioner with a history of bringing communities together.The AMA Gold Medal winner for 2007 is Victorian GP, Dr George Santoro.This prestigious accolade goes to a member of the profes ...

read more AMA President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, last night bestowed the organisation's highest honour on a Victorian general practitioner with a history of bringing communities together.The AMA Gold Medal winner for 2007 is Victorian GP, Dr George Santoro.This prestigious accolade goes to a member of the profes read more Thu May 2007 Thu May 2007

Australian Medical Association Awards 2007 - Excellence In Health Care

Categorie : Primary Care / General Practice
AMA President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, last night announced this year's Excellence in Health Care Award had been given to a general practice specialist who has worked tirelessly to improve standards of education, public health, and access to quality health care. The Excellence in Health Care Award is m ...

read more AMA President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, last night announced this year's Excellence in Health Care Award had been given to a general practice specialist who has worked tirelessly to improve standards of education, public health, and access to quality health care. The Excellence in Health Care Award is m read more Thu May 2007 Thu May 2007

Chain-Owned Nursing Homes Hurt By Too Much Standardization, Study Finds

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Standard marketing and strategic planning practices can hurt patient care throughout a nursing home chain, but only if too much emphasis is placed on such administrative standards to the detriment of clinical and facility standards, a new study indicates. [click link for full article] ...

read more Standard marketing and strategic planning practices can hurt patient care throughout a nursing home chain, but only if too much emphasis is placed on such administrative standards to the detriment of clinical and facility standards, a new study indicates. [click link for full article] read more Fri May 2007 Fri May 2007

National Audit Office Report: Association Of The British Pharmaceutical Industry Response

Categorie : Primary Care / General Practice
The National Audit Office has produced a constructive report into prescribing costs in primary care, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) said today. The NAO report identifies some £200 million of savings that could be made if all doctors made cheaper prescribing decisions ...

read more The National Audit Office has produced a constructive report into prescribing costs in primary care, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) said today. The NAO report identifies some £200 million of savings that could be made if all doctors made cheaper prescribing decisions read more Fri May 2007 Fri May 2007

CMS Accepting Comments On Rule Change For Inpatient Hospital Errors

Categorie : Primary Care / General Practice
The Indianapolis Star on Tuesday examined CMS' proposed rule to stop reimbursing hospitals for care related to 13 preventable complications if those conditions developed during inpatient treatment. The conditions include bloodstream infections, skin ulcers and urinary tract infections caused by the ...

read more The Indianapolis Star on Tuesday examined CMS' proposed rule to stop reimbursing hospitals for care related to 13 preventable complications if those conditions developed during inpatient treatment. The conditions include bloodstream infections, skin ulcers and urinary tract infections caused by the read more Fri May 2007 Fri May 2007

Outpatient Spending On Prescription Drugs Increased To $191B In 2004, AHRQ Finds

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Outpatient prescription drug spending increased from $72 billion in 1997 to $191 billion in 2004, according to a report recently released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, CQ HealthBeat reports. [click link for full article] ...

read more Outpatient prescription drug spending increased from $72 billion in 1997 to $191 billion in 2004, according to a report recently released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, CQ HealthBeat reports. [click link for full article] read more Fri May 2007 Fri May 2007

New York Times Examines Potential Effect Of Michael Moore Documentary About Problems With Health Care Industry On Health Care Debate

Categorie : Primary Care / General Practice
The New York Times on Tuesday examined how some health insurance industry officials and policy experts are saying that Michael Moore's new documentary "Sicko," which chronicles the U.S. health care industry, "taps into widespread public concern that the system does not work for millions of Americans ...

read more The New York Times on Tuesday examined how some health insurance industry officials and policy experts are saying that Michael Moore's new documentary read more Fri May 2007 Fri May 2007

Popularity Of Medical Tourism Increases As Individuals, Employers, Health Insurers Seek To Reduce Costs

Categorie : Primary Care / General Practice
An increased number of "people now recognize foreign hospitals can deliver not only cheap but also high-quality health care and are considering medical tourism even for serious health problems," the New York Times reports. [click link for full article] ...

read more An increased number of read more Thu May 2007 Thu May 2007

NHS Commissioning: Don't Believe The Doom-Mongers, UK

Categorie : Primary Care / General Practice
Don't believe the doom-mongers who claim GP practices are neither up for taking on the responsibility for NHS commissioning, nor up to it. That is the message from chairman Dr Michael Dixon at the NHS Alliance spring conference, held today at the King's Fund, London. Practice based commissioning is ...

read more Don't believe the doom-mongers who claim GP practices are neither up for taking on the responsibility for NHS commissioning, nor up to it. That is the message from chairman Dr Michael Dixon at the NHS Alliance spring conference, held today at the King's Fund, London. Practice based commissioning is read more Wed May 2007 Wed May 2007

Medical Community Questions Nationwide Expansion Of Retail Clinics

Categorie : Primary Care / General Practice
Nationwide growth in retail medical clinics is receiving "close scrutiny from the medical profession," the Chicago Tribune reports.Groups such as the [click link for full article] ...

read more Nationwide growth in retail medical clinics is receiving read more Wed May 2007 Wed May 2007

Making Trouble For The NHS? Entrepreneurs And Innovators In Primary Care, And The Obstacles They Face, UK

Categorie : Primary Care / General Practice
A new report launched today by the NHS Alliance looks at the exciting opportunities in the developing agenda of entrepreneurial provision in primary care. However, it warns that several barriers must be overcome - including resistance from the 'NHS family'. [click link for full article] ...

read more A new report launched today by the NHS Alliance looks at the exciting opportunities in the developing agenda of entrepreneurial provision in primary care. However, it warns that several barriers must be overcome - including resistance from the 'NHS family'. [click link for full article] read more Tue May 2007 Tue May 2007

GPs Committed To Making Practice Based Commissioning Work But Lack Of Support Threatens Key NHS Reform,says New Poll, UK

Categorie : Primary Care / General Practice
One of the Government's central health policy reforms to devolve greater power to GPs and deliver higher quality services to local communities may fail to improve patient care unless GPs and others in primary care receive much greater support from primary care trusts (PCTs). That is one of the key f ...

read more One of the Government's central health policy reforms to devolve greater power to GPs and deliver higher quality services to local communities may fail to improve patient care unless GPs and others in primary care receive much greater support from primary care trusts (PCTs). That is one of the key f read more Tue May 2007 Tue May 2007

Elsevier Launches 'The Clinics' On ScienceDirect

Categorie : Primary Care / General Practice
Elsevier has announced the addition of 56 prestigious titles from The Clinics to its premier electronic platform, ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/). The Clinics span a variety of subjects within the health sciences, ranging from pediatrics to surgery. [click link for full article] ...

read more Elsevier has announced the addition of 56 prestigious titles from The Clinics to its premier electronic platform, ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/). The Clinics span a variety of subjects within the health sciences, ranging from pediatrics to surgery. [click link for full article] read more Tue May 2007 Tue May 2007

Newsweek Examines Efforts To Address Emergency Care System Problems

Categorie : Primary Care / General Practice
Newsweek last week examined how "no single, sweeping solution exists" to address the "dismal picture of overburdened, understaffed and underfunded" U.S. emergency departments. According to three [click link for full article] ...

read more Newsweek last week examined how read more Tue May 2007 Tue May 2007

Approved Medical Resident Hours Still Resulting In Sleepy Doctors

Categorie : Primary Care / General Practice
Medical residents working within the mandated maximum of 80 hours per week experience severe sleepiness, a finding that may have implications for both patient care and resident safety, according to a new study presented at the American Thoracic Society 2007 International Conference, on Sunday, May 2 ...

read more Medical residents working within the mandated maximum of 80 hours per week experience severe sleepiness, a finding that may have implications for both patient care and resident safety, according to a new study presented at the American Thoracic Society 2007 International Conference, on Sunday, May 2 read more Mon May 2007 Mon May 2007

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