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EverythingLubbock.com
March 25, 2018
WASHINGTON D.C. (ABC NEWS) - President Donald Trump has nominated his White House physician, Navy Rear Admiral (lower half) Ronny Jackson, to receive a second star, promoting him to the rank of rear admiral, according to a press release from Defense Secretary James Mattis. Jackson, whoÃâà...
Rome Sentinel
March 25, 2018
Charles E. Schumer, D-NY, spoke at the Oneida Healthcare facility Friday regarding legislative efforts to address a shortage of physicians in Central New York. Schumer, the Senate Minority Leader, is urging his colleagues in the Senate and the House to immediately pass the Physician Shortage Act ofÃâà...
WeAreGreenBay.com
March 25, 2018
APPLETON, Wis. (WFRV) - Physicians and Musicians from around the area got to show off their talents Saturday night. The eighth annual Doctors In Recital Fox Valley event was held in Appleton. This is the third year the recital has helped raise funds for the Fox Valley Memory Project, which is anÃâà...
ModernMedicine
March 25, 2018
Almost none of the “innovations” happening in medicine these days come from doctors, they all come from bureaucrats and non-physician managers. They all come from outsiders who now know best. Doctors have become whipped dogs waiting passively for the next group of bureaucrats to rain down theÃâà...
Crain's Cleveland Business
March 24, 2018
Dr. Solomon Zaraa, a Cleveland physician who has submitted his application for a CTR, said that addressing access in September will fall to independent family physicians and private practice providers. He doesn't believe that big health care institutions, which make "large, complicated decisions" will beÃâà...
CNN
March 24, 2018
... from the medical school at the University of Texas. Jackson was deployed to Iraq in 2005 with the the Surgical Shock Trauma Platoon in Taqaddum, Iraq, and was named White House physician in 2006 while still in Iraq. He was appointed physician to the President by former President Barack Obama.
Becker's Hospital Review
March 24, 2018
The study revealed two significant patient-physician communication issues. The consultations were usually disorganized since physicians have a number of visits to complete and could only give about 15 minutes per patient. This time limit often left visits rushed and scattered, Dr. Laws said. "The problem isÃâà...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
March 23, 2018
Physician assistants work in an array of settings, such as emergency departments and operating rooms, said Kurt Mosley, vice president of strategic alliances for Merritt Hawkins, which recruits physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. And in contrast to nurse practitioners, the majority ofÃâà...
MD Magazine
March 22, 2018
The American Medical Association (AMA) code of ethics makes clear: “The relationship between patient and physician is based on trust and gives rise to physicians' ethical obligations to place patients' welfare above their own self-interest and above obligations to other groups.” In 2010, the AMA publishedÃâà...
Lexology
March 22, 2018
Physicians worried about what federal law enforcement might say about doctors obtaining a certificate to recommend will want to fully understand the Rohrabacher Amendment (“Amendment”). In brief, this Amendment has been interpreted by district courts within the Sixth Circuit – the federal court systemÃâà...
The Center for Biosimilars
March 22, 2018
Dr Angus Worthing Addresses Recent Physician Letter Sent to HHS. In an interview with The Center for BiosimilarsÃâî, Angus Worthing, MD, FACP, FACR, chair of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Government Affairs Committee, discussed the letter recently sent to HHS addressing physicianÃâà...
Lexology
March 22, 2018
So, is a physician's age a factor that precludes safe and efficient job performance? To my knowledge, no court has approved a mandatory retirement age for physicians and no credentialing or licensing body has set a firm mandatory retirement date for physicians. However, some credentialing bodies haveÃâà...
South Strand news
March 22, 2018
“We are thrilled to have someone of Dr. Malone's caliber step forward to lead the Tidelands Health MUSC Family Medicine Residency Program,” said Dr. Phil Dulberger, chief physician executive for Tidelands Health. “Our resident physicians will assuredly learn and grow under his tutelage, and – becauseÃâà...
State of Reform
March 22, 2018
MultiCare and Physicians of Southwest Washington (PSW), an Independent Physician Association headquartered in Olympia, have entered into a minority investment agreement to improve health care delivery and management in the Puget Sound region. PSW had been seeking a partner to help grow itsÃâà...
Arizona State University
March 22, 2018
The conference brought together stakeholders invested in improving the diversity of students entering medical school including physicians, public health officials, medical school administrators, undergraduate advising, community members and students. Alan Rawls, executive director of the Office ofÃâà...
Farmington Independent
March 22, 2018
The "Rising Stars" list highlights exceptional physicians who have been practicing medicine for 10 years or less. Each physician named to the list was chosen by his or her peers in the field. Fairviews Woodbury honorees are Calley Lidle, MD, a pediatrician at HealthEast Clinic - Woodwinds, and StephanieÃâà...
Cardiovascular Business
March 21, 2018
Women outpaced men in medical school enrollment for the first time in 2017, but a new report shows they're entering a profession where the gender pay gap is only growing. Female physicians earned an average of $105,000 less than men in 2017, a 27.7 percent gap, according to a survey of more thanÃâà...
Petoskey News-Review
March 20, 2018
“We definitely look at ourselves as local, but we're local plus,” Rider said. “We get them here, they see the hospital system, they see the community and we really have a great process of bringing on new candidates, introducing them to the med staff, fellow future physician partners and it (McLaren) sells itselfÃâà...
Charleston Post Courier
March 20, 2018
As a primary care physician in North Charleston, Dr. Thaddeus Bell has had to dispel several health care myths throughout his career. For instance, he said, his patients have swallowed vinegar and water and put moss in their shoes to fight high blood pressure. That's partly why Bell founded his nonprofitÃâà...
Indiana Gazette
March 20, 2018
Nominated by the medical staff for this award, Gamble is a physician assistant role model and promotes the values and mission of IRMC. She began practicing as a physician assistant in Neuropsychiatry at IRMC in December 2000 when she joined Neuropsychiatric Associates with Dr. Steven Gelfand.
Becker's Hospital Review
March 20, 2018
Medicare recipients who do not have a personal physician score lower on healthcare quality measures, according to a study published in Medical Care. "Beneficiaries without [a] personal physician report worse care experiences, rating their overall quality of care substantially lower than those with aÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 20, 2018
Carlson practiced as an internist for more than two decades before becoming chief medical officer at Park Nicollet Health Services, where he led the transition to full disclosure of financial relationships between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry. Park Nicollet was the first health care system inÃâà...
Petoskey News-Review
March 20, 2018
“We definitely look at ourselves as local, but we're local plus,” Rider said. “We get them here, they see the hospital system, they see the community and we really have a great process of bringing on new candidates, introducing them to the med staff, fellow future physician partners and it (McLaren) sells itselfÃâà...
Specialty Pharmacy Times
March 20, 2018
The survey found that 84% of responding physicians believe the burden of PAs is high or extremely high. Another 86% of physicians responded that the burden of PAs increased over the past 5 years. The survey also revealed that each medical practice completes an average of 29.1 PAs per physician,Ãâà...
Clinical Innovation + Technology
March 20, 2018
50 percent of more “tech-savvy” consumers would leave their current physician for a better digital customer experience. 62 percent of respondents stated not being able to accomplish what they wanted to do as the main factor hindering mobile care, followed by non-relevant options at 42 percent. 69 percentÃâà...
University of Virginia
March 19, 2018
... a refresher for physicians who have not performed the procedure recently. “Watching it in a 2-D animation, listening to a lecture, or watching a physician on a video simply fails to convey the subtleties of the procedure,” Haskal said. “We're putting the viewer in the actual environment, where they can returnÃâà...
Philly.com
March 19, 2018
As a family physician, it's probably one of the easiest things that I do, and certainly sharing in the recovery experience of these individuals is inspirational and hugely rewarding. And so, I look forward to Thursdays too. In recovery, there is hope. After all, that's what we do here. David T. O'Gurek, M.D., FAAFP,Ãâà...
MedPage Today
March 19, 2018
But according to a new report released by Doximity, that hoopla around that shift can be tempered a bit: the gap between men and women when it comes to physician pay actually increased from 2016 to 2017. In 2016, female physicians made $91,285 less than their male counterparts. In 2017, that gapÃâà...
Science Daily
March 19, 2018
Interactive virtual reality (VR) brings medical images to life on screen, showing interventional radiologists a patient's unique internal anatomy to help physicians effectively prepare and tailor their approach to complex treatments, such as splenic artery aneurysm repair, according to new research beingÃâà...
Clinical Innovation + Technology
March 18, 2018
Physicians tended to focus on highly technical terms while nurses focused on symptoms and responses to illness. "Patients who are hospitalized need hands-on nursing care in addition to the treatments ordered by a physician," said co-author Karen Dunn Lopez, assistant professor in the UIC College ofÃâà...
The Spokesman-Review
March 18, 2018
Thomas Schaaf, M.D., is a Spokane-based family medicine physician affiliated with Providence Medical Group and Chief Medical Officer at Providence Senior and Community Services in Tukwila. He is president-elect of the Washington State Medical Association and serves on the association's Joint OpioidÃâà...
Monitor
March 17, 2018
Two physicians from Edinburg-based Doctors Hospital at Renaissance were awarded Young Physician of the Year awards by the National Hispanic Medical Association, according to a news release. Gerardo Lopez-Mena, vice president of medical affairs at DHR Health, and Michael Martinez, a bariatricÃâà...
ModernHealthcare.com
March 17, 2018
Wilmington Health is approached by a potential buyer about twice a year. Each time, the North Carolina-based independent physician group declines, according to CEO Jeff James. "What we can't understand is the value proposition for the physicians in the long run," James said. "If they buy us, it is going toÃâà...
American Medical Association
March 17, 2018
“Putting together a week that felt more like a celebration—parties, lime green spirit wear, youth planning and engagement—captured what I love about health and encouraging others to be healthy as a physician, but also with the potential to inspire young people to be more engaged in their own health andÃâà...
Cookeville Herald Citizen
March 8, 2018
... Tennessee Medical Association's Doctors' Day on the Hill, along with pediatricians Dr. Leslie Treece and Dr. Jim Batson, pediatric hospitalist Dr. Apryl Hall, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Craig Saunders, family practice physicians Dr. Jamie Cates and Dr. Steve Flatt, and primary care physician Dr. Barbara Ebel.
The National Law Review
March 8, 2018
Although Dr. Engleman's story is atypical, as our colleagues who attended the American Health Lawyers Association's 2018 Physicians and Hospitals Law Institute reported, and the Association of American Medicine Medical College's November 2017 State Physician Workforce Data Report confirms,Ãâà...
Moneyish
March 8, 2018
This story is part of “Ceiling Smashers,” a series in which successful women across industries tell Moneyish how they broke down professional barriers. Esther Choo didn't always want to be a physician. An aspiring-journalist English major in college, she interned at the Cleveland Plain Dealer, whichÃâà...
Becker's Orthopedic & Spine
March 8, 2018
based physician-owned Palm Beach Accountable Care Organization as one of the most successful. The ACO did not try to control where its patients sought care, but instead achieved success by defining expectations and improving coordination with all stakeholders, including specialists, hospitals, homeÃâà...
Healio
March 8, 2018
There are not yet robust data on how often cardiologists, or physicians in general, are joining social media or how often they are using it. In one survey of 360 physicians, 83% mentioned using a web base to promote their practice, 63% to communicate online and write prescription e-scripts and 85% toÃâà...
Seeking Alpha
March 7, 2018
Physicians Realty Trust has a strong, well-leased property portfolio that is set to produce more cash in the long run. The dividend is growing slowly, and should be sustainable. Physicians Realty Trust's valuation is now much more appealing compared to just a couple of months ago. An investment in DOCÃâà...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
March 7, 2018
Before that transaction takes place, however, the patients must be examined by a physician to certify they qualify. The certification is not a prescription but it does allow the patient access to the marijuana pills, oils and tinctures. If not enough physicians participate, though, that step could become anÃâà...
Medical Marketing and Media
March 6, 2018
Drug companies eager to expose physicians to new treatments and medical devices pay Level Ex to insert ads into existing games or to develop custom ones. For Baxter, Level Ex created a mini game that instructs anesthesiologists how to properly dose the inhaled anesthetic Suprane. For Medtronic, itÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
March 6, 2018
For prospective medical school students, shadowing a physician is an opportunity to learn about the complexity and difficulty of practicing medicine. These experiences allow them to observe doctors working hard at recording patient notes, handling challenging cases or explaining complicated proceduresÃâà...
Patch.com
March 2, 2018
Dr. Gregory's joining Harbin Clinic Family Medicine Cartersville - which has eight physicians and six nurse practitioners - is an example of the health organization's focus on growing its services in Bartow County. "We're not only expanding the breadth of our specialties offered in the area, but we're aiming toÃâà...
Becker's Hospital Review
March 2, 2018
"Our goal is to provide the most comprehensive compensation plan for all of our physician[s]." The health system noted only a small percentage of physicians chose not to sign their new employment agreements. Atrium did not specify the number. "This is a not a 'one size fits all approach' and the new plansÃâà...
AL.com (blog)
March 2, 2018
MONTGOMERY - Alabama's more than 8,700 patient care physicians fulfill a vital role in the state's economy by supporting 101,770 jobs and generating ... Tax Revenues: Each physician supported $64,816 in local and state tax revenues and contributed to a total of $565.4 million in local and state taxÃâà...
Wichita Business Journal
March 2, 2018
The physicians are part of a joint venture that includes Development Solutions Group LLC, a Denver-based medical real estate company; Medexec Corp. and Veritas Management Group, the Colorado-based facility management team. Those companies have developed and manage skilled care facilities inÃâà...
HealthLeaders Media
March 2, 2018
The competitive healthcare landscape is rapidly shifting, pushing providers to partner with physicians to form coordinated, high-value healthcare entities with aligned payment models, care delivery practices and financing capabilities. However, achieving true physician alignment remains a challenge forÃâà...
Chambersburg Public Opinion
March 2, 2018
... Mike Gaudiose was shocked and overwhelmed upon learning that he is this year's Pennsylvania Family Physician of the Year. It has been more than two years since he worked with the people who he said nominated him for the award, given by the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians. It was theÃâà...
Michigan Radio
March 2, 2018
“The fact that price has driven how Americans seek healthcare as opposed to what drives me as a physician, the health of my patients. It seems intuitive. The things I would beg my patients to do should be the things that are easy for them to access.” Clinical nuance is the basic element of value-basedÃâà...
