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• Is Medicine No Longer A Calling?

  
  Better Health — Authority: 529
  As I sit here in a medical innovation conference - I find myself becoming more and more angered by one of the speakers. A man with an MBA and fancy title from PriceWaterhouseCoopers is lecturing us about how doctors are essentially money-grubbing, change-resistant, quality-care avoiding “pains in the ...
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• An oncologist takes on the recent breast and cervical cancer screening controversy

  
  KevinMD.com — Authority: 559
  "> "> Originally published in HCPLive.com by Don S. Dizon, MD, FACP Recently, two groups released new guidelines that may affect breast cancer and cervical screening in women. The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended against screening women in their 40s and to screen women every ...
  5 hours ago

• QD: News Every Day--punishing med schools for graduates

  
  ACP Internist — Authority: 495
  ACP Internists daily digest of news and events continues with punishment for medical schools that dont train enough primary care doctors. Physician shortage The CEO of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians wants to reward medical schools that train primary care doctors, and punish those that dont. Quotas would ...
  6 hours ago

• Low pay for diabetes care harms patients

  
  KevinMD.com — Authority: 559
  "> "> Originally posted in MedPage Today by John Gever, MedPage Today Senior Editor Almost one-third of doctors in an industry-sponsored survey said they didn’t spend enough time with their diabetic patients and blamed low reimbursement rates for diabetes care, researchers said. In a survey of ...
  7 hours ago

• GP Contract Should Reflect Clinicians Leadership Role

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 694
  The GP contract fails to recognise GPs increased role and responsibilities, says the NHS Alliance. GPs should be encouraged to take a leadership role within the NHS, being responsible not only for individual consultations but also for the practices population health. Many good practices up and down the country ...
  13 hours ago

• Is the iPhone really worse than Google Android for medical apps?

  
  KevinMD.com — Authority: 559
  "> "> by Felasfa Wodajo, MD In a recent post, entitled, Why doctors should choose Google Android over the iPhone for medical apps , the author seems to have gone out out of his way to make a series of increasingly hyperbolic arguments declaring Motorola Droid superior to the iPhone. The long trail of ...
  1 day ago

• Specialists should staff the patient centered medical homes, not primary care doctors

  
  KevinMD.com — Authority: 559
  "> "> Originally published in HCPLive.com by Alan Berkenwald, MD The approaching fire storm over the “patient-centered medical home” model reminds me of the destructive powers seen before in HMOs. Once seemingly destined to revolutionize organized medicine, the HMO model nearly destroyed it. ...
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• Tamiflu kills babies, and other H1N1 flu pandemic misconceptions

  
  KevinMD.com — Authority: 559
  "> "> Originally published in MedPage Today by Todd Neale, MedPage Today Staff Writer As one of the two MedPage Today writers on full-time H1N1 duty since the beginning of the outbreak in April, I feel like I know the issues well enough to help clear up misconceptions when they come up in ...
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• RCN Wales Hosts Primary Care Conference

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 694
  The Royal College of Nursing in Wales recently hosted a Primary Care event, entitled, "Shaping Primary and Community Health Services in Wales" at RCN Wales HQ in Cardiff. The conference aims to share information about changes to the NHS and delivery of health and social services in Wales, whilst showcasing nursing ...
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• A Family Physician for Every Canadian

  
  Omar Ha-Redeye — Authority: 416
  Circa 2012. That’s not that far away. See the report by Primary Care Wait Time Partnership here . The Primary Care Wait Time Partnership is a joint project between The College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Canadian Medical Association .
  2 days ago

• Doctors can’t trust Big Pharma when they manipulate clinical trial interpretations

  
  KevinMD.com — Authority: 559
  "> "> by David Rind, MD A number of the other blogs that have noted the existence of this blog seem to have “Pharma” in their titles in one way or another, and the implication is not that the blogger likes much about Big Pharma. In the late 1990s, when I was spending much of my clinical time providing ...
  2 days ago

• The Flu Vaccine: A Break Up Letter

  
  Better Health — Authority: 529
  Dear Influenza Vaccine: I am sorry to be so formal, but using your pet name, “flu shot”, doesn’t seem appropriate in a letter like this.  I am also sorry to be writing this letter; I don’t want you to be hurt and I don’t want others to think bad of you. I just don’t love you any more and want out of our ...
  2 days ago

• Trapped in Family Medicine. Can This Marriage Be Saved Act I: The PCP Encounter

  
  Better Health — Authority: 529
  Last week, I introduced the key characters in the parody of family medicine which I entitled, Trapped in Family Medicine. Can This Marriage Be Saved. As the scene opens, we see a typical day in the waiting room of a family practice: the primary care physician (PCP) is 45 minutes behind schedule. The room is packed ...
  2 days ago

• AIHW Report Demonstrates Need For Greater Support For General Practitioners, Australia

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 694
  AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said today that the latest general practice activity report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) not only reinforces the leading role of GPs in primary care, but shows that GPs are becoming increasingly more important as the population has a higher incidence of ...
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• ACP: Teasing out science, politics, and emotion about the mammography guidelines

  
  KevinMD.com — Authority: 559
  "> "> The following is part of a series of original guest columns by the American College of Physicians . by Steven Weinberger, MD, FACP It is difficult to find a medical guideline that has garnered so much press and controversy as the recent recommendations about breast cancer screening developed ...
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• How salt is associated with stroke and heart disease risk

  
  KevinMD.com — Authority: 559
  "> "> Originally published in Insidermedicine Sodium intake has a direct and independent impact on the risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease, according to a meta-analysis published online ahead of print in the British Medical Journal . According to the American Heart Association, you can help ...
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• Directions to Strategic Health Authorities about Reports on Consultation with regard to Commissioning Decisions 2009

  
  Fade Library — Authority: 141
  Title: Directions to Strategic Health Authorities about Reports on Consultation with regard to Commissioning Decisions 2009 , Directions to Primary Care Trusts about Reports on Consultation with regard to Commissioning Decisions and Relevant Decisions 2009 Skinny: Directions issued under sections 17A and 24A, ...
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• Real accountability: guidance on the NHS duty to report on consultation

  
  Fade Library — Authority: 141
  Title: Real accountability: guidance on the NHS duty to report on consultation Skinny: ‘Real Accountability’ aims to help the NHS get ready for the new legislation will come into force in April 2010. The guidance explains the legal obligations and provides practical help and advice in terms of preparing and ...
  3 days ago

• The billions spent on electronic health records, and why there’s no way to know if EHRs will save money

  
  KevinMD.com — Authority: 559
  "> "> by Glenn Laffel, MD, PhD Barack Obama is certain that electronic health records (EHRs) can improve the quality of care and the efficiency with which it is delivered. How certain? Certain enough to have bet billions on a program that pays providers to adopt and meaningfully use EHRs. Of course there ...
  4 days ago

• PA physicians’ group says we must invest in primary care

  
  HealthPoint PA — Authority: 141
  Writes John S. Jordan, Executive Vice President for the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians, for the Patriot-News: As Dr. Robert Gabbay of Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center correctly points out (”State fights diabetes’ symptoms and costs,” Nov. 23), physicians are paid “for treating ...
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