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• in Politics
  Rising cost of Emergency Admissions in UK
  What is to be done about the Emergency Room - a hole in the system you pour money into?
  by hugie / on Jul 5, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “primary care”

 

• Physicians have a natural role as advocates

  
  KevinMD.com — Authority: 564
  As physicians, we are often called upon to be advocates for our patients. Sometimes they have no other person to turn to. At those times, in particular, we evaluate their health in the context of relationship, family, and workplace. Having practiced family medicine for so many years, and now in counseling medicine, I ...
  3 days ago

• Nearly 95% Of Clinical Commissioning Groups Ready To Take On Commissioning Budgets In April, UK

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 684
  According to BMJ Careers, In April 2012, 94.2% of the emerging clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in England will be able to take on primary care trust commissioning budgets as they passed the strategic health authority (SHA) risk assessment of their configuration. Just 5.8% of groups were rated as "red" in a risk ...
  4 days ago

• Increase In Physician Referrals Could Lead To Increase In Health Care Costs

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 684
  Physician referral rates in the United States doubled between 1999 and 2009, a new study finds, an increase that likely contributes to the rising costs of health care. The increase in referral rates coincides with an increase in chronic conditions such as Type 2 diabetes. The results are staggering: over the same time ...
  5 days ago

• Going To Physician Visits With Older Loved Ones Could Improve Care

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 684
  Family companions who routinely accompany older adults to physician office visits could be helpful to health care quality improvement efforts, according to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The authors found that three-quarters of older adults who attend physician ...
  5 days ago

• The Effectiveness of Implementing an Electronic Health Record on Diabetes Care and Outcomes

  
  ICMCC Website Articles — Authority: 133
  Source: Herrin J et al, Health Services Research, 2012 Content: ObjectiveTo assess the impact of electronic health record (EHR) implementation on primary care diabetes care.Data SourcesCharts were abstracted semi-annually for 14,051 diabetes patients seen in 34 primary care practices in a large, fee-for-service ...
  5 days ago

• There is scope for harm when ordering tests

  
  KevinMD.com — Authority: 564
  As the world speeds up we tend to assume that newer must be better. In some instances it is but when it comes to health, less so than one might expect. The other tendency is to overlook simple solutions and go to complicated, and often expensive ones. In medical practice there is one step even before considering what ...
  1 week ago

• EHR Lowers Costs By 33% ... Oh ... Wait A Minute ... We Retract ...

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 135
  Theres this: Blue Cross Blue Shield of RI Pilot Lowered Monthly Costs By Up to 33% Through EHRs December 13, 2011 Beckers Hospital Review.com Sabrina Rodak read more
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• Now We Have Data. So Where Does It Go

  
  The Doctor Weighs In — Authority: 114
  Paul Grundy Posted 1/15/12 on IBM Healthcare Perspectives In the next 10 years, data and the ability to analyze it will do for the doctor’s mind what x-ray and medical imaging have done for their vision.  How? By turning data into actionable information. For instance, take Watson, IBM’s intelligent ...
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• Doctors who give cash to patients for running late

  
  KevinMD.com — Authority: 564
  When Dr. Timothy Malia of Fairport, New York, runs behind schedule, he passes out five-dollar bills to everyone in the waiting room. And when Dr. Cyrus Peikari of Dallas, Texas canceled his appointments for a family emergency, he gave each patient 50 bucks for the inconvenience. Most doctors apologize. Few offer ...
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• MedPAC votes to cut non-emergent hospital payments

  
  FierceHealthFinance — Authority: 457
  The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) wants to cut payments for non-emergency hospital visits so they become on par with regular physician office visits, reported MedPage Today . Such visits to hospitals are classified as "evaluation and management services" and are reimbursed at a much higher rate ...
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• Bold New Approach to Funding Medical School Tuition

  
  Health Train Express — Authority: 105
    Over the past ten years both college and medical school tuitions have increased in some cases four times. This has effected college graduates and physicians. Tuition at the state run UC system in 2001-2002 was $ 3429 and has risen to  $13,200 per year. This places an extraordinary debt burden on students ...
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• AMA: A new model of patient care

  
  KevinMD.com — Authority: 564
  A guest column by the  American Medical Association , exclusive to  KevinMD.com . Let me start by wishing you and your families a very happy and healthy new year. This is my first column of 2012 for this blog, and I am excited to talk about a new initiative that is beginning this year. Medicare accountable care ...
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• When it comes to smoking, I am a militant

  
  KevinMD.com — Authority: 564
  It is obvious to those who know me that I am an avid anti-smoker and work hard to help those afflicted with a tobacco addiction break their habit. Knowing your shortcomings is an important part of being successful. One of my short comings is not knowing when to quit. When it comes to helping smokers stop smoking, I ...
  2 weeks ago

• The covenant between doctor and patient is sacred

  
  KevinMD.com — Authority: 564
  You know Mr. Miller? I adjusted the phone on my ear as I slipped out of bed and snuck into the bathroom. I tiptoed across the floor and winced as the old hardwood started to creek beneath my feet. I craned my head and listened for signs of stirring children. Remembering the resident holding on the line, I whispered ...
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• Medical Ethics and Blaming the Victim

  
  Health Care Organizational Ethics — Authority: 99
  A article on female genital pain got me thinking about one of my pet peeves in medicine – blaming the victim. The condition – vulvodynia - was often blamed on the woman, as in saying “it’s a fear of sex,” “it’s in your head,” or “it’s classical hysteria.” Now it turns out that identifiable, ...
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• Treatment Integration for Depression, Diabetes Increases Success for Both

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 600
  Individuals treated for both depression and Type 2 diabetes have better medication compliance and experience significant improvements in depression and blood sugar levels compared to those receiving typical  treatments, according to a new study out of the University of Pennsylvania. Over 60 percent of patients who ...
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• How long do you expect to live?

  
  KevinMD.com — Authority: 564
  To just what age do you expect to live? You haven’t thought about it? I bet you have. Would you like to live as long as Methuselah? Television’s “Today Show” antes up centenarians to celebrate from time to time. There are about 70,000 American outliers past the age of 100. But that’s out of a population of ...
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• What health care can learn from the New England Patriots

  
  KevinMD.com — Authority: 564
  As the new year starts, I’m eager for a fresh start and working on improving myself both physically and emotionally. I’m also eager for the NFL playoffs and seeing how my favorite team, the New England Patriots, fares under the leadership of Coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady. Doctors and health care ...
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• The cost of being America’s drunkest city

  
  KevinMD.com — Authority: 564
  Boston tops The Daily Beast’s 2011 list of the 25 tipsiest towns in America , moving up from the eighth position last year. The Beast credits its click-ready rankings to a mixture of market research surveys and CDC statistics. I don’t know about the scientific accuracy, but from my perspective in its trenches, ...
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• Considering the preciousness of life and preservation of health

  
  KevinMD.com — Authority: 564
  Last night was clear with full moonshine and the owls were busy hunting on our farm, calling back and forth to each other, comparing notes on where to find prey. Thankfully they were not calling my name. At least I don’t think so, nevertheless their hoots haunted me. A coastal tribal legend has it that if you hear ...
  2 weeks ago

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