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Physicians use photos from patients' cellphones to deliver 'mobile health'

August 31, 2010

Washington Post / Leslie Tamura

In May, an emergency physician at George Washington University Hospital began a six-month study examining how accurately emergency doctors and physician assistants could diagnose wounds from ...

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MCM investigative reporting - physician dispensing in Florida

September 2, 2010

Managed Care Matters / Joe Paduda (jpaduda@healthstrategyassoc.com)

If there's one area of work comp pharmacy management that's making payers crazy, it's physician dispensing (followed closely by compounding).

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Why pay for performance does not work and may impair patient care

September 1, 2010

Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog / Kevin

by Chris Rangel, MD In response to a recent article on the topic of economic motivation theory, Michael Kirsch sent me information about a very interesting study (May 2010 issue of the British Medical ...

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Jivin J’s Life Links 8-31-10

August 31, 2010

jillstanek.com / Kel

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat Constantly troubled abortionist and abortion clinic owner Steven Chase Brigham is making the news again.

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Prednisone - prednisone and perioral dermatitis - physicians guide to safely stopping prednisone

September 2, 2010

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SJC: Physician misconduct no exception to patient privacy

September 2, 2010

BostonHerald.com - Local / Regional News / trose@heraldinteractive.com (Kyle Cheney)

Investigations into physician misconduct are not valid exceptions to patient privacy laws, the Supreme Judicial...

Physician Quality Report Cards, Part II

September 2, 2010

The Health Care Blog / Matthew

By KENT BOTTLES, MD I am frankly surprised by the number of comments, emails, and telephone calls I have received about my doctor report card blog post. Some were charged with emotion and even anger.

Primary care physicians reluctant to prescribe prostate cancer prevention drug

September 2, 2010

American Medical News - PROFESSION

A new survey says they don't know that finasteride is used for chemoprevention. Urologists fear the drug could raise the risk of tumors.

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Wherefore academe

August 31, 2010

DB's Medical Rants / rcentor

I have spent my career in academic medicine – a career at 30 years and counting.  Fortunately I have had success on my own terms.

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More thoughts on the quiet primary care rebellion

August 30, 2010

DB's Medical Rants / rcentor

As I wrote last Friday, I believe primary care docs are rebelling against the system.  The system has made primary care physicians suffer emotionally and financially.

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Should physicians undergo random drug testing?

August 30, 2010

Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog / Kevin

by Jeffrey Parks, MD Lucian Leape MD, a public health professor at Harvard, wants to subject doctors in America to strict random and periodic drug testing to help identify those physicians who are ...

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Whooping cough and pertussis tips you need to know

August 30, 2010

Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog / Kevin

by Jan Gurley, MD As a whooping cough epidemic hits California, you may be asking yourself, “hey, weren’t we all vaccinated for that?

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Southern states may block the government from delivering health care

August 30, 2010

Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog / Kevin

by Allen Perkins, MD I have lived on the Gulf Coast for all but 5 of my 50 years. I grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and now live in Mobile Alabama.

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Acupuncture quackademic medicine infiltrates PLoS ONE

September 2, 2010

Respectful Insolence

Nearly a month ago, I expressed my dismay and displeasure at the infiltration fo quackademic medicine into what is arguably the premier medical journal in the world, The New England Journal of ...

Brothers in arms

September 2, 2010

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PACS and Teleradiology Group at EHI Live

September 2, 2010

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InoLife Technologies, Inc. (INOL.OB) to Market a Plavix Metabolizing Test to Physicians and Practitioners

September 2, 2010

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Central Carolina Hospital Introduces Primary Care Physician Network

September 2, 2010

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Central Carolina Hospital is pleased to announce the creation of the Primary Care Physician Network.

Physicians assistants, nurse practitioners take on more primary care duties

September 2, 2010

Medical News / Editors

In the final part of a three-part series on primary care, NPR reports on physicians assistants and nurse practitioners taking the place of physicians as deliverers of primary care.

Chronic Lyme disease: How often is it diagnosed and treated?

September 2, 2010

Science Blog - Send lawyers, guns and money / bjs

Cincinnati, OH, September 2, 2010 -- The existence of chronic Lyme disease is an issue of sharp debate within the medical community. Some health care workers who call themselves "Lyme literate"...

American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Promotes Patient Education and Outreach Initiatives During National Pain Awareness Month

September 2, 2010

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