News tagged with primary care physicians
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National Sleep Foundation launches free 'Sleep Disorders' online resource guide for primary care
The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) is pleased to announce the launch of a comprehensive free online sleep disorders resource for all professionals in primary care. The "Sleep Disorders" guide is the updated web version of ...
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Apr 02, 2013 |
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Post-ER care for chest pain reduces risk of heart attack, death
Seeing a doctor within a month of an emergency room visit for chest pain significantly reduced the risk of heart attack or death among high risk patients, according to research published the American Heart Association journal ...
Cardiology
Apr 01, 2013 |
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Study examines physician prescription of teen IUDs
(HealthDay)—Primary care physicians are more or less likely to prescribe long-acting reversible contraception such as intrauterine devices (IUDs) to adolescents based on their knowledge, skills, clinical ...
Health
Mar 29, 2013 |
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Restrictive Medicaid eligibility criteria associated with higher rates of delayed medical care
Effective health screening and preventive care is known to reduce health care costs and improve health outcomes, yet new research from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) shows that restrictive Medicaid policies ...
Health
Mar 27, 2013 |
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Annual BP checks may improve hypertension identification
(HealthDay)—For previously normotensive adults, an annual office-based hypertension screening strategy is associated with improved specificity while maintaining sensitivity, according to a study published ...
Health
Mar 21, 2013 |
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Study examines outcomes for treatment of sleep apnea with primary care vs. specialist care
Among patients who were identified as likely having moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea, treatment based in primary care was not clinically inferior to treatment at a specialist sleep center for improvement in daytime ...
Sleep apnea
Mar 12, 2013 |
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Small physician practices that care for children unprepared to become medical homes
Primary care practices around the country are being encouraged and even paid to become "medical homes," but small practices might be at a significant disadvantage in this race to improve health care for children, according ...
Pediatrics
Mar 07, 2013 |
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Pharmaceutical advertising down but not out, study says
The pharmaceutical industry has pulled back on marketing to physicians and consumers, yet some enduring patterns persist. According to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, ...
Medications
Mar 04, 2013 |
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Doctor shortage to hit Chicago's poorer neighborhoods harder, study finds
Some of Chicago's poorest neighborhoods are expected to see the greatest demand for additional primary care doctors in 2014, as the Affordable Care Act boosts the number of newly insured patients seeking medical services, ...
Health
Feb 28, 2013 |
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Primary care doctors can make the wrong call
(HealthDay)—In one case documented in a new study, an elderly patient was misdiagnosed with bronchitis but actually had full-blown pneumonia and ended up being admitted to the hospital.
Health
Feb 25, 2013 |
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The ethics of access: Comparing two federal health care reform efforts
Two major health reform laws, enacted 25 years apart, both try to meet an ethical standard to provide broad access to basic health care. Neither quite gets there—but it's not too late for modern health care reform to bring ...
Health
Feb 20, 2013 |
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Physicians' belief about obesity causes impacts advice and care
How physicians view the causes of obesity may impact the advice they give their patients. The findings are from a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who compared the relationship ...
Overweight and Obesity
Feb 08, 2013 |
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ER referral ups specialist access for publicly insured
(HealthDay)—Specialists are more willing to see publicly insured children if they are referred from an emergency department, according to research published online Jan. 10 in the Annals of Emergency Me ...
Health
Feb 04, 2013 |
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Majority of primary care physicians prefer delivering radiology test results to patients themselves
According to a study in the February issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology, primary care physicians prefer to deliver the results of radiology examinations themselves and feel medico-legally obligated by rec ...
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Feb 01, 2013 |
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Weight counseling declining among primary care doctors
(HealthDay)—From 1995-1996 to 2007-2008, the rate of weight counseling provided by primary care physicians (PCPs) decreased significantly, even for those patients with obesity and weight-related comorbidities ...
Health
Jan 28, 2013 |
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