UCLA researchers have found that 77 percent of California primary care and specialty physicians understand the basics of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and 59 percent support it. The survey, conducted by doctors ...
Apr 15, 2015
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Clinicians make many patient care decisions each day, and the cumulative demand of these decisions may make inappropriate choices more likely later in the day. In primary care, doctors often prescribe unnecessary antibiotics ...
Oct 6, 2014
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A surprising new study pulls back the curtain on one of the most contentious issues in health care: differences in payment and income between physicians who perform operations, procedures or tests, and those who don't.
Sep 22, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—Stratified or targeted care of back pain implemented by family doctors leads to 'significant' improvements for patients and a 50% reduction in work absence – without an increase in healthcare costs – ...
Mar 12, 2014
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Patient care could be enhanced and the health care system could see significant cost savings if health care professionals followed published clinical guidelines to manage and treat back pain, according to researchers at Beth ...
Jul 29, 2013
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Claire Schooley tried for several years to get doctors to diagnose what was going on with her husband, David, now 57. He would ask her the same questions again and again, never remembering the answers. He would grow confused. ...
Jul 8, 2013
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Physicians from the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and the University of Calgary have published a review article in the CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) to help family doctors diagnose and treat fibromyalgia. ...
May 6, 2013
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A survey of UK doctors found that 97% have prescribed placebo treatments to patients at least once in their career.
Mar 20, 2013
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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, ...
Feb 28, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—Numerous websites are available to rate just about any service or product: restaurant food, hotel service and even a pediatrician's care. However, a new poll from the University of Michigan shows that only ...
Feb 19, 2013
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