HealthLeadersMedia.com | November 12 - Shifting specialists' routine follow-up care to primary care physicians in a medical home model under the new federal healthcare reforms could save time, money, and free specialists for more complex patient care. However, the lack of primary care physicians could...
HealthLeadersMedia.com | November 12 - Accountable Care Organizations must be physician-led, patient-centric, and ensure voluntary participation from patients and physicians, including independent practitioners, under the American Medical Association's principles for ACOs. “The AMA is committed to ensuring physicians in all practice sizes can lead and participate successfully in new...
AuntMinnie.com | November 12 - Whimsy and fantasy can do wonders to make hospital experiences less frightening and intimidating for children. Clinical staff benefit as well because the treatment process can be a whole lot easier. Just ask the radiology team at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh...
USA Today | November 9 - U.S. doctors must become more attuned to Islamic beliefs and values that could affect the physician-patient relationship with Muslim Americans, researchers found in a recently released study. This will become even more important as the U.S. Muslim population of...
The New York Times | November 9 - With health care costs climbing even higher during this enrollment season, more employers are adopting a tiered system to pass on the bulk of those costs to their employees by assigning bigger contributions to workers in top...