by Katie Morse http://news10now.com POTSDAM, NY — Doctors at Canton-Potsdam and other North Country hospitals are treating more and more patients who have no primary care physician. The reason is there are simply not enough doctors in the area to treat everyone. “From talking to other hospital administrators across the North Country, we’re all facing […]

by Christina Rogers http://www.redorbit.com Predictions of a physician shortage have set off a spate of new medical school construction nationwide in what health care experts say is the first wave of construction since the early 1980s. More than a dozen medical schools are now in various planning stages across the country, with many of them […]

by Michelle Lang http://www.canada.com When Arpana Singh needs to see a doctor, she braces herself for an epic wait. The 23-year-old, who moved from Edmonton to Calgary last year, doesn’t have a family physician. She relies instead on a downtown walk-in clinic when she needs medical attention. But service at the clinic is hardly speedy, […]

By DREW ANDERSEN http://www.wcfcourier.com CEDAR FALLS — The United States is not in the midst of a health care crisis, according to Dr. William G. Plested III, immediate past president of the American Medical Association. But the U.S. is in a crisis of figuring out who will pay for health care. The Greater Cedar Valley […]

Professor of medicine, Washington University; Partner, Fox and Vuylsteke; President, St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society http://www.stltoday.com Professor of medicine, Washington University Yes … ‘Safety movement’ and time-limited certification help safeguard patients. Medical practice is fraught with complexity and uncertainty. Thus, medical malpractice is not defined by an unfortunate outcome or a patient’s death. Rather, medical […]

By George Wallace http://www.suffolklife.com Less than a year after New York State raised medical malpractice premiums by 15%, and created a task force to look into nagging problems in financing medical practitioners’ insurance, some doctors in Suffolk County are up in arms about rumors that they may be in for another financial shock this year. […]

But others find support of large system simpler By Dorene Weinstein http://www.argusleader.com Fresh out of medical school, Mike Wilde joined the staff in internal medicine at Sanford USD Medical Center six years ago, in part because he liked the support of other physicians. Other doctors, including Michael McHale of Sioux Falls, prefer working independently. McHale, […]

Physicians object to a letter from Blue Cross seeking information that could lead to policy cancellations. By Lisa Girion, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer http://www.latimes.com The state’s largest for-profit health insurer is asking California physicians to look for conditions it can use to cancel their new patients’ medical coverage. Blue Cross of California is sending […]

By ANDY MILLER The Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.ajc.com Dr. Thaddeus Chapman hasn’t drawn a paycheck in two years. He’s run through his retirement account. And his wife’s. His credit score, he says, is “in the dumps,” and two business partners left the practice in search of a more profitable arrangement. “That’s not the American dream,” says […]