http://www.openpr.com MedSource Consultants, one of the nations largest physician staffing firms specializing in the placement of Radiologists, announced today the launch of MedSource Locums. The inception of this new division will provide Radiologists for Locum Tenens assignments nationwide. MedSource Consultants places Radiologists on a permanent basis with hospitals and practice groups throughout the country.

By Michael Schroeder The Journal Gazette For the first time in nearly 14 years, Medicaid providers in Indiana are getting a raise. About 5,000 primary-care physicians across the state will receive bonus payments totaling $39 million for fiscal years 2007 and 2008. (The state’s fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30.) As of […]

Ten percent of the schools’ slots will go to students dedicating their careers to the medically underserved. By Myrle Croasdale, AMNews Staff. http://www.ama-assn.org The University of California is in the midst of rolling out new educational avenues geared to produce physician leaders for communities that historically have had poor access to health care. The effort […]

By Scott E. Maizel http://www.baltimoresun.com Competition: We hear a lot about it in Maryland. The recent debate in Annapolis regarding slots was partly about competing with neighboring states for Maryland’s gambling dollars. Our ports compete with neighboring states for freight and cruise line business. Educational institutions compete with one another for the best students. Athletic […]

http://www.washingtonpost.com HealthDay News Almost half of Chicago internists say they have prescribed a placebo to a patient during their years of practice, a new study finds. A majority of doctors in the study also said they believed in the power of placebos, indicating that doctors do accept a mind-body relationship that can affect health, the […]

State to seek children eligible for insurance By Larry Carson | Sun reporter State health officials are hoping to team with Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot this spring for a statewide effort to identify more children who are eligible for federally funded health insurance. Under the plan, an outgrowth of Howard’s County’s pioneering health-access program, Franchot’s […]

Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders News http://www.healthleadersmedia.com Traditionally, hospital quality and patient safety have been left in the hands of the clinical staff–board members and senior executives focused more on the strategic and financial goals of the organization. However, that dynamic is no longer the case. Hospital executives and community board members are taking an increasingly […]

By Alison Snyder Long Island Business News – New York Business News In our Internet-saturated society, where consumers routinely turn to Google for information on health conditions and the doctors who treat them, a Web site could have a bottom-line impact for physicians. Kaveh Alizadeh, a plastic surgeon in a Garden City-based group practice, said […]

by Justin D. Anderson Daily Mail Capitol Reporter Lawmakers have created absurd courtroom situations by passing medical malpractice lawsuit reform, state Supreme Court Justice Larry Starcher said. “I dissent to express my hope that, in the future, the court or the Legislature will recognize the absurd and unconstitutional effects of the (reform) and either strike […]