http://www.stltoday.com The editorial “Trademarking spin” (Dec. 23) discussed judicial reform in Illinois. Changing the judicial selection process isn’t the only way to improve the Illinois court system. For instance, the Illinois legislature protected patients’ access to care by enacting a comprehensive medical lawsuit reform law in 2005. Prior to this, out-of-control litigation in Illinois counties […]

By Luige del Puerto Arizona Capitol Times There is no mistaking the emphasis that can be drawn from the name of a new Arizona Senate committee announced early in December: Healthcare and Medical Liability Reform. Last year, that panel was simply called the Senate Health Committee. For the last several years, the chairwoman of the […]

By Donna Danyluk HOME If you build it, they will come – doctors that is. And once they get here, they won’t want to leave. That’s the thinking behind Barrie’s Royal Victoria Hospital’s Family Medicine Residency Program. Beginning in June 2009, RVH will become an official teaching site of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of […]

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By MICHAEL McAULIFFE http://www.masslive.com The combination may not yet be lethal, but a shortage of doctors in Massachusetts, coupled with more physicians practicing “defensive medicine” out of fear of being sued, is clouding the state’s landmark health-care reform effort. In a pair of reports, the Massachusetts Medical Society has concluded the shortage of primary-care physicians […]

http://www.eurekalert.org President-elect Obama’s concern about declining numbers of primary care physicians ‘right on the mark’ Washington – At the request of the presidential transition team, ideas on advancing health care reform in the stimulus package were provided today by the American College of Physicians (ACP). ACP represents 126,000 internal medicine physicians and medical student members. […]

http://www.huliq.com In the health care and health insurance blog worlds, there’s plenty of talk about a primary care physician shortage. But I’m curious about whether the average American – not involved in the health care industry other than as a patient – knows about the PCP shortage or sees it as a problem. Like many […]

Charlotte Business Journal – by Jennifer Thomas http://charlotte.bizjournals.com North Carolina’s medical school graduates are abandoning the primary-care field despite increasing health-care demands statewide. And experts believe the trend is exacerbating an existing shortage of primary-care physicians.

Dayton Business Journal – by Mary Beth Lehman http://dayton.bizjournals.com Dayton-area experts are worried a shrinking number of primary care physicians in the area could leave residents without proper medical care.Dayton is being affected by a national shortage of primary care physicians in family and internal medicine leading to declining health outcomes and higher costs as […]