By Ben Boulden http://www.swtimes.com Two Fort Smith hospitals could become homes to physician residency programs in the future if some financial and bureaucratic obstacles are cleared, Dr. Peter Kohler said Tuesday. Kohler, vice chancellor on the northwest Arkansas campus of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, spoke to and answered questions from the House […]

http://www.earthtimes.org/ AUSTIN, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Five years after the implementation of sweeping medical liability reforms, Texas hospitals continue to experience major reductions in their liability costs and to reinvest their savings in programs that benefit patients and their communities. “Patients are the ultimate beneficiaries of the tort reform measures passed in 2003,” said Dan […]

by Ellen Jensen http://kansascity.bizjournals.com Area businesses are bracing for another increase in health insurance premiums as budget season approaches. The average increase will be in the neighborhood of 11 percent to 13 percent, according to several local insurance brokers. “When health care costs are increasing, insurance companies are always going to project conservatively when they […]

http://www.evliving.com Athens, Ga. – The nation’s shortage of primary care physicians has been linked to a host of poor health outcomes, and a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that salary disparities play a major role in the shortage. Dr. Mark Ebell, a professor and assistant to the provost […]

http://www.marketwatch.com WICHITA, Kan., Sep 09, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — MedAppz, the leader in Web-based electronic healthcare record (EHR) applications, today announced that it will begin selling the iScript component of its MedAppz iSuite Electronic Healthcare Record (EHR) Service separately, in addition to being an included component in full product suite purchases. High demand for e-prescription […]

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JANET MOORE http://www.startribune.com Dr. David Polly’s reputation precedes him and it’s worth a lot. Among spine surgeons, this rather unremarkable-looking 51-year-old is a rock star. Arrayed before him as he spoke at the annual Design of Medical Devices Conference at the University of Minnesota were two dozen doctors, engineers, students and medical device company representatives, […]

By Chris Cobb http://herald-zeitung.com John Pantermuehl just needed a doctor. He’s a senior on Medicare. And like many in others in America, he’s learning that it can be tough to reap the benefits of a government program he’s been literally buying into for most of his life.