http://www.newswiretoday.com MDTotal EMR and Practice Management Systems dominated the dermatology software vendor challenge event at the annual summer session of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), recently held in Chicago. The AAD at its summer meeting organized an ERM software challenge event in front of a live audience consisting of dermatologists and administrators, whom at […]

By Simon Challis http://www.reuters.com MONTE CARLO, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Aon Corp (AOC.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) sees no threat of a counterbid following its agreed 844 million pound ($1.48 billion) bid for reinsurance broker Benfield (BFD.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and remains on the lookout for further acquisitions, senior executives from the […]

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http://www.marketwatch.com NAPA, CA, Sep 04, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — The Doctors Company, the largest national insurer of physician and surgeon medical liability in the U.S., has filed a request with the California Department of Insurance for an average rate reduction of 18.2 percent for its California member physicians. Depending on medical specialty and […]

http://www.earthtimes.org SAN DIEGO, Sept 4 /PRNewswire/ — AMN Healthcare, the nation’s largest healthcare staffing firm, continues to help tackle the nation’s nursing shortage by providing scholarships at the baccalaureate (BSN) and masters innursing (MSN) level, encouraging nurses to advance their careers and continueto grow in the profession. Now in its third year, the AMN Healthcare […]

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By Melissa Evans http://www.contracostatimes.com Brigitte Clayton’s attitude toward doctors changed dramatically when her life was at stake. Diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer, she wanted more than five minutes of their time. The Rancho Palos Verdes resident found Dr. Gene Sherman, then an oncologist at a large South Bay medical group. A few years later […]

By Tanika White http://www.baltimoresun.com After graduating from Harvard Medical School, Dr. Bill Thomas – exhausted from the pace of emergency room shifts – took a part-time job in a nursing home, thinking he could catch up on some nap time. Instead, the experience awakened in Thomas a desire to help the “elders” who had been […]

http://www.gastongazette.com RALEIGH – In about a year, people across North Carolina will be able to go online and see whether their doctor or a doctor they’re considering seeing has made malpractice payments, if rules developed by the N.C. Medical Board are implemented. The rules, which could face legislative review next year, would require doctors and […]