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by Nadine Armstrong/Hants Journal http://www.novanewsnow.com As many physicians in Windsor and West Hants near retirement age, the municipalities have raised concerns about a future doctor shortage. At the June 26 joint council, Hantsport nurse practitioner Dawn Lowe spoke on the benefits of collaborative practice as a viable alternative to the standard family physician solo practice. […]

By BILL HENDRICK http://www.ajc.com Elba Ramos is lying on a cot, nervously inhaling laughing gas through a clear plastic nasal mask, but she’s definitely not laughing. Instead, she’s grimacing as Dr. Sam Lorenzo talks to her in a soothing voice while pricking the end of an infected finger with an anesthetic needle. Though feeling no […]

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Comments of MSSNY President Michael Rosenberg, MD http://readme.readmedia.com ALBANY, NY (06/27/2008; 1238)(readMedia)– Michael Rosenberg, MD, president of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY), issued the following statement in response to the NYS legislature’s failure to address needed medical liability reform before adjourning. In doing so, he urged legislators to return to […]

Joyce Tsai http://www.bizjournals.com Some speciality nurses are being recruited at salaries that are $13,000 more than family-practice physicians — despite a nationwide shortage of family doctors, according to a new report by Irving-based Merritt Hawkins & Associates. The study found that the average salary offered to family physicians is $172,000, compared to the average salaries […]

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Home SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jun 27, 2008 (A. M. Best via COMTEX) — SKP | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating — In a day of mixed blessings for the Doctors Co., California regulators approved the medical-malpractice insurer’s merger with SCPIE Holdings Inc., despite the announcement of a federal criminal investigation of the company. The […]