By Sarah Morgan http://www.chicagotribune.com/ NEW YORK—Dr. James K. Sheffield was looking for a way to make a career transition. After working as a neurologist in Seattle for six years, he decided to go into the administrative side of medicine. So, while studying for his MBA in Houston, Sheffield signed up with a temp agency to […]

By Tom Hester Jr. Associated Press http://www.philly.com TRENTON – Advocates yesterday said the governor’s plans to require copayments from low-income New Jersey residents for prescription drugs and some emergency room visits would hurt the mentally ill and developmentally disabled.The Mental Health Association in New Jersey highlighted research showing copays in other states made it difficult […]

http://www.prnewswire.com REDONDO BEACH, Calif., June 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As reported in today’s New York Times, ICAN has begun tracking an alarming new trend of insurance companies refusing to provide health insurance for women with a history of cesarean surgery. In some cases, women are being rejected for coverage outright and in other case they are […]

By CHRISTINA SPENCER, SUN MEDIA http://lfpress.ca Toronto native Craig Stewart holds a bachelor of science degree from Queen’s University, and a master’s in behavioural neuroscience from Brock University in St. Catharines. From his early teens, he wanted to be a doctor. But when he finally succeeds, it will be no thanks to Canada’s education system. […]

http://www.prweb.com Medical practice websites that attain top rankings in search engine results pages (SERPs) through SEO rather than through paid searches provide physicians with a highly-effective and extremely profitable marketing tool. By utilizing search engine optimization, physicians can obtain a very favorable return on the investment they make in their websites. Low-cost search engine optimization […]

Globe Editorial DR. JOSEPH PEPPE is happy to get help in repaying his medical school loans. He and 46 other primary care doctors received this benefit in exchange for agreeing to work at a Massachusetts health center for two to three years. “I very much enjoy the work I do,” he said a few days […]

Kansas City Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com To pad its lead in the maternity market, Shawnee Mission Medical Center said Monday that it has launched the area’s first obstetrics hospitalist program. Hospitalists are physicians who treat only hospital patients and work either for hospitals or practices that contract to see patients for other doctors. The four obstetrics […]

David Gulliver http://www.heraldtribune.com A pulmonologist snaked a tube through the nose and into a man’s lungs. A nurse inserted a needle into a man’s arm and started an intravenous drip of a medicine. A otolaryngologist made a small incision in the fold behind the ear of a man with persistent hearing problems, the first step in a […]

Associated Press, The News & Observer http://www.insurancejournal.com The North Carolina Medical Board will hold a public hearing next month on a proposal to post doctors’ malpractice information on its Web site. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported this week that the idea has already drawn the opposition of the state’s private physicians association. The […]