By Cara Matthews http://www.theithacajournal.com/ ALBANY — The state needs to strengthen the disciplinary system for doctors, consumer groups said Tuesday as they released a report on physician oversight. The number of physicians in the state and complaints against them have increased in recent years, but disciplinary actions have gone down, said Blair Horner of the […]

http://www.businesswire.com AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Advocate, MD Insurance of the Southwest Inc. (Advocate, MD) has taken advantage of Mississippi’s tort reform success by becoming a fully admitted insurance carrier and acquiring Mississippi’s Medical Malpractice Availability Plan (MMAP) with $25 million in assets. The Mississippi Insurance Department recently expedited the application process and licensed Advocate, MD as a […]

http://www.businesswire.com/ SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The California Academy of Family Physicians today is releasing a report outlining the shortcomings of health care in California, their negative effects on patients, and the need for serious change. The report, Strong Medicine: Family Medicine’s Fix for California’s Fractured Health Care System, brings together current academic research on the problems facing […]

By RACHEL PARKER DICKERSON http://www.thecabin.net In light of a dawning shortage of physicians, Conway Regional Medical Center is working to expand its hospitalist program in hopes of benefitting doctors and patients. Angie Huselton, director of physician services and business development for the hospital, said, “National journals have told us for several years that there will […]

Alexandra Lopez-Pacheco, Financial Post http://www.financialpost.com With medical school tuition in the $15,000-to $19,000-a-year range, a career as a physician has become a luxury many Canadian students simply can’t afford. It wasn’t always this way. But tuition fees for medical schools have skyrocketed since the federal government cut transfers to the provinces in the mid-1990s and […]

By Myrle Croasdale http://www.ama-assn.org Medical schools would more than double the number of new graduates going into rural practice if each adds a rural training program, according to a study in the journal Academic Medicine. The small investment would have a sizable impact on rural access to health care, said Howard Rabinowitz, MD, lead study […]

Editorial Board http://daily.stanford.edu Last month was Stanford’s School of Medicine Match Day, a celebration where soon-to-be-graduates learned with which medical residency programs they had been paired. These graduates are faced with a difficult decision regarding which medical field to enter, and an increasing number of top medical students around the country are applying to residencies […]

http://www.prweb.com  A variety of demands, including technology, access to care and the trend toward medical homes, is forcing many physician practices to change the ways in which they function. During Physician Practice Transformation: Charting a Path Toward Increased Revenue and Improved Efficiency, Patient Satisfaction and Outcomes, a May 29, 2008 webinar from the Healthcare Intelligence […]

by Naomi Gumprich-Munn http://www.mlive.com/ While proposed funding cuts and projected doctor shortages threaten community health systems around the country, one medical education facility in the Tri-Cities is expanding operations. Synergy Medical Education Alliance in Saginaw is launching a new masters in public health degree program in collaboration with Davenport University, Chief Academic Officer Christine Rohr […]