By DIANE LEVICK http://www.courant.com When 65-year-old Anne-Marie Russo of Wethersfield went looking for a new internist late last month, she didn’t expect to end up so frustrated, after attempts failed with seven physicians. “This is a real nightmare,” said Russo, a retired business manager at A.I. Prince Technical High School in Hartford who’s now on […]

By Kevin Sack http://www.nytimes.com AMHERST, Mass. — Once they discover that she is Dr. Kate, the supplicants line up to approach at dinner parties and ballet recitals. Surely, they suggest to Dr. Katherine J. Atkinson, a family physician here, she might find a way to move them up her lengthy waiting list for new patients. […]

By Kristina Fiore http://www.medpagetoday.com INDIANAPOLIS, April 4 — Angie’s list, an online repository of customer-service ratings for plumbers, electricians, home contractors, and the like, sees physicians in the same light — whether they like it or not. Angie’s list pays no heed to the age-old debate over whether physicians are service providers or professionals, whether […]

http://www.illinois.gov CHICAGO – As part of his efforts to improve Illinois families’ access to quality health care, Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today announced the launch of a new physician profile feature available to the public at www.IDFPR.com, the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation’s website. The new feature allows health care consumers to review important […]

OSN SuperSite Breaking News http://www.osnsupersite.com CHICAGO — With the number of glaucoma cases expected to rise significantly in the next several years, and government funding facing possible cuts, physicians will need to focus more energy on the financial aspects of their practices, a physician said here. Bradford J. Shingleton, MD, spoke at Glaucoma Day, held […]

charles a. ball http://www.tennessean.com To the Editor:Two recent articles (“Nurse practitioners fill key role,â€? March 28, and “Advanced nursing fills gap in doctor shortage,â€? March 9) in The Tennessean with opinions by Colleen Conway-Welch, Dean of Vanderbilt School of Nursing, have suggested that the issues in health-care access and primary-care management of patients can be […]

East Bay Business Times http://www.bizjournals.com/ A new study by the Center for California Healthcare Workforce Studies at the University of California San Francisco shows just how few minority physicians there are relative the overall population. The report, called “Physician Diversity in California: New Findings from the California Medical Board Survey,” is the first analysis of […]

By Jay Greene http://crainsdetroit.com Another survey indicates Michigan may face a physician shortage over the next 10 years, according to the state Department of Community Health in Lansing. Of the state’s 41,785 licensed physicians, up to 10,000 said they may retire over the next 10 years. The data was prepared by Public Sector Consultants Inc. […]

By Alex Roarty http://www.cumberlink.com/ Doctors across Cumberland County and the rest of the state mailed their payment into MCare last week, the statewide fund that helps them pay for malpractice lawsuits. It was more expensive than usual. House Democrats are backing a plan from Gov. Ed Rendell to end a subsidy program, known as the […]