News Times Staff http://www.newstimes.com March 14 was “Doctors Day” at the State Capitol. Several local physicians took a day off to attend this annual event which gives doctors and lawmakers a chance to discuss issues that affect the health-care system in Connecticut. Among the many issues discussed were getting approval for drugs from HMOs and […]

Associated Press http://www.insurancejournal.com When Bobbie Cameron became pregnant with her third child, she reluctantly chose a new doctor to oversee her care. Her longtime physician had dropped out of the birthing business because of soaring malpractice insurance rates. Cameron’s daughter, Avery, was born in February 2007. The experience just wasn’t the same. “We had to […]

By Lisa Greene http://www.tampabay.com Check with the national board of neurosurgeons, and you’ll find 12 neurosurgeons listed in St. Petersburg. But how many are willing to be on call for emergencies at Bayfront Medical Center, Pinellas County’s only trauma center? Three. More of those doctors would be willing to be on call if they weren’t […]

Associated Press http://www.kten.com OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – A Tulsa-based consumer group says many Oklahoma nursing homes appear to be operating without malpractice insurance. Hugh M. Robert, executive director of the Oklahoma Center for Consumer & Patient Safety, says the lack of insurance often leaves families with no legal recourse if a nursing home patient suffers […]

By: Bradley Vasoli, The Bulletin http://www.thebulletin.us Harrisburg – State Sens. Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia) and Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) announced yesterday they are introducing legislation to provide medical coverage to uninsured Pennsylvanians earning up to 200 percent of the poverty income level. Dubbed the Pennsylvania Access to Basic Care plan (PA ABC), the measure would subsidize health […]

Doug Williamson, Windsor Star http://www.canada.com When Dr. Ciaran Sheehan came to Essex in 1979, he got involved with with a kids’ Saturday morning soccer league. “I had about eight, ten other guys that helped me with it,” Sheehan, 60, recalled Tuesday. “I’m the only one of those guys that’s still working, and they were all […]

Ken Alltucker http://www.azcentral.com Patients at Banner Health hospitals may want to take note: the eye in the sky is watching. Arizona’s largest health-care provider, Banner Health Systems, has installed cameras and monitoring devices that allow doctors and nurses to remotely watch over the most critically ill patients at nine hospitals in Arizona and Colorado. Welcome […]

The Gazette http://www.canada.com The shortage of family doctors in Quebec and access to specialties, such as orthopedics and psychiatry, continue to be a major concern of Quebec doctors, according to the results of a national survey of 20,000 physicians released today by the Canadian Medical Association. Quebec physicians reported that, in many cases, it is […]

Associated Press Home FLORENCE, Ore. (AP) – Nationally, about 23,000 physicians leave practice each year, while only 16,000 new ones are there to replace them. And the trend is even sharper in rural areas. USA Today says that’s put rural healthcare providers in a bad position. Dr. Ron Shearer says they are having to limit […]