http://www.hindustantimes.com In the self-absorbed world of Indian American “community leaders”, it is rare to find one who does not use the community as a springboard to advance business and personal goals. It is rarer still to find a physician who freely takes time off a busy practice to espouse the cause of India and the […]

By Samuel Jarjour http://www.nationalreviewofmedicine.com Every business should have a website. A doctor’s practice is a business. Ergo, your practice should have a website. Right? Well, maybe. Before you run out and put that syllogism into practice, consider the stories of two Ontario docs who took the website plunge — with two very different results. ONLINE […]

Federal officials say more physician practices could see bonuses from the project’s second and third years. By David Glendinning, AMNews staff. Ten large physician practices participating in one of the first Medicare pay-for-performance projects have proven that such programs lead to better performance, according to government officials. But only two practices were able to reduce […]

CHRIS TALBOTT The Associated Press A national shortage of doctors is hitting poor places the hardest, and efforts to bring in foreign physicians to fill the gap are running into a knot of restrictions from the war on terror and the immigration debate. Doctors recruited from places such as India, the Philippines and sub-Saharan Africa […]

http://www.nursinginpractice.com Plans to bring in new GP assistants will tread on nurse practitioner toes, say Nursing in Practice readers. Physician assistants are to “supplement the existing NHS workforce” in taking medical histories, performing examinations, diagnosing illnesses and analysing test results. But Nursing in Practice readers agree that the new profession is unnecessary, as nurse practitioners […]

BY BEN STEPHENS http://www.lvbusinesspress.com Years after many of the state’s physicians shut their doors to avoid soaring medical malpractice insurance rates, Dr. Warren Volker took matters into his own hands. In February 2006, the chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Summerlin Hospital launched a doctor-owned and operated medical malpractice insurance firm aimed at retaining quality […]

By Kathleen Kerr, Newsday LA TIMES In a 150-square-foot tin-ceilinged office in a building that once housed a speakeasy, Dr. Moitri Savard checks her laptop to see whether any patients have scheduled themselves to see her. Wait, scheduled themselves? Yes. Savard’s patients decide when they want to see her and then let her know by […]

By Kathleen Kerr, Newsday LA TIMES In a 150-square-foot tin-ceilinged office in a building that once housed a speakeasy, Dr. Moitri Savard checks her laptop to see whether any patients have scheduled themselves to see her. Wait, scheduled themselves? Yes. Savard’s patients decide when they want to see her and then let her know by […]

By REED ABELSON NY TIMES By coordinating care and keeping their patients out of the hospital, doctors can help reduce overall health care spending, Medicare officials said yesterday in announcing the results of an experiment that allowed doctors to share in the cost savings. The experiment, which started in April 2005 and is to continue […]