http://www.santafenewmexican.com By ASSOCIATED PRESS Statistics indicate New Mexico has fewer health care providers than the national average, suggesting patients wait longer to see physicians and have less access than residents of other states. “For what people are paying, they expect a little better on the service side,” Daniel Derksen, a family practice physician at the […]

By JIM PROVANCE BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU http://toledoblade.com Using northwest Ohio as its laboratory, state lawmakers have proposed a huge task force to figure out what Ohio can do to keep medical school graduates from fleeing the state for greener residency programs and homes elsewhere. “If you look at the workforce of the state, particularly northwest […]

The Associated Press http://www.joplinglobe.com An Oklahoma surgeon said Thursday he will not treat legislators who voted against a bill to curb malpractice insurance rates and suggested they go to Texas for surgical procedures. Unless it is an emergency, Dr. Peter S. Hedberg said he will “never again accept anyone as a patient who has voted […]

http://www.surgicenteronline.com/ When it comes to disclosing medical errors to patients, there is a gap between physicians’ attitudes and their real-world experiences admitting such errors, according to a University of Iowa study. From a survey of faculty physicians, resident physicians and medical students, researchers found that while nearly all respondents indicated that they would disclose a […]

JILL ARMENTROUT THE SAGINAW NEWS http://www.mlive.com Dr. Robert L. Vitu of Saginaw Township is officially retired but sometimes, it’s hard to tell. Vitu earned a 2007 Michigan State Medical Society Community Service Award in recognition of his volunteer work at a free health clinic in Saginaw. A family physician who spent 50 years serving patients, […]

http://www.forbes.com Since euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide were legalized by the Dutch in 2002, use of the practices has dropped slightly and now has stabilized, a new report finds. That marks an abrupt turnaround from trends during the last 10 years, say the authors of a study in the May 10 New England Journal of Medicine. […]

http://www.prweb.com/ Canada’s healthcare market is highly fragmented and growing as fewer physicians are entering the in-demand specialties including family and rural practice. Studies by the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) project the shortage to increase to between 2,400 and 3,400 physicians by 2010 depending on the degree of government action. These figures point towards an Ontario […]

By LAURENT L.N. BONCZIJK For the News-Register http://www.newsregister.com/ One of Dr. Klaus Martin’s main missions, as the new president of the Oregon Medical Association, will be to work toward overhaul of the way costs are covering in the American health care system. Martin, a family-practice physician based in McMinnville, said the workings of both the […]

New insurer includes 100 local doctors By Michael Schroeder The Journal Gazette http://www.fortwayne.com After much collaboration, nine Fort Wayne-based medical practices, employing nearly 100 doctors, have formed their own medical malpractice insurance company. The result, Fort Wayne Medical Assurance Co., incorporated under the Federal Risk Retention Group Act, will cover those practices. It also will […]