Healthy plants, internet access and good reading material will make patients’ complaints melt away By Abe Konigsberg http://www.nationalreviewofmedicine.com For most practices in Canada, overstuffed waiting rooms are an unavoidable, often unpleasant fact of life. But a three-physician group in Montreal decided to make lemonade out of life’s lemons and turn their waiting room into a […]

Stanley Feld M.D.,FACP,MACE http://stanleyfeldmdmace.typepad.com I hit a nerve with my criticism of P4P. The reaction came from healthcare professionals who have worked hard to help organizations generate guidelines to improve the quality of care. They recognize that the healthcare system is in trouble. They all are sincere in wanting to help fix the dysfunctional system. […]

By Phil Galewitz Palm Beach Post Staff Writer http://www.palmbeachpost.com The Florida Board of Medicine took far fewer disciplinary actions against the state’s doctors last year compared with 2005, according to a report this month by the Federation of State Medical Boards. Overall, the board penalized 523 doctors last year, compared with 834 in 2005 — […]

Janet Firshein http://www.eurekalert.org (Boston MA) – Despite the potential for conflict of interest, virtually all practicing physicians in the U.S. have some form of relationship with pharmaceutical manufacturers but the nature and extent of those relationships vary, depending on the kind of practice, medical specialty, patient mix, and professional activities, reports a study in the […]

Increasing malpractice costs seem to have little effect on number practicing. The Associated Press Homepage HARRISBURG — Spiraling-malpractice insurance costs appeared to have little effect on the number of doctors in high-risk specialties practicing in Pennsylvania over a 10-year period, according to a new study. Opponents of efforts to limit pain-and-suffering awards in medical malpractice […]

This tiny, bare bones ‘micropractice’ is FP Gordon Moore’s idea of paradise. No secretary, no nurse — and no hassles By Peter Woodford http://www.nationalreviewofmedicine.com “In many ways this is a Norman Rockwell practice with a 21st century technological backbone,” muses solo FP Dr Gordon Moore of his Ideal Micropractice vision, speaking to NRM from his […]

Carlos T. Mock, MD http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com Chicago This is in response to “Abortion law is upheld; In 5-4 ruling, justices OK ban on controversial procedure” (Page 1, April 19). As a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist, I am deeply troubled by the Supreme Court’s ruling, in which justices approved a ban on partial-birth abortion without taking into consideration the […]

By Robin Williams Adams The Ledger http://www.theledger.com The medical team at Lakeland OB-GYN feels a little left out with all the talk about the primary care medical clinic that Central Florida Health Care is establishing in Lakeland with help from Polk County’s indigent-care sales tax. That clinic, due to open in four months, will offer […]

A legislative proposal would end malpractice insurance subsidies for doctors in communities like Ashland, with obstetricians among those most affected By Bill Kettler Mail Tribune http://www.mailtribune.com Lucinda Kolo came to Ashland to deliver babies, but the Oregon Legislature may force her to change her mind. The Legislature is deliberating a bill (SB 183) that would […]