By Robyn Skinner http://www.royalgazette.com Obstetricians have warned that almost $80,000 a year malpractice insurance could drive them out of business and that Government could make legislative changes to protect them. Bermuda’s obstetricians buy their insurance through the Medical Protection Society in the UK, so premiums for them are based on projections for payouts in the […]

BY ANDI ATWATER http://www.kansas.com

http://www.marketwatch.com NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept 18, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Radiation Oncology Services of America, Inc. (ROSA), a subsidiary of Ambulatory Services of America, Inc., announced today the inaugural meeting of its Scientific Advisory Board in Dallas, Texas on September 12, 2008. The Scientific Advisory Board is comprised of a diverse group of leaders in […]

By JEREMY HAY & MARTIN ESPINOZA http://www.pressdemocrat.com

By DAN GOLD http://www.greatfallstribune.com A recent study reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association has suggested a disturbing trend. Of 1,200 fourth-year medical students surveyed, only 2 percent reported plans to enter primary care internal medicine. If this result is realized, the shortage of primary physicians will become acute. Medical education planners are […]

Joanna Smith http://www.thestar.com HALIFAX–New Democrat Leader Jack Layton made a billion-dollar promise to reduce the shortage of family doctors in Canada yesterday. “Having regular access to a family doctor is really the basic business of community health care,” Layton said in the medical building of Dalhousie University. “If you don’t have that, you don’t have […]

By JACK JAWITZ http://www2.tbo.com Have you seen them? They used to be among us. They used to be in your neighborhoods. We depend on them for our very life; from the day we’re born till the day we die, inclusive; and there are fewer and fewer in Florida. I am speaking about your doctors. The […]

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http://www.kwch.com (AP) GALENA, Kan. (AP) – A Missouri physicians’ group plans to build a new medical office building in Galena, Kan., citing lower malpractice insurance costs across the state line. Dr. Christopher Banwart, a member of Orthopedic Specialists of the Four States in Joplin, said Kansas’ malpractice insurance rates are 50% lower than Missouri’s. Assistant […]