By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH http://www.redorbit.com What do doctors talk about when they get together? Probably bosses, interesting cases, salaries and nurses, among other subjects. At the second Israel Medical Convention held recently at Jerusalem’s International Convention Center, some 1,000 physicians and others came to hear eight hours of lectures on the hospital of the future, medical […]

By Dave Hodges http://www.tallahassee.com After having an obstetrics and gynecology practice in Tallahassee for 24 years, Dr. Tara Wah is ending her career in medicine in November. The economics of her practice due to medical malpractice insurance rates are driving her out of business, she says. Wah has written her patients a letter relaying the […]

http://www.upi.com OTTAWA, Aug. 7 (UPI) — This summer has seen a surge of nearly 2,500 medical doctors beginning hospital residencies in Canada, where officials say there is a doctor shortage.The Canadian Resident Matching Service said of the 2,478 residents, 353 graduated from medical schools outside Canada, which is a record since foreign restrictions were eased […]

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Web posts offer insight into the profession, but also raise patient privacy issues. By Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer For physicians of a certain age, the weekly teaching session known as grand rounds is a ritual steeped in formality and tradition. Presided over by the profession’s graybeards, grand rounds are attended with white […]

Admission to Miami-Dade College’s trailblazing midwifery program was suspended Friday — a sign of the financial challenges afflicting MDC and other schools. BY ERIKA BERAS http://www.miamiherald.com In another sign of the hard times in higher education, Miami Dade College said Friday it was suspending its innovative midwifery program — because not enough students had paid […]

Doctors at Long Island College Hospital Dissent From Continuum Plan By E.B. SOLOMONT, Staff Reporter of the Sun http://www.nysun.com A cash-strapped Brooklyn hospital will stop delivering babies, aiming to regain its financial footing and reduce its escalating medical malpractice costs. Long Island College Hospital, in the Cobble Hill neighborhood, plans to shutter its obstetrics department […]

http://www.kaisernetwork.org Rural areas in Maryland likely will experience severe shortages of physicians by 2015 as physicians begin to retire and younger physicians decide to practice elsewhere, according to a report by the Maryland Hospital Association and MedChi, the state’s medical society, the AP/Baltimore Sun reports. According to the report, the shortage would have the greatest […]