http://www.newswiretoday.com Logical Images, Inc., is pleased to announce a new project with the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) to offer special diagnostic software, VisualDx Family Medicine, to the AAFP’s more than 60,000 active members. The collaboration stems from the AAFP’s mission to promote high-quality, cost-effective health care for patients by delivering tools and resources […]

By Dave Hansen, AMNews staff http://www.ama-assn.org Washington — Federal regulators have proposed sweeping patient safety rules to give physicians and others a confidential, voluntary way to report medical errors and near mistakes. Several health care organizations applauded the release of the long-awaited regulations but want a closer look before making a final judgment. The rules, […]

Newsday Inc. http://www.newsday.com Couldn’t see your doctor today? Your favorite physician may have been busy seeking treatment for a vexing problem of his or her own. Exasperated by the soaring cost of medical malpractice insurance, a large contingent of doctors was to converge on Albany today in search of relief. The condition needs attention. Stat. […]

By Jerry Gleeson http://www.lohud.com About 100 Westchester County doctors are expected to make the rounds of the state Legislature today, lobbying against threatened increases in malpractice insurance that they say will drive physicians out of New York. Two buses were to leave the parking lot of the Medical Society of the County of Westchester in […]

By Jaclyn Youhana http://www.daily-journal.com Andrea Bennett’s regular doctor is not Terrill Applewhite. But when she goes to the hospital, that’s who she sees. Applewhite is a hospitalist, a doctor who takes over for the primary physician once a patient enters the hospital. That means when Bennett, 21, of Kankakee, needed a physical before her brain […]

By DENNIS CARDOZA and JIM COSTA http://www.modbee.com The San Joaquin Valley is facing a health care crisis, suffering from a physician shortage and a lack of adequate health care resources. Recent reports tell us the problem is worse than initially thought and likely to worsen. The best way to address this health care emergency is […]

By E.B. SOLOMONT http://www.nysun.com Health care organizations and physician groups will vie for the attention of state lawmakers this week, as thousands of health care lobbyists travel to Albany to weigh in on Governor Spitzer’s health care agenda. The main physician group in New York, the Medical Society of the State of New York, expects […]

Lewis S. Sharps, M.D., president, Positive Physicians Insurance Exchange – Paoli, Pa. http://blogs.usatoday.com USA TODAY’s story about the surgeon shortage hit the bull’s-eye. But numerous other issues are creating this situation (“Shortage of surgeons pinches U.S. hospitals,” Cover story, News, Tuesday). USA TODAY’s article overlooked the effect medical malpractice has on a region’s ability to […]

By The Herald-Dispatch Herald-Dispatch.com CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Group Practice Management Association will have its Spring Symposium  April 17-18 at the Marriott Hotel in Charleston, and its goal is to have every medical group practice manager attend, said Michael Sundall, the president of the association and HIMG Chief Executive Officer. The West Virginia Group […]