By Amy Lynn Sorrel http://www.ama-assn.org A legal dispute in Washington state has doctors worried that their ability to employ other licensed medical professionals — and ultimately compete in health care — may be compromised. The owner of a physical therapy group is suing an orthopedic practice, saying the doctors are profiting illegally from referrals they […]

The Olympian http://www.theolympian.com For a modest investment of $3 million, state lawmakers could help ease the shortage of primary care physicians across Washington. South Sound, like Eastern Washington and other sectors of the state, has a shortage of primary care doctors. New physicians can make more money by going into a specialty. The shortage of […]

Advertiser Staff http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com A panel will discuss the physician shortage in Windward O’ahu and possible solutions to the problem at a free public forum at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Castle Medical Center Auditorium, 640 ‘Ulukahiki St. The panelists include Dr. Linda Rasmussen, legislative co-chairwoman of the Hawai’i Medical Association; Kevin Roberts, president and CEO of […]

The Chronical Herald http://thechronicleherald.ca BRIDGEWATER — It’s a beautiful, spring-like day in Bridgewater. The warm sun melts the icicles left by Friday night’s snowfall, but Doug Wilneff is staying in. He has the sniffles and doesn’t want to risk getting sick, because he has no doctor. His wife Sheila has the hours of the evening […]

By Donna Wright http://www.bradenton.com Florida faces a “perfect storm” of adverse conditions that could severely limit access to health care within the next decade, warns Dr. Karl M. Altenburger, president of the Florida Medical Association. The impact of Medicare and Medicaid cuts, compounded by the aging of the state’s physician pool and the lack of […]

By Carlos Muhletaler http://www.sun-sentinel.com As the leader of a statewide legal watchdog group, I am often asked to explain how all of us pay for lawsuit abuse in Florida even if we have not personally been sued. The current and impending neurosurgeon shortage in Palm Beach County is a perfect illustration of the very real […]

Posted By Trevor Pritchard http://www.standard-freeholder.com Dr. Elvira Halili has just finished her overnight shift at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario when she meets her colleague, Dr. Saad Abbud, at the Ottawa shopping mall where he studies for his medical school exams. The two foreign-born physicians – Halili is from Kosovo, while Abbud hails from […]

by Ariti Jankie South Bureau http://www.trinidadexpress.com For the past four weeks a Chaguanas mother of two has been counting down her last days on earth. After months of being treated for weakness and a persistent cold, she eventually discovered that she had cancer and that it had spread throughout her abdomen. A member of the […]

by Valerie Bauman, Associated Press http://www.sfgate.com (02-24) 04:00 PST Saranac Lake , N.Y. — In secluded corners of upstate New York and impoverished neighborhoods around New York City, the sick are less likely to see a doctor. Hours from a big city, and a helicopter ride away from certain specialized medical treatments, Adirondack Medical Center […]