Joe Pellicer For The Olympian I recently attended a refreshingly different medical conference. Instead of t eaching about diagnosis and treatment, it taught us about the art and science of service excellence in the practice of medicine. As medicine has evolved from its cultish past into a multibillion dollar industry, too many physicians have considered […]

By Lillian Kwon Christian Post Reporter A national society of physician assistants (PA) this week rejected a resolution that would have banned all efforts to alter sexual orientation. Instead, it passed one that would not restrict PAs from helping those with unwanted homosexual desires. PAs, health care professionals who are licensed or credentialed to practice […]

http://emradvice.wordpress.com Like a recurring dream about having to take a test they didn’t study for, some physicians view the idea of patients with electronic personal-health records as their own personal nightmare. Visions of patients handing over a computer disk containing years’ worth of blood-pressure readings taken every four hours along with random recollections of rashes […]

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com Research presented at Digestive Disease Week® 2007 (DDW®) examines a new endoscopic suturing method for the treatment of gastrointestinal perforations and other types of transgastric surgery, as well as the use of wireless capsule endoscopy in young children, to better understand the pathology of the small intestine. Endoscopic procedures are continually enhancing and improving […]

A decision by a major medical group to post rates could push rivals to do the same, letting Californians shop. By Lisa Girion, Times Staff Writer LA TIMES California’s largest private physician practice has become one of the first doctor groups in the nation, and almost certainly the largest, to make prices for its medical […]

Lee Bowman/Scripps Howard News Service http://www.abqtrib.com We all make mistakes, even doctors from time to time. And in theory, it’s good to admit it when we make a mistake. But when it comes to doctors, a recent study suggests they’re more likely to say it’s important in theory to disclose a medical error to patients […]

By Paul Feinberg http://www.exduco.net Dr. Raphael Darvish (’04) is medical director of Concierge Medicine/LA, a VIP medical practice designed to offer patients “the best of the best” care without medical insurance hassles. Darvish, a fourth-generation physician (his father is a partner in Concierge Medicine/LA), created the practice after receiving his MBA and completing his medical […]

http://www.earthtimes.org/ Waiting Room Solutions today announced that Version 3 of its next generation hosted EMR & Practice Management Solution has been awarded second honors at the TEPR awards in the Personal Health Record Category. The TEPR awards are presented by the Medical Records Institute for outstanding healthcare solutions. “We are pleased to be awarded second […]

http://medinnovationblog.blogspot.com Do You Single or Mingle? In Mind Set! (Collins, 2007), John Naisbitt, who wrote Megatrends, observes how you think about an issue depends upon your mindset. Naisbitt puts it this way, â€?Judgments in every area are driven by mindsets, from world affairs to personal relations.â€? If you think of the world as a clash […]