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By CAROLYN FEIBEL http://www.chron.com/ Should you call an ambulance for a sprained wrist or child’s fever? A spider bite? The medical consensus is no, but every year thousands of people in the Houston area dial 911 for non-emergencies. Hoping to cut back on the number of ambulances responding to non-emergency calls, the City Council voted […]

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http://www.marketwire.com NAPA, CA–(Marketwire – June 5, 2008) – The Doctors Company, the nation’s leading physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, is pleased to announce an overall average rate reduction of 13.4 percent for its Ohio physician members that is effective immediately for new policies and on July 1, 2008 for renewal policies. Some physicians will have premium […]

By BENJAMIN BREWER http://online.wsj.com We’ve now trained a complete generation of doctors that cares more about lifestyle than anything else. Medical students are choosing the ROAD to success, meaning Radiology, Ophthalmology, Anesthesia and Dermatology. By first year, many are writing off anything but a fast track to minimal call, high pay and the lifestyle perks […]

Associated Press WASHINGTON – A broad coalition of corporations, consumer groups, and pharmaceutical providers moved closer this week to compelling millions of doctors to file prescriptions electronically. Electronic prescription supporters as disparate as AARP and AT&T have touted it as an easy, effective way to avoid deadly medication errors and save healthcare providers billions, while […]

Bernadette Tansey http://www.sfgate.com Drug companies shower medical school faculty members with pens, pricey dinners, free samples and other inducements to influence their prescribing patterns, an organization of U.S. medical students says. The med students are now trying to erase that pattern by grading their teachers. The American Medical Student Association issued its second annual report […]

http://www.hhs.gov The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), today released a comprehensive plan for advancing health information technology (IT). The plan will serve as a guide to coordinate the federal government’s health IT efforts, which seek to achieve nationwide implementation […]