http://www.insurancejournal.com Eugenie Shea joined Austin, Texas-based medical liability insurer Medicus Insurance Company as president and chief operating officer. In addition to her responsibilities as president and COO, Shea will also serve as executive vice president of the parent company, Medicus Insurance Holdings Inc. Sheldon Davidow has taken on the role of chief executive officer of […]

http://www.pr-usa.net Alpharetta, Ga. (Vocus) May 2, 2008 — Experts project that over the next decade the U.S. doctor shortage will become even more acute in rural health, where physician recruiting firms like LocumTenens.com (http://www.locumtenens.com/Facility-Resources/Rural-Recruiting.aspx) do at least 60% of their business. (For more information, visit www.locumtenens.com/rural_doctor_shortage.)

Ketchikan Daily News http://www.alaskajournal.com The diagnosis is that the nation doesn’t have enough doctors. Ketchikan often is looking to bring one to the community. The shortage likely will worsen after July 1, when doctors who treat Medicare patients get a 10 percent pay cut. Couple that with the aging population of doctors – one-third or […]

http://www.insidehighered.com/ Elia Powers With expected growth at existing schools and a collection of new ones likely on the way, the country’s first-year medical school enrollment is projected to grow 21 percent over a 10-year period ending in 2012, according to a survey released by the Association of American Medical Colleges. That would mean a collective […]

Jeremy Roebuck http://www.themonitor.com/ Limits on lawsuit damages since 1995 have helped pump $1.53 billion into the local economy and created nearly 8,000 new jobs, according to a study commissioned by a legal reform group. But critics and plaintiff advocates question the report’s methodology and say tort reform in Texas has made it more difficult for […]

By Michelle Rupe Eubanks http://www.timesdaily.com Dr. Shelby Bailey was like a lot of his peers when he began his private practice: burdened with student loan debt but determined to solve the medical problems of his patients. “Everyone has their own reasons for becoming a doctor, and I chose it for a variety of reasons,” he […]

http://www.newswire.ca/ TORONTO, May 4 /CNW/ – Dr. Ken Arnold, the new president of the Ontario Medical Association (OMA), says Ontario’s health care system must be able to compete with other Canadian jurisdictions as well as the United States. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, by 2020, the doctor shortage in the United States […]

By T.M. Shultz http://www.dcourier.com/ Because no one knows how many primary care doctors it actually will take to care for a growing and aging population, an exact number of new primary care doctors needed in Prescott and Prescott Valley is hard to come by. Officials at Yavapai Regional Medical Center say at least 10 more […]

http://www.philly.com Re: “Malpractice subsidy: Health care on hold,” April 5: While doctors are often willing to help the uninsured, our organization believes that when individuals have health insurance they are more likely to access care without concern. Too often the uninsured go without preventive care due to costs. And, sometimes they’ll put off more serious […]