http://www.modernhealthcare.com In response to Bill Bysinger’s letter, I would very much like to know which electronic medical record technology has been shown to be both cost-effective and easily adoptable by primary-care physicians in solo and small-group practices. I have explored many and have yet to find one with a short learning curve if it truly […]

Some come to learn, stay to live By JIM JOHNSON Herald Salinas Bureau Dr. Minerva Perez-Lopez is back where she started. Born at Natividad Medical Center and raised in East Salinas, Perez-Lopez said she always knew she’d be back even after leaving the area for a decade to go to college and work in Minnesota, […]

Austin Business Journal The Texas Medical Liability Trust’s governing board voted to reduce rates for Texas policyholders and pay out a dividend once policies are renewed in 2008. TMLT is the largest writer of medical malpractice insurance in Texas. The board approved a 6.5 percent rate reduction on all medical specialities and classes, effective Jan. […]

By Erik Lacitis Seattle Times staff reporter http://seattletimes.nwsource.com If patients getting a checkup at Dr. Donald Stewart’s clinic in Sammamish feel at ease — like they’re visiting the family doc at his home — it’s because they are. On July 28, Stewart began his new life as a downsized solo physician, chucking his previous career […]

http://www.kaisernetwork.org The 500-member Florida Medical Association House of Delegates over the weekend in Hollywood, Fla., met to discuss a number of potential policy changes, with much of the focus on access to care, the Miami Herald reports. Karl Altenburger, an allergist who became FMA president over the weekend, said that the group has entered a […]

http://canberra.yourguide.com.au Australia THE FINANCIAL and emotional cost of medical malpractice can last for years, even a lifetime. It’s one reason why most surgeons are advised to get “tail” coverage on their malpractice insurance, so that they are protected from medical negligence suits brought against them after their retirement. There is no such protection for patients […]

http://electronic-medical-record.blogspot.com/ A new research study by Purkinje, a healthcare technology and services firm, finds that three out of four (75%) Americans would prefer to have their prescription(s) filled in their doctor’s office instead of a retail pharmacy if given the choice. The research was conducted by Opinion Research Corporation on behalf of Purkinje. The study […]

AMA Leader Commentary. By Edward L. Langston, MD A message to all physicians from Edward L. Langston, MD, chair of the AMA Board of Trustees. The American Medical Association recently announced a three-year national communications program to underscore the plight of those among us without health insurance. Pointing out that “One in seven is 45 […]

http://www.ogletreedeakins.com On June 21, Governor Phil Bredesen signed House Bill 240/Senate Bill 1688, which was the General Assembly’s response to a 2005 case in which the Tennessee Supreme Court declined to enforce a non-compete provision in an employment contract between a physician and a clinic. In Murfreesboro Medical Clinic, P.A. v. Udom, the state’s highest […]