By Myrle Croasdale http://www.ama-assn.org Medical schools would more than double the number of new graduates going into rural practice if each adds a rural training program, according to a study in the journal Academic Medicine. The small investment would have a sizable impact on rural access to health care, said Howard Rabinowitz, MD, lead study […]

Editorial Board http://daily.stanford.edu Last month was Stanford’s School of Medicine Match Day, a celebration where soon-to-be-graduates learned with which medical residency programs they had been paired. These graduates are faced with a difficult decision regarding which medical field to enter, and an increasing number of top medical students around the country are applying to residencies […]

http://www.prweb.com  A variety of demands, including technology, access to care and the trend toward medical homes, is forcing many physician practices to change the ways in which they function. During Physician Practice Transformation: Charting a Path Toward Increased Revenue and Improved Efficiency, Patient Satisfaction and Outcomes, a May 29, 2008 webinar from the Healthcare Intelligence […]

by Naomi Gumprich-Munn http://www.mlive.com/ While proposed funding cuts and projected doctor shortages threaten community health systems around the country, one medical education facility in the Tri-Cities is expanding operations. Synergy Medical Education Alliance in Saginaw is launching a new masters in public health degree program in collaboration with Davenport University, Chief Academic Officer Christine Rohr […]

EDWARD LANGSTON http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ In July, the government health insurance program for seniors and the disabled will automatically begin draconian payment cuts to physicians. Over a year and a half, the cuts translate to a loss of $200 million to Washington physician practices caring for Medicare patients. The more than 785,000 patients who rely on Medicare […]

Bradley Vasoli http://www.thebulletin.us/ Media – Hospital officials and health care experts from southeast Pennsylvania told the state House Republican Policy Committee yesterday that many maternity wards find it difficult to stay open due to malpractice insurance costs. Since 1995, 36 of the state’s hospital obstetrical units have closed, 14 of them in the southeast. But […]

The Uni-Ter Group http://www.redorbit.com/ Susan Bugg, RN, BSN, has been appointed Director of Risk Management for Risk Retention Groups (RRG) managed by Uni-Ter Underwriting Management Corporation, Sanford Elsass, President and CEO, announced. “Susan Bugg brings to our RRGs 22 years of practice as a nurse along with specialized experience in claims, risk analysis, medical malpractice, […]

by Janice Francis-Smith http://www.journalrecord.com/ OKLAHOMA CITY – Republican lawmakers are still holding out hope for a tort reform measure to make it into law this year, though the tone taken by tort reform advocates in recent weeks betrays an expectation of defeat once again. Previous attempts to pass lawsuit reform this year have resulted in […]

Jim Coyle http://www.thestar.com Forgiveness, a sage once said, is the vestibule of heaven. If so, apology must be the pathway to it. In the nit-picky world of contemporary Ontario politics – where clotheslines, lawn treatments and convenience-store displays have lately dominated attention – Liberal David Orazietti is championing an initiative that’s both inherently humble and […]