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'Doc Fix' Vote Contains Unwelcome News for Hospitals
June 21, 2010 -- The Senate measure prevents hospitals from submitting separate claims for inpatient and outpatient therapeutic care provided within 72 hours of an admission. Hospitals believe these provisions would take away important billing options.
Source: HealthLeaders Media
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Tagged keywords: Hospitals, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Policy
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'Doctor of Nursing Practice in Executive Leadership' Degree Program Launches
July 21, 2010 -- American Sentinel University announced the launch of its first doctoral degree program, the Doctor of Nursing Practice in Executive Leadership.
Source: Advance for Nurses
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Faculty, National, Nursing Occupations
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'Hospitalists' Emerge to Fill a New Medical Role
July 19, 2010 -- There is a new trend among many hospitals to turn over the care of in-hospital patients to specialty doctors called hospitalists, freeing primary care physicians to see more patients in their offices.
Source: The Daily News (WA)
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Access, Hospitals, National, Physicians, Primary Care, Specialty Choice, Trends
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'Mystery Patients' Study Says Doctors Can Miss Health's Social Determinants
July 19, 2010 -- Actors playing patients were sent into physicians' offices and discovered that errors occurred in 78 percent of cases when socioeconomic concerns were a significant factor, according to a recent paper.
Source: Chicago Tribune
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Tagged keywords: Cultural Competence, Health Care Quality, Hospitals, National, Patient Safety, Physicians, Primary Care, Research
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AAMC Praises Draft Duty Hour Standards for Medical Residents
June 23, 2010 -- Press release from AAMC emphasizes the importance of patient safety.
Source: Association of American Medical Colleges
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, National, Patient Safety, Physicians
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AAMC Report Offers Guidelines for Managing Conflicts of Interest in Clinical Care
July 21, 2010 -- The Association of American Medical Colleges, or AAMC, is urging U.S. teaching hospitals to establish policies to manage financial relationships between physicians and industry to avoid any potential influence on patient care.
Source: AAFP News Now
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Education and Training, National, Patient Safety, Physicians
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AAMC Says HHS Investment in Health Care Workforce Is an Important First Step to Address Shortages
June 17, 2010 -- The AAMC publicly supports the Department of Health and Human Services' recent investment in primary care health workforce.
Source: AAMC Reporter
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care
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Access to Primary Care Physicians Getting Tougher, Report Finds
July 26, 2010 -- Massachusetts has the highest ratio of doctors per person in the country, but that doesn’t mean its residents can find a primary care physician who is accepting new patients.
Source: The Boston Globe
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Health Care Access, Health Reform, Hospitals, Massachusetts, Physicians, Primary Care, Statistics and Data, Trends, Urban
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Addressing the Anticipated New Jersey Physician Shortage
July 26, 2010 -- In recent months, there have been several reports published that have forecasted dramatic physician shortages in New Jersey.
Source: Physicians News
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Health Care Access, Health Reform, New Jersey, Physicians, Primary Care, Recruitment and Retention, Supply and Demand
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Affordable Care Act Provides Expanded Tax Benefit to Health Professionals Working in Underserved Areas
June 16, 2010 -- Health professionals who received student loan relief under state programs that reward those working in underserved communities may qualify for refunds on their 2009 federal income tax returns as well as an annual tax cut going forward.
Source: IRS.gov
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Tagged keywords: Financial Aid, Loan Repayment Programs, National, Shortage Designations
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Agencies Warn of Coming Doctor Shortage
June 7, 2010 -- Uneven distributions, in disciplines and locations, could strain the health care system. Can it be stopped?
Source: The Los Angeles Times
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Tagged keywords: California, Health Reform, National, Nursing Occupations, Physicians, Primary Care, Supply and Demand
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Ah Doctor, What Exactly Does This Entry Mean?
July 20, 2010 -- Profiles the "OpenNotes" Initiative, which makes doctor's notes accessible to their patients.
Source: KCAU-TV Sioux City (IA)
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Tagged keywords: Evaluation, Health Care Quality, Massachusetts, Patient Safety, Pennsylvania, Physicians, Primary Care, Technology, Trends, Washington
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AMA Delegates Adopt Measures to Promote Primary Care, Rural Practice
June 16, 2010 -- The AMA will begin promoting training in the patient-centered medical home as a way to encourage medical students and residents to choose a career in primary care. It will also encourage rural practice.
Source: AAFP News Now
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, National, Physicians, Primary Care, Rural, Shortage Designations, Supply and Demand
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AMA Meeting: More Physicians Needed to Counter Workforce Shortages
June 28, 2010 -- The AMA House of Delegates adopted policies aimed at increasing the physician workforce and staving off shortages by promoting practice in underserved areas, expanding residency training, developing primary care, and more.
Source: American Medical News
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Tagged keywords: National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Rural, Shortage Designations
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AMA to New York Times: How Can We Fix Medicare Payments?
June 9, 2010 -- Letters to the Editor argue that Congress needs to replace the physician payment system, pay the tab, and protect Medicare for the elderly.
Source: American Medical Association
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Tagged keywords: Economy, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Policy
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American Indians Into Psychology; Notice of Competitive Grant Applications for American Indians Into Psychology Program
June 25, 2010 -- The Indian Health Service (IHS) is accepting competitive grant applications for the American Indians into Psychology Program, to develop and maintain Indian psychology career recruitment programs.
Source: Federal Register
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Tagged keywords: Cultural Competence, Diversity, National, Psychologists, Shortage Designations
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Are Colleges Oversupplying Nurses?
June 22, 2010 -- Data exists that should have us all asking if the nation's public and private colleges are producing too many nurses.
Source: Minnesota Public Radio
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, National, Nursing Occupations, Registered Nurses, Research, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Arizona Struggling to Keep Doctors in State
July 1, 2010 -- Reports on challenges keeping physicians in Arizona after they've completed medical residencies in the state.
Source: The Arizona Republic
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Tagged keywords: Arizona, Physicians, Recruitment and Retention, Residency Programs
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Aspiring Doctors Take Note
July 1, 2010 -- Reports on Louisiana Area Health Education Center program which exposes high school students to health careers.
Source: The Advocate (LA)
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Tagged keywords: Area Health Education Centers, Education and Training, Louisiana, Workforce Pipeline
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Bad Nurses Able to Keep Working in Other States
July 14, 2010 -- Features significant gaps in regulatory efforts nationwide to keep nurses from avoiding the consequences of misconduct by hopping across state lines.
Source: USA Today
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Tagged keywords: Licensure and Certification, National, Nursing Occupations, Patient Safety, Policy, Registered Nurses
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Bill That Would Offer Free Malparactice Insurance Faces Hurdles
July 24, 2010 -- House lawmakers moving legislation to lure physicians to medically underserved areas are hoping the politics of tort reform don’t sink their proposal — again.
Source: TheHill.com
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Tagged keywords: Malpractice Insurance, National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Recruitment and Retention, Shortage Designations, Workforce Pipeline
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Breaking the Cycle: Nurse-Led Efforts Reduce Hospital Readmissions
July 27, 2010 -- Keeping patients with multiple chronic conditions out of the hospital has always presented a challenge for health care providers, but an increasing awareness of why patients return coupled with a push to reduce health care costs has put hospital readmissi
Source: Nurse.com
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Tagged keywords: Best Practices and Model Programs, Health Care Quality, National, Nursing Occupations, Patient Safety, Registered Nurses, Statistics and Data, Trends
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Bringing Doctors to the Dying Patient’s Bedside
June 3, 2010 -- Profiles a project in New Jersey that pairs medical students with patients who are dying alone and helps family members who are struggling with terminally ill loved ones.
Source: The New York Times
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, New Jersey, Physicians, Residency Programs
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Candy Striper to Case Manager: Health Care Worker of the Year Illustrates Impact of Outstanding Caregivers
June 30, 2010 -- OHA awarded Karen Buchmann, RN and case manager at Salem Community Hospital, its 2010 Albert E. Dyckes Health Care Worker of the Year Award June 15 at its annual OHA Recognition Dinner.
Source: Ohio Hospital Association
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Tagged keywords: Community Health Workers, Hospitals, Ohio, Registered Nurses
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CareFirst to Reward Docs for Reducing Costs, Improving Care
June 4, 2010 -- Profiles a Baltimore-area program that dangles big financial rewards in front of physicians who change the way they deliver primary care by improving the health of their sickest patients while reducing costs.
Source: Baltimore Business Journal
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Tagged keywords: Maryland, Physicians, Primary Care
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Caregivers are Bracing for Baby Boom Tsunami
June 5, 2010 -- As 77 million Baby Boomers move into their golden years, there is a shortage of direct-care workers who can help them retain a sense of independence.
Source: The Arizona Republic
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Tagged keywords: Arizona, National, Nursing Occupations, Physicians, Primary Care, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Carnegie Report Calls for Key Innovations in Medical Education
June 29, 2010 -- A recently released study on medical school and residency education includes recommendations that emphasize standardized learning outcomes and competencies, individualized training, and more.
Source: AAFP News Now
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, National, Physicians
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Changes to Financial Aid Programs Increase Access to Higher Education
July 1, 2010 -- Under provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, federal student aid will increase and become more accessible for millions of college students and their families.
Source: U.S. Department of Education Press Release
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Tagged keywords: Financial Aid, National
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Clinic Demand Is Up as Doctors Don't Accept New Patients
July 25, 2010 -- Addresses primary care physician supply and demand in Vermont.
Source: Bennington Banner (VT)
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Health Care Access, Physicians, Primary Care, Statistics and Data, Supply and Demand, Trends, Vermont
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CMS Creates Online Resources to Assist Physicians
July 20, 2010 -- CMS is aiming to quell confusion in the physician community surrounding new Medicare enrollment requirements embedded in health care reform legislation by offering physicians targeted guidance to help them through the process.
Source: AAFP News Now
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Policy
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CMS Invites States to Apply for Medical Home Demonstration
June 3, 2010 -- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is accepting applications from states to participate in a demonstration project that will assess the ability of patient-centered "medical homes" to improve primary care delivery and lower health care costs.
Source: AHA News Now
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, National, Primary Care
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CMS Proposes Easier Telemedicine Credentialing Processes for Hospitals
June 16, 2010 -- The proposed regulations would allow the governing body of a hospital whose patients receive telemedicine services to grant privileges based on recommendations from its medical staff.
Source: AAFP News Now
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Tagged keywords: Health Informaticians, Health Information Administrators, Health Information and Informatics Occupations, Health Information Coders, Health Information Technicians, Hospitals, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Policy, Technology
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Comprehensive Review of USMLE (CRU)
June 30, 2010 -- Highlights upcoming changes to the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) resulting from a comprehensive review of the exam.
Source: Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
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Tagged keywords: Licensure and Certification, National, Physicians
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Concierge Medicine: Patients Pay Extra to Keep Doctor
July 6, 2010 -- In Oklahoma, some patients pay a yearly $1,500 not covered by insurance to receive more personalized care from their physicians, a controversial medical model referred to as "concierge medicine."
Source: Tulsa World (OK)
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, Oklahoma, Physicians, Primary Care, Trends
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Country Doctor Goes the Way of the Farmer
July 7, 2010 -- Article discusses how New England country doctors are about to follow small farmers into obscurity, pushed out by changes in technology and markets.
Source: Daily Yonder
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Tagged keywords: National, Physicians, Rural, Trends
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Demands on Med/Surg Nurses Increasing
June 21, 2010 -- Nurses are working in a world in which patients have more co-morbidities and chronic illnesses, use more medications and have shorter hospital stays.
Source: Nurse.com News
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Tagged keywords: National, Nursing Occupations, Registered Nurses, Trends
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Despite Recent Layoffs, Hospitals May Be Poised for Hiring
July 26, 2010 -- Despite the reductions, David Cherner, managing partner of Health Workforce Solutions, LLC, says he remains “bullish” on hospital hiring, and believes hospitals in several markets across the country are poised to add staff—possibly by the end of thi
Source: HealthLeaders Media
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Tagged keywords: Allied Health, Hospitals, National, Recruitment and Retention, Statistics and Data, Supply and Demand, Trends, Urban
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Disparities Remain a Challenge in Health Care, Says American College of Physicians
July 26, 2010 -- Racial and ethnic disparities remain a challenge for patients in the U.S. health care system, the American College of Physicians (ACP) said in an updated paper.
Source: American College of Physicians
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Tagged keywords: Cultural Competence, Disparities, Distribution, Diversity, National, Physicians, Recruitment and Retention, Statistics and Data, Trends, Workforce Pipeline
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Dissecting the Healthcare Reform Bill: What Nurses Need to Know
July 27, 2010 -- Provides an overview of some of the provisions that will most directly affect nurses.
Source: Nurse.com
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Nursing Occupations, Policy, Registered Nurses
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Doctor Drain Sounds Alarm Among Policymakers
June 28, 2010 -- With data showing the shortage of doctors worsening, new bills and proposals aim to ensure that physicians stay in New Jersey.
Source: NJ Spotlight
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Tagged keywords: New Jersey, Physicians, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Doctor, Nurse Roles Considered As Shortages Take Hold
July 20, 2010 -- Kaiser Health News aggregates stories from national news media focusing on the changing roles of physicians and nurses.
Source: Kaiser Health News
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Tagged keywords: Economy, National, Nursing Occupations, Physicians, Primary Care, Registered Nurses, Supply and Demand
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Doctors and Hospitals Say Goals on Computerized Records Are Unrealistic
June 7, 2010 -- Critics of "meaningful use" incentives argue that the eligibility criteria proposed by the Obama administration for are so strict and so ambitious that hardly any doctors or hospitals can meet them.
Source: The New York Times
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, Hospitals, National, Physicians, Policy, Technology
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Doctors Face 21 Percent Cut in Medicare Payments
June 14, 2010 -- Doctors with Medicare patients will start seeing a 21 percent pay cut this week after Congress failed to defer the cuts by two more years.
Source: The Washington Post
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Tagged keywords: Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care
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Doctors Find Solo Act Tough Medicine
July 20, 2010 -- The private doctor's practice -- long considered a mainstay of American medicine -- could be going the way of the independent bookstore and locally owned pharmacy, crushed by mounting economic pressures.
Source: The Detroit News
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Tagged keywords: Economy, National, Physicians, Primary Care, Trends
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Doctors Perform Poorly When Patients Need Special Care
July 20, 2010 -- Patients often receive inappropriate care when their doctors fail to take into account the patients' unique or individual circumstances, according to a new study.
Source: The Kansas Free Press
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Tagged keywords: Cultural Competence, Education and Training, Health Care Quality, National, Patient Safety, Physicians, Research
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Doctors vs. Nurses vs. Patients
July 12, 2010 -- What training, education and experience do we require of all who provide medical care? Do you need to hold a medical degree to perform certain procedures?
Source: Des Moines Register (IA)
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Iowa, National, Nursing Occupations, Patient Safety, Physicians, Policy, Registered Nurses
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Doctors Who Specialize in Caring for Older Adults Remain Rare
June 4, 2010 -- According to the California Medical Board, only 15 doctors in Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, and El Dorado counties currently identify themselves as geriatricians. By comparison, 350 local physicians are pediatricians.
Source: The Sacramento Bee (CA)
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Tagged keywords: California, National, Physicians, Specialty Choice, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Duluth Nurses Defend Quest for Patient-Nurse Ratios
July 22, 2010 -- There's a question about Duluth nurses' push for patient safety in their new contracts, because Minnesota hospitals lead the nation when it comes to quality health care and patient safety.
Source: Northland News Center (MN)
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Quality, Hospitals, Minnesota, Nursing Occupations, Patient Safety, Registered Nurses, Trends
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Education Grants Aim to Bolster Health-Care Ranks
July 13, 2010 -- Profiles the $96 million in grants from the Department of Health and Human Services intended to increase the racial diversity of the health-care workforce by keeping minority students in health classes.
Source: The Washington Post
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Tagged keywords: Diversity, Economy, Education and Training, Financial Aid, Health Reform, National, Nursing Occupations, Physicians, Workforce Pipeline
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Elite Medical Schools Rate Poorly On Social Mission
June 15, 2010 -- A new study ranking the social mission of medical schools puts historically black colleges on top and some Northeast private schools at the bottom.
Source: Kaiser Health News
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, National, Physicians, Primary Care, Supply and Demand
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Emergency Room Visits Grow in Massachusetts
July 4, 2010 -- The number of people visiting hospital emergency rooms has climbed in Massachusetts, despite the enactment of nearly universal health insurance.
Source: The Boston Globe
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Tagged keywords: Hospitals, Massachusetts, Primary Care, Supply and Demand, Trends
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ER Doctors: Lawsuit Fears Lead to Overtesting
June 21, 2010 -- The fear of missing something weighs heavily on every doctor's mind, but the stakes are highest in the ER, and that fear often leads to extra tests and scans for what may be harmless chest pains, minor head bumps, and non-threatening stomachaches.
Source: Associated Press
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Tagged keywords: Hospitals, Malpractice Insurance, National, Physicians
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ERs Fill Up Downtown
June 17, 2010 -- Emergency rooms in downtown Manhattan have become more crowded since St. Vincent's Hospital closed in April, but ambulances are getting patients into the remaining ERs faster than they did when the 161-year-old Greenwich Village hospital was open.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
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Tagged keywords: Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics, Hospitals, New York, Supply and Demand, Urban
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Establishment of the Personal Care Attendants Workforce Advisory Panel
June 16, 2010 -- The committee will provide advice and guidance on issues
related to the adequacy of the number of personal care attendant workers as well as the salaries, wages, and benefits, and access to the services provided by personal care attendant workers.
Source: Federal Register
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Personal and Home Care Aides, Policy
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Expanded Tax Relief on State Loan Repayment, Forgiveness Programs Benefits Physicians, Medically Underserved Individuals
July 27, 2010 -- Physicians who have received student loan forgiveness as an incentive to practice in medically underserved areas of their states may be eligible for some relief from federal income taxes on those loan amounts.
Source: AAFP News Now
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Tagged keywords: Delaware, Distribution, Family Medicine Physicians, Financial Aid, Health Reform, Loan Repayment Programs, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Rural, Shortage Designations, Supply and Demand, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin
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Factory Efficiency Comes to the Hospital
July 9, 2010 -- Seattle Children’s Hospital says it has improved patient care, and its bottom line, by using practices made famous by Toyota and others.
Source: The New York Times
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Tagged keywords: Allied Health, Clinics, Hospitals, National, Nursing Occupations, Patient Safety, Physicians, Trends
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Federal Grant Addresses Nursing Shortage
June 30, 2010 -- Congressman Tom Perriello recently announced a $99,900 federal grant for the South Central Virginia Area Health Education Center's new School of Practical Nursing in Pittsylvania County.
Source: Times-Virginian (VA)
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Tagged keywords: Area Health Education Centers, Nursing Occupations, Policy, Supply and Demand, Virginia, Workforce Pipeline
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Feds to Spend $144M to Train Health IT Workers
July 16, 2010 -- Computerworld article reports that beginning this fall, more than 80 community colleges and universities in the U.S. will begin training health care IT workers under a government grant program created to help fill an estimated 50,000 jobs needed to assist
Source: ComputerWorld
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Health Information and Informatics Occupations, Health Information Technicians, National, Technology
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Finding Direction: Students Look at Future in Medicine Through Summer Program
June 17, 2010 -- Reports on AHEC-sponsored pipeline program in Louisiana.
Source: The Town Talk (LA)
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Tagged keywords: Area Health Education Centers, Louisiana, Workforce Pipeline
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Fiscal Fallout: Medical Boards Manage Shrinking Budgets
June 30, 2010 -- Highlights how state medical boards are dealing with budget cuts.
Source: Newsline
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Tagged keywords: Colorado, Economy, Licensure and Certification, New Mexico, Physicians, Washington
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Food for Thought
June 7, 2010 -- The biggest problem with the eating habits of nurses during work hours is usually not that they eat too much - it's that they don't eat enough, nutrition experts say.
Source: Nurse.com News
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Tagged keywords: National, Nursing Occupations, Research, Trends
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Foreign Concepts
July 26, 2010 -- Medical education overseas offers lessons for U.S. providers as America struggles to overcome shortages of primary-care docs.
Source: Modern Healthcare
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, International, Physicians, Primary Care, Supply and Demand
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Four-year Family Medicine Residency Would Enhance Quality, Performance, Says Educator
June 9, 2010 -- At a time when some medical schools are considering condensing their programs -- and others already have -- one medical education expert says family medicine residencies should be expanded to four years.
Source: AAFP News Now
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Family Medicine Physicians, Hospitals, National, Residency Programs
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Haiti Health Workforce Webinar
July 21, 2010 -- Webinar aims to provide a view into the relief work and allows participants to ask people working in Haiti about their experiences.
Source: Doc Gurley
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Tagged keywords: Best Practices and Model Programs, Health Care Access, Health Care Quality, Health Care Support, International, Nursing Occupations, Physicians
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The Health Care Economy: New Questions About Costs, Quality And Care
June 8, 2010 -- Employment reports show a dip in private sector hiring, raising the specter of a lackluster recovery. A closer look at the numbers, though, reveals that happy days are here in the nation’s physician offices, for now.
Source: Kaiser Health News
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Tagged keywords: Economy, National, Physicians, Trends
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Health Centers Will Save Billions Under Health Care Reform Act, Says Study
July 9, 2010 -- The recently enacted health care reform legislation provides an additional $11 billion in funding for community health centers, enabling CHCs to double the number of people they serve by 2015.
Source: AAFP News Now
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Tagged keywords: Community Health Workers, Health Reform, National, Supply and Demand
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Health Information Technology: Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology; Final Rule
July 28, 2010 -- The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is issuing this final rule to complete the adoption of an initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for meaningful use of Health Information Technology.
Source: Federal Register
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Health Administrators, Health Informaticians, Health Information Administrators, Health Information and Informatics Occupations, Health Information Coders, Health Information Technicians, Hospitals, National, Policy, Technology
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Healthcare Reforms May Open Doors for NPs
June 21, 2010 -- Article makes the case that although media reports have fueled fears that an influx of newly insured patients could create a physician shortage, advanced practice nurses are poised more than ever to meet that need.
Source: Nurse.com News
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing Occupations, Supply and Demand
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Healthcare Workforce Provider Maps Available
June 15, 2010 -- Provides information about the availability of materials for sale from the National Center for the Analysis of Healthcare Data (NCAHD).
Source: NCAHD Press Release
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Tagged keywords: Maps, National, Research
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HHS Appoints HPSA Rulemaking Committee
July 19, 2010 -- Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius July 9 announced the appointees for a negotiated rulemaking committee to review and update the criteria used to define the federal designations for underserved areas.
Source: AAMC: Washington Highlights
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Access, National, Policy, Shortage Designations, Supply and Demand
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HHS Awards $9 Million to Train Preventive Medicine Physicians
July 23, 2010 -- Over the next three years, it is projected that more than 180 preventive medicine residents will receive training in a variety of public health settings -- including state, local and tribal public health departments, hospitals, and more.
Source: HHS.gov
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Tagged keywords: Academic Health Centers, Clinics, Education and Training, Hospitals, National, Physicians, Policy, Workforce Pipeline
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HHS Awards $96 Million to Train Health Professionals
July 1, 2010 -- HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the awarding of $96 million in grants to increase diversity in the health professions workforce and encourage nurses to choose careers as nurse educators.
Source: Department of HHS Press Release
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Tagged keywords: Allied Health, Allopathic Physicians, Audiologists, Dental Hygienists, Dentists, Dietitians and Nutritionists, Diversity, Faculty, Financial Aid, National, Nursing Occupations, Occupational Therapy Occupations, Optometrists, Osteopathic Physicians, Pharmacists, Physical Therapy Occupations, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Podiatrists, Public Health, Radiologic Technologists and Technicians, Registered Nurses, Speech-Language Pathologists
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Home Care Aides in Most States Hovering Near Poverty Line, Analysis Shows
July 14, 2010 -- More and more personal and home care aides (PHCA) are being paid wages that put them at risk of falling below the poverty line, according to a recent salary analysis.
Source: McKnight's Long-Term Care News
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Tagged keywords: Allied Health, Economy, Home Health Aides, National
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Hospital Hiring Posed to Rebound After Months of Layoffs
July 26, 2010 -- After back-to-back months of job losses in the hospital sector, hospital hiring is poised for a rebound, according to David Cherner of Health Workforce Solutions.
Source: Mlive.com
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Tagged keywords: Hospitals, National, Trends, Urban
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Hospitalists Fill a Role in the Changing Medical Landscape
July 7, 2010 -- Dubbed "America's fastest-growing medical specialty" by the New York Times, hospitalists are doctors who work exclusively at hospitals, and thus are no one’s primary care physician.
Source: Hindsight 20/20 (MN)
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Tagged keywords: Hospitals, National, Physicians, Primary Care, Specialty Choice, Trends
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Hospitals Hope To Improve Outlook By Turning For-Profit
July 13, 2010 -- If for-profit and nonprofit facilities join, will patients benefit or will care suffer?
Source: Kaiser Health News / USA Today
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Tagged keywords: Economy, Hospitals, National, Patient Safety, Trends
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Hospitals Say They're Prepared for Nurses Strike
June 8, 2010 -- About 2,800 temporary replacement nurses have been lined up to work at 14 Twin Cities hospitals on Thursday in the event of a strike. Hospitals said there will be enough staff on hand to provide "the safest, highest-quality care."
Source: Star Tribune (MN)
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Tagged keywords: Hospitals, Minnesota, Nursing Occupations, Registered Nurses
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Hospitals: Surgeries, Births, Going Smoothly During Strike
June 10, 2010 -- Hospital officials said Thursday that surgeries, childbirths and other procedures were taking place as expected at 14 Twin Cities hospitals while their nurses picketed outside.
Source: Minnesota Public Raido
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Tagged keywords: Hospitals, Minnesota, Nursing Occupations, Registered Nurses
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House HHS Subcommittee Approves FY 2011 Bill, Boosts NIH, Health Professions Funding
July 16, 2010 -- The House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee July 15 approved (11-5) its FY 2011 spending bill.
Source: AAMC: Washington Highlights
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Tagged keywords: National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Supply and Demand
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House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on MedPAC's June Report to Congress
June 23, 2010 -- Reports on a hearing held by the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee on June 23 titled "MedPAC's June 2010 Report to Congress: Aligning Incentives in Medicare."
Source: American Association of Medical Colleges
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Tagged keywords: Medicare and Medicaid, National, Policy, Primary Care
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How the Massachusetts Gift Ban Hurts Primary Care Doctors
July 29, 2010 -- Blog post argues that bans choke off opportunities for clinicians to gather new scientific information and exchange real-world clinical information, and that the MA law comes at the worst possible time.
Source: KevinMD.com
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Tagged keywords: Family Medicine Physicians, Health Care Quality, Massachusetts, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care
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How to Make Productivity Gains Possible and Profitable
June 28, 2010 -- Addresses how hospital leaders can involve stakeholders to improve productivity without alienating staff or decreasing health care quality.
Source: HHN Magazine
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Quality, Hospitals, National, Supply and Demand
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Increased Patient Count to Pressure Nevada Physicians
July 5, 2010 -- Within the next five years, an estimated 372,000 new patients will begin lining up outside the doors of physicians’ offices and clinics across Nevada.
Source: Northern Nevada Business Weekly
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, Nevada, Physicians, Primary Care, Supply and Demand
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Industry Spending Dips for Doctors’ Classes
July 9, 2010 -- Spending on postgraduate education for doctors declined in 2009 for the second year in a row, as did biomedical industry support for the programs, according to a new report.
Source: The New York Times
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Tagged keywords: Economy, Education and Training, National, Physicians, Trends
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Institute Honors Hospitals for Performance on Diversity Survey
June 14, 2010 -- The survey provides a snapshot of the hospital field's progress on promoting diversity.
Source: AHA News Now
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Tagged keywords: Diversity, Hospitals, National, Research
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Integrated Curriculum Leads to Student Success on USMLE Step 1, Study Finds
June 15, 2010 -- Reports on the positive effects of medical school curriculum changes at the University of Texas - Galveston.
Source: AAFP News Now
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Physicians, Research, Texas
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Joint Statement from the Tri-Council for Nursing on Recent Registered Nurse Supply and Demand Projections
July 14, 2010 -- Provides official response to recent allegations of nursing shortages and surpluses.
Source: American Association of Colleges of Nursing
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Tagged keywords: National, Nursing Occupations, Registered Nurses, Supply and Demand
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Judge Blocks Strike at Five UC Hospitals
June 9, 2010 -- lans by nearly 11,000 nurses to strike Thursday at five University of California medical centers were put on hold Tuesday when a San Francisco judge issued a temporary restraining order preventing the walkout.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
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Legislative Changes to Primary Care Loan Program Authorized Under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act
June 21, 2010 -- Explains changes in the Primary Care Loan Program due to the health reform legislation.
Source: Federal Register
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Listening to Nurses Is Key to Becoming a Good Doctor
June 3, 2010 -- Blog post addresses physicians, emphasizing the value of nurses.
Source: KevinMD.com
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Local Colleges Push for Nursing Diversity
July 16, 2010 -- Focuses on efforts among Indiana institutions to recruit a more diverse student body.
Source: Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette (IN)
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Local Medical Students Conduct Rotations in Rural Primary Care Settings
July 20, 2010 -- Profiles a rural rotations program sponsored by the Louisiana Area Health Education Center (AHEC).
Source: The Town Talk (LA)
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Look for Signs of Fraud Against the Elderly
June 20, 2010 -- Reports on collaborations between Area Health Education Center and other organizations to combat fraud against elderly, medical and otherwise.
Source: The Washington Post
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Many Doctors Don't Report Incompetent Colleagues
July 13, 2010 -- One-third of doctors who knew of peers who were incompetent or impaired, such as from alcohol or drug use, said they did not turn them in, according to a new survey.
Source: WebMD Health News
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Maryland Nursing School Shut Down by Attorney General's Office
June 3, 2010 -- An unapproved nursing program agreed Thursday to return at least $177,000 to customers and not to offer educational programs without state authorization, the Maryland attorney general's office said.
Source: The Baltimore Sun
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Maryland Schools Form Alliance for Workforce Diversity
July 12, 2010 -- A group of 13 academic health institutions and historically black colleges in Maryland signed a memorandum of understanding May 5 in Baltimore to launch an alliance that will focus on diversifying the state’s healthcare workforce.
Source: Nurse.com
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Master's Education is Focus of NLN Reflection & Dialogue
June 29, 2010 -- Timely recommendations on preparing nurses to deliver advanced practice nursing in reformed health care system emerge from forum hosted by National League for Nurses.
Source: NLN News
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Math + Games = Fun, Kids Find
July 4, 2010 -- Features programs instituted by Area Health Education Center in Indiana.
Source: Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (IN)
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MCG School of Medicine Southwest Georgia Campus Opens Doors to Resident Students
July 2, 2010 -- Beginning July 6, 17 Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine students will start living and learning in Southwest Georgia for the majority of their clinically intensive third and fourth years
Source: The Moultrie Observer (GA)
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Medical Home Idea Aims at Making Primary Care Work Better
June 21, 2010 -- One of the key differences from a traditional practice is that doctors reduce the amount of time they spend on tasks that nurses, nutritionists and others can do. And they function more as a teammate than as a boss, so they have more time with patients.
Source: Kansas City Star (MO)
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Medical Schools Use Outreach Programs to Make Student Bodies More Diverse
June 8, 2010 -- Medical school officials have long said they want a broad range of backgrounds among their students, yet they have had trouble attracting more students from traditionally underrepresented groups.
Source: The Washington Post
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Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program; Final Rule
July 28, 2010 -- This final rule from CMS implements the provisions of ARRA providing incentive payments to professionals, hospitals, and critical access hospitals participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs that achieve meaningful use of HIT.
Source: Federal Register
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Health Administrators, Health Informaticians, Health Information Administrators, Health Information and Informatics Occupations, Health Information Coders, Health Information Technicians, Hospitals, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Policy, Technology
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Medicare Hits Pause Buttons on Cuts in Doctors' Pay
June 14, 2010 -- Medicare said Monday it will hold claims through Thursday, giving lawmakers four more days to act. The House has already approved a fix, which is pending in the Senate. The cut was technically required as of June 1.
Source: Associated Press
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MedPAC's June Report to the Congress Recommends Performance-Based GME Incentive Program
June 18, 2010 -- Highlights a report from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) which supports a performance-based incentive program for Medicare graduate medical education (GME) payments.
Source: AAMC's Washington Highlights
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Mental Illness Costing Military Soldiers
July 25, 2010 -- The number of soldiers forced to leave the Army solely because of a mental disorder has increased by 64% from 2005 to 2009 and accounts for one in nine medical discharges, according to Army statistics.
Source: USA Today
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Mercy Medical Center Residency One of Few That Allows Doctors to Do It All
June 23, 2010 -- The program, which is affiliated with UC Davis, started in 1974. The goal of the program is to teach medical school graduates to be family practice doctors. More than 30 years later, Mercy's residency program is one of the most popular in the country.
Source: Merced Sun-Star (CA)
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Minnesota Hospitals Lining Up Thousands of Replacement Nurses
June 29, 2010 -- As of Monday, almost 4,000 nurses held temporary permits to work in Minnesota, according to data from the Minnesota Board of Nursing.
Source: Minnesota Public Radio
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Most U.S. Physicians Practicing 'Defensive Medicine'
June 28, 2010 -- Most American doctors believe their colleagues order more patient tests and procedures than needed, to protect themselves against lawsuits, a new national survey shows.
Source: Medline Plus
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NCQA Recognizes 51 Sites with Top Patient-Centered Medical Home Status
July 28, 2010 -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) announced Wednesday that 51 primary care practice sites in the NY Hudson Valley have been recognized as Level 3 patient-centered medical homes – the highest level achievable.
Source: Healthcare IT News
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Tagged keywords: Best Practices and Model Programs, Care Coordination, Evaluation, Family Medicine Physicians, General Internal Medicine Physicians, New York, Physicians, Primary Care, Trends
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New ANA President Shares Her Vision
July 12, 2010 -- Profiles Karen Daley, new president of the American Nurses Association.
Source: Nurse.com
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New Breed of Med Schools May Transform Healthcare
June 28, 2010 -- Features schools which focus not only on research and teaching diagnostic skills but also emphasize community involvement, local medicine, social consciousness and local cultural issues.
Source: Miami Herald (FL)
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New Medical School for Hofstra
June 8, 2010 -- Hofstra University will open its new medical school in August 2011. Despite the current trend toward primary care medicine, the school will offer a joint MD/PhD program for doctors interested in pursuing research careers.
Source: The New York Times
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New Medical Student Summer Tips
July 28, 2010 -- Some friendly advice from a medical student blogger.
Source: KevinMD.com
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New Nurses Union Sets Aggressive Agenda
June 9, 2010 -- In just a few months, National Nurses United has grown to 155,000 members, approaching the century-old ANA's 180,000. It is now mobilizing across the country with one major goal: limits on the number of patients assigned to each nurse.
Source: Star Tribune (MN)
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New Residents Linked to July Medication Errors
June 21, 2010 -- Nationwide data spanning 27 years shows consistent July spikes in fatal errors at teaching hospitals, a new study finds, contradicting earlier research.
Source: amednews.com
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New RNs Find Job Market Tight
July 9, 2010 -- Even as a national nursing shortage looms, many newly graduated registered nurses can't find jobs because the recession has delayed retirement of experienced nurses, regulators and health care associations say.
Source: USA Today
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New Unionization Drive Awaits Big Teaching Hospitals
July 6, 2010 -- The new head of Massachusetts' largest health care union plans an aggressive push to organize workers this fall at Boston’s academic medical centers.
Source: The Boston Globe
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Newly-Released Book Champions Nursing Educators
June 2, 2010 -- Press release for Giving Through Teaching: How Nurse Educators Are Changing the World, new from the National League for Nursing Foundation for Nursing Education.
Source: National League for Nursing Communications
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NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Takes Recruitment Online
July 9, 2010 -- New York-Presbyterian Hospital, an academic medical institution and the nation's largest nonprofit, non-sectarian hospital, has developed and launched a Web site that aims to improve the process of obtaining employment in the medical field.
Source: Healthcare IT News
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The Next Front in the Nurse Staffing Debate: Duluth, MN
July 12, 2010 -- Duluth is the next front in a nationwide debate between nurses and health providers over how many patients a nurse can safely care for -- and whether nurse-to-patient ratios have a place in labor contracts.
Source: Minnesota Public Radio
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NHSC Doubling Number of Opportunities for Service, Loan Repayment
July 8, 2010 -- New and even seasoned family physicians who are interested in working in a medically underserved area in exchange for reducing or eliminating their medical education loans are urged to apply to the National Health Service Corps, or NHSC.
Source: AAFP News Now
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No Place Like Home
June 30, 2010 -- Blog post features trends of physicians making more house calls.
Source: The New York Times
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Notice of Competitive Grant Applications for American Indians Into Medicine Program
June 21, 2010 -- The Indian Health Service (IHS) is accepting competitive grant applications for the American Indians into Medicine Program.
Source: Federal Register
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Nurse Depression Linked to Hospital Overcrowding
June 7, 2010 -- Nurses working in crowded hospital units may be twice as likely to suffer from depression as those who work in less-crowded hospitals, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
Source: Nurse.com News
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Nurse Practitioners Do Job of Doctors, With Less Training
June 17, 2010 -- Argues that nurse practitioners believe they could be part of the solution to the growing shortage of primary care doctors, but some question whether they have sufficient training to ensure that patients are safe.
Source: The Tennessean
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Nurse Practitioners' Role Growing in Your Health Care
June 2, 2010 -- Nurse practitioners rank as one of the fastest growing health care professions, with about 140,000 qualified to practice in the U.S., up from 125,000 in 2008, according to the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).
Source: The Wall Street Journal
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Nurses 'Beating Heart of Healthcare' Obama Tells ANA Delegates
June 17, 2010 -- President Barack Obama as a guest speaker June 16 the biennial American Nurses Association House of Delegates. He spoke to an ANA estimated crowd of more than 1,000 nurses and guests during the opening session.
Source: Advance for Nurses
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Nurses Approve Contract as Battle Bruises Start to Heal
July 7, 2010 -- Twin Cities nurses voted in favor of a new proposal that preserved their pension, health benefits and salaries, bringing to a close one of the most contentious and public contract negotiations in state history.
Source: Star Tribune (MN)
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Nurses Strike Is One Symptom of a Deeper Problem
June 11, 2010 -- Op/Ed argues that "our health care safety net is being stretched dangerously thin."
Source: Minnesota Public Raido
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Nurses' Strike Ends in Twin Cities
June 11, 2010 -- Twin Cities nurses put down their rain-soaked picket signs and headed back to work this morning. But there continued to be confusion about how quickly nurses could resume their jobs.
Source: Star Tribune (MN)
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Nurses, Twin Cities Hospitals Reach a Contract Agreement, Averting a Strike
July 2, 2010 -- Twin Cities nurses and hospitals reached a settlement Thursday, averting the biggest nursing strike in U.S. history.
Source: Star Tribune (MN)
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Nursing Curricula Races to Keep Pace With Healthcare Delivery
July 12, 2010 -- Modern-day nursing school curricula puts more emphasis on the concepts and rationale and less on specific tasks.
Source: Nurse.com
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Nursing Jobs Harder to Find
June 13, 2010 -- The slow economy has all but saturated the Cincinnati nursing market, according to new numbers from the Greater Cincinnati Health Council.
Source: Cincinatti.com
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Nursing Summit Aug. 12 in New Paltz, NY
July 2, 2010 -- Publicizes a NY state nursing summit, sponsored by the Catskill Hudson Area Health Education Center.
Source: Daily Freeman (NY)
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Obama Administration Unveils Government Health Care Website
July 1, 2010 -- The site -- healthcare.gov -- aims to give everyone the full range of public and private health insurance plans available to them based on their individual circumstances.
Source: The Washington Post
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OKAHEC May Shut Down due to Budget Cuts
June 14, 2010 -- The agency, whose goal is to educate potential medical professionals and keep them in Oklahoma, will not receive any money from the state beginning July 1.
Source: EnidNews.com (OK)
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One Third of Primary Care Docs Restrict Medicare Patients
June 8, 2010 -- An AMA physician survey shows that many physicians are already limiting the number of Medicare patients they treat.
Source: Minnesota Medical Association
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One Way to Judge a Nursing Home
July 27, 2010 -- Culture change initiatives are under way in nursing homes around the country to make nurses aides’ jobs more fulfilling — not through better pay, but by offering better training, more responsibility and more respect from superiors.
Source: The New York Times
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Quality, Long Term Care Facilities, National, Nursing Aides, Patient Safety, Recruitment and Retention, Trends
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Op/Ed: Doctors Need Unbiased Info, Not A Soft Sell By Drug Reps
July 11, 2010 -- Massachusetts has taken a small step toward reducing the influence of paid marketers, at least on the overworked doctors at community health centers.
Source: Boston Globe
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OpenNotes Study Launches With More Than 100 Physicians, 25,000 Patients
June 7, 2010 -- A new study will examine the impact of adding a new layer of openness to a traditionally one-sided element of the doctor-patient relationship—the notes that doctors record during and after patients’ visits.
Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Newsroom
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Tagged keywords: Massachusetts, Patient Safety, Pennsylvania, Physicians, Primary Care, Research, Washington
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Operating Costs, Medicare Pay, EHRs Top 2010 'Challenges' List
July 27, 2010 -- Keeping a U.S. medical practice afloat in 2010 is still a struggle, according to new survey data collected by the Medical Group Management Association.
Source: AAFP News Now
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Opinion: Nursing Students Stumble Upon Real-World Lesson
June 14, 2010 -- Op/Ed argues that gaps in the health care system allow the nation's homeless to slip through the cracks.
Source: Nurse.com News
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Opinion: Stability of Med/Surg RNs in Face of Change
July 27, 2010 -- As a med/surg nurse, did you ever stop to think that it was your specialty that started it all?
Source: Nurse.com
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Oregon HSU, Facing State Funding Cut, Raises Tuition
June 30, 2010 -- Reports on funding cuts, including to the Area Health Education Center.
Source: OregonLive.com
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Osteopathic Medical School Graduate Numbers Continue to Rise
June 23, 2010 -- This year, U.S. osteopathic medical schools will graduate 3,845 seniors. The graduates will help mitigate the nation’s physician workforce shortage as health reform is implemented.
Source: AACOM
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OU Students Shadow Doctors for Experience
July 15, 2010 -- The students shadowed physicians from an array of medical specialties, following how they diagnose, care for and treat patients as part of the six-week Belknap Memorial Pre-Medical Proctorship program.
Source: The Oklahoma Daily
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Panel to Review Professional Shortage, Underserved Area Designations Expanded
July 21, 2010 -- Kathleen Sebelius today named 28 people to a committee created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to review and update the criteria used to define medically underserved areas and health professional shortage areas.
Source: AHA News Now
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Partnership Puts Area Nurses Back to Work
July 25, 2010 -- A pilot program will launch this summer in Washington state to put local resident immigrants who are skilled in nursing back to work in local hospitals and clinics.
Source: The Suburban Times (WA)
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Cultural Competence, Diversity, Education and Training, Health Care Access, Health Care Quality, Hospitals, Nursing Occupations, Registered Nurses, Supply and Demand, Washington, Workforce Pipeline
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A Patient in Chief Is What American Healthcare Needs
June 22, 2010 -- Blog post makes a case for patient safety.
Source: KevinMD.com
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Patients Report Little Change in Access to Primary Care After Health Care Law
June 24, 2010 -- According to new data, 83 percent of adult patients said when they called their doctor's office for care they needed right away, they always or almost always got an appointment quickly.
Source: The Boston Globe
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Pecan Valley AHEC Supports El Campo Meltdown Project
June 19, 2010 -- Reports on AHEC-sponsored anti-obesity and wellness program in Texas.
Source: Victoria Advocate (TX)
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Perfect Example of Why Medical Home Demonstration Proved So Important
June 7, 2010 -- Web tools that were developed as a result of the National Demonstration Project on the patient-centered medical home are featured in report published on Monday that include all of the findings of the two-year project.
Source: Healthcare IT News
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Personal 'Learning Style' Key to Educational Success
July 12, 2010 -- Contextualizes the way different learning styles with the skills and duties required in different nursing specialties.
Source: Nurse.com
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Physician Anger Rises over Congress' Failure to Meet June 1 Doc Fix Deadline
June 4, 2010 -- While the House voted on Friday 245 171 to approve of a 19-month plan to stall the 21% reduction starting June 1, the Senate will not be able to act until it returns from its Memorial Day recess June 7.
Source: HealthLeaders Media
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Physician Burnout Affects Patients Too
June 7, 2010 -- In the medical profession, physician performance can truly be a matter of life and death, and research suggests that doctors suffer from high rates of extreme job fatigue.
Source: The Los Angeles Times
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Physician Need Still Outstrips Rising Supply In California
July 26, 2010 -- The number of physicians in California has been increasing faster than the state's population, but not as fast as the state needs, especially as both state and federal legislation strive to increase the number of people who receive health care services.
Source: HealthLeaders Media
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Tagged keywords: California, Health Care Access, Physicians, Primary Care, Recruitment and Retention, Statistics and Data, Supply and Demand
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Pittsylvania County Nursing School Receives Federal Money
June 30, 2010 -- Reports on funds for AHEC and Nursing School in North Carolina.
Source: Danville Times (NC)
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Planning Nurse Staffing with a Patient Acuity System
July 27, 2010 -- How many patients one nurse can care for is a difficult question to answer with certainty. Some days more. Some days less. Any nurse will tell you it all comes down to the individual patient and how much care they need.
Source: HealthLeaders Media
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Tagged keywords: Best Practices and Model Programs, Clinics, Health Care Quality, Hospitals, National, Nursing Occupations, Patient Safety, Registered Nurses, Trends
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President Obama Calls for Better Payment System for Primary Care Physicians
June 9, 2010 -- President Obama has called for changes in the nation's physician payment system to better compensate primary care physicians and thus encourage more medical students to pursue careers in the primary care field.
Source: AAFP News Now
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Primary Care Vital for Patients
July 27, 2010 -- Op/Ed argues that the health reform bill is a chance to give nurses more responsibility.
Source: The Detroit News
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Program Attracts Medical Students to Rural Health Care
July 19, 2010 -- Features the Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine (WARM) program, dedicated to increasing the number of physicians in rural Wisconsin and improving the health of its communities.
Source: Tomah Journal (WI)
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Physicians, Primary Care, Recruitment and Retention, Rural, Supply and Demand, Wisconsin, Workforce Pipeline
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Program Curbs Unnecessary Trips to the ER
June 16, 2010 -- Some Utah Medicaid patients who made unnecessary trips to emergency rooms last year got a letter from the state stressing ER costs and urging them to find a primary care doctor. Subsequent unnecessary trips resulted in restricted Medicare access.
Source: Salt Lake Tribune (UT)
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Tagged keywords: Medicare and Medicaid, Policy, Primary Care, Utah
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Program Offers Free Training for Medical Industry
July 21, 2010 -- Graduates at Los Angeles Valley College got certificates for completing the first phase of a program giving low-income and unemployed adults in LA free classes and paid internships for future jobs as medical assistants, pharmacy technicians, and CNAs.
Source: KABC-TV Los Angeles
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Tagged keywords: Best Practices and Model Programs, California, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Education and Training, Medical Assistants, Pharmacy Technicians and Aides, Recruitment and Retention, Trends, Urban, Workforce Pipeline
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Program Requirements for Residency Education in Family Medicine: Incremental vs. Reformative Change
June 10, 2010 -- The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Family Medicine Review Committee has formally asked for input from family medicine organizations for a major revision of program requirements for residency education in family medicine.
Source: Annals of Family Medicine
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Provisions in Health Care Reform Law Lay Out Role of Primary Care, Family Physicians
July 28, 2010 -- According to analysts interviewed by AAFP News Now, implementation of the health reform law should lead to a greater role for primary care and family physicians in the U.S. health care system.
Source: AAFP News Now
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, Family Medicine Physicians, Health Care Access, Health Reform, National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care
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PTCB Certification Required for Technicians by Department of Veterans Affairs
June 17, 2010 -- Under new regulations from the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, pharmacy technicians working for the VA will be required to receive certification from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board.
Source: NABP
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Military Health and Veterans Health, National, Pharmacy Occupations, Pharmacy Technicians and Aides
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The Public Wants Resident Physicians to Work Less
June 28, 2010 -- A majority of the American public doesn’t approve of doctors working 24 hours straight and supports tougher work hour regulation for resident physicians, according to a new public opinion survey.
Source: KevinMD.com
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Putting Nurses in Local Schools
July 20, 2010 -- Nurses searching for a job may start looking somewhere besides hospitals. School nursing shortages are widespread.
Source: WMNT-TV (MI)
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Tagged keywords: Michigan, Nursing Occupations, Recruitment and Retention, Registered Nurses, Scope of Practice, Supply and Demand
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Putting Patients at the Center of the Medical Home
July 15, 2010 -- NY Times article argues that the patient-centered medical home is proving an effective way to deliver better primary care.
Source: The New York Times
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Raising Doctors to Treat Children
July 22, 2010 -- The shortage of general practitioners and overabundance of specialists is usually ranked near the top of the list of health workforce issues, but pediatrics has the opposite problem: a growing shortage of pediatric subspecialists.
Source: The New York Times
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Access, National, Physicians, Specialty Choice, Supply and Demand, Trends
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Recruitment of Sites for Assignment of National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Personnel Obligated Under the NHSC Scholarship Program
June 21, 2010 -- Announces the entities that will receive priority assignment of National Health Service Corps (NHSC) scholarship recipients.
Source: Federal Register
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Tagged keywords: Loan Repayment Programs, National, Recruitment and Retention
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Reframing the Narrative: New AAMC Chief Diversity Officer Marc Nivet
July 15, 2010 -- Q&A with Mark Nivet reflects on diversity within academic medicine.
Source: AAMC
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Tagged keywords: Academic Health Centers, Diversity, National, Physicians, Recruitment and Retention, Workforce Pipeline
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Report: Hospitals Second Largest Source of Private Sector Jobs
June 18, 2010 -- Hospitals in 2008 employed more than 5.3 million people and were the second largest source of private sector jobs, according to an AHA report.
Source: AAFP News Now
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Report: Primary care physicians see pay increase in 2009
June 24, 2010 -- Physicians in primary care specialties experienced a 2.8% median increase in compensation in 2009, according to a recent report.
Source: AHA News
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Resident Nurses Find Tough Search For Jobs Post-Graduation
July 9, 2010 -- Though a national shortage of nurses is taking hold, newly minted resident nurses are having a hard time finding jobs as the economy struggles, various sources report.
Source: Kaiser Health News
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Tagged keywords: National, Nursing Occupations, Trends
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Resource Guide for Internists Released by ACP
June 30, 2010 -- A practical resource guide for internists on recently-enacted health care reform legislation was released today by the American College of Physicians (ACP).
Source: American College of Physicians
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Responding To Access-To-Care Challenges: Ideas From A Rural Doctor, A Washington, D.C. Hospital
July 19, 2010 -- Evansville, IN Courier & Press reports on the struggles rural physicians face in providing care by focusing on Dr. Lloyd "Pat" McGinnis, a family medicine and geriatrics specialist who was "one of only five doctors in Spencer County, a rural area of South
Source: Kaiser Health News
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Tagged keywords: Indiana, National, Physicians, Supply and Demand
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Rethinking the Way We Rank Medical Schools
June 17, 2010 -- Article investigates what separates one medical school from another.
Source: The New York Times
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Retirements By Baby Boomer Doctors, Nurses Could Strain Overhaul
June 14, 2010 -- Health-care economists and other experts say retirements over the next 10 to 15 years will greatly weaken the health-care workforce and leave many Americans who are newly insured under the new legislation without much hope of finding a doctor or nurse.
Source: The Washington Post
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Nursing Occupations, Physicians, Registered Nurses, Supply and Demand, Trends, Workforce Pipeline
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RNs Express Commitment to Quality Care in New Book
July 12, 2010 -- The Oregon Center for Nursing, based in Portland, has released its newest research publication, “Career Satisfaction Among Oregon’s Registered Nurses: A Report from the Oregon Center for Nursing.”
Source: Nurse.com
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Robert Graham Center to Study 'Social Mission' of Teaching Hospitals, Health Centers
July 27, 2010 -- The upcoming study will examine the physician output of all residency training institutions with regard to primary care specialties as well as the career choices and practice sites of residents trained in teaching health centers.
Source: AAFP News Now
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Tagged keywords: Academic Health Centers, Distribution, Health Care Access, Hospitals, National, Physicians, Primary Care, Recruitment and Retention, Research, Specialty Choice, Workforce Pipeline
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and AACN Award New Scholarship Funding to Schools through the New Careers in Nursing Program
June 8, 2010 -- 63 schools of nursing to receive scholarship monies to support accelerated nursing students from communities underrepresented in nursing.
Source: American Association of Colleges of Nursing
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Rural Physicians Still Hard to Come By
June 13, 2010 -- Focuses on Texas program which will pay up to $160,000 of the student loans for a medical school graduate who agrees to practice for a minimum of four years in a medically underserved area in Texas.
Source: Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (TX)
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Physicians, Rural, Shortage Designations, Supply and Demand, Texas, Workforce Pipeline
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RWJF Scholars Begin Nursing Program
July 20, 2010 -- Villanova University College of Nursing, Villanova, PA, recently welcomed 10 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing scholars to campus to begin a 14-month second-degree accelerated program for adult learners earning a BSN.
Source: Advance for Nurses
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RWJF/AACN Announce 'New Careers in Nursing' Scholarship Recipients
June 9, 2010 -- 63 schools of nursing nationwide will receive funding through the RWJF New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program (NCIN).
Source: Advance for Nurses
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Saint Francis Role-Playing RNs Learn to Improve Patient Care
July 12, 2010 -- Patient satisfaction is improving at Saint Francis Health System with the help of a new program geared toward better interaction, communication and service.
Source: Nurse.com
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Salem Hospital Nurses Seek to Improve Care
July 7, 2010 -- Paying attention to a patient's heels may seem like a small detail during a stay at Salem Hospital, but for the nursing staff, it's part of an employee-led research project that has led to improved patient care.
Source: Statesman Journal (OR)
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San Jose's Indian Health Center Doctor Retires After More Than 30 Years, Leaving Medical, Cultural Oasis
July 8, 2010 -- After more than 30 years of helping to build the Indian Health Center, Ann Verstraete is hanging up her white coat and retiring her stethoscope in August. She will be leaving behind a critical community resource.
Source: San Jose Mercury News (CA)
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Tagged keywords: California, Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Indian Health Service Clinics and Hospitals, Physicians, Primary Care, Shortage Designations
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Scholars Advise Individual Physicians on Engaging in Health Care Reform
June 22, 2010 -- Doctors remain an untapped resource in the struggle to improve our health care system. A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar and her mentor offer guidance on how doctors can bring about positive change.
Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Newsroom
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Scrubbing into Overview of Healthcare
June 30, 2010 -- Thanks to a grant from the NC Area Health Education Center, 19 students from Surry County high schools are getting the chance to explore healthcare fields for three days.
Source: Mount Airy News (NC)
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Sebelius Announces New $250 Million Investment to Lay Foundation for Prevention and Public Health
June 18, 2010 -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced $250 million in new Affordable Care Act investments to support prevention activities and develop the nation’s public health infrastructure.
Source: Department of HHS Press Releases
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Tagged keywords: Behavioral Health, Care Coordination, Education and Training, National, Public Health
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Sebelius Announces New $250 Million Investment to Strengthen Primary Health Care Workforce
June 16, 2010 -- Building on earlier investments, particularly for the National Health Service Corps, the new appropriations will support the training and development of more than 16,000 new primary care providers over the next five years.
Source: Department of HHS Press Releases
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Education and Training, National, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing Occupations, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Registered Nurses
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Secretary Announces Appointment of Committee to Review Criteria for the Designation of Medically Underserved Areas and Health Professional Shortage Areas
July 21, 2010 -- HHS Secretary Sebelius today announced the appointment of a committee to review and update the criteria used to define medically underserved areas and health professional shortage areas.
Source: Department of HHS Press Release
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Senate Passes Six-Month Payment Fix
June 18, 2010 -- The Senate passed legislation that delays for six months a 21% Medicare pay cut for physicians by providing a 2.2% increase in the Medicare physician fee schedule through November.
Source: AHA News Now
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Seven Changes for Medical Schools to Train Doctors for Reform Era Care
June 10, 2010 -- The U.S. must aggressively reform the way it trains its physicians if they are to competently provide care to meet the mandates, hopes, and expectations of health reform, according to a report.
Source: HealthLeaders Media
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Skills Training Helps Newcomers, Care Shortage
June 14, 2010 -- Features the Pathways to Health Care Careers Iowa grant program, which will provide for the training of 274 refugees and legal immigrants in various health care fields.
Source: Des Moines Register (IA)
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Small Number of Doctors Face Unique Challenges in Rural America
July 19, 2010 -- Doctors throughout the country are struggling with the same issues of providing quality care to patients with limited incomes in an environment of uncertainty.
Source: Center for Rural Affairs
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Tagged keywords: Distribution, Economy, Health Care Access, Health Care Quality, Health Reform, National, Physicians, Rural
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Some Doctors Join Facebook, Twitter; Others Wary
July 7, 2010 -- Concerns about time and patient privacy have deterred many, while others have embraced social media.
Source: USA Today
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Some People Will Fudge the Truth to Become Ophthalmologists
July 13, 2010 -- Features research into the veracity of applications for ophthalmology residencies.
Source: Los Angeles Times
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Special Committee to Address Regulation of Reentry to Practice
June 30, 2010 -- A new committee will develop recommendations for state medical boards regarding the licensure process for physicians seeking to return to practice.
Source: Newsline
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Tagged keywords: Licensure and Certification, National, Physicians, Workforce Reentry and Retraining
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Stopping to Smile on the Way to Sadness
June 7, 2010 -- In the oncology ward, nurses don't get many chances to deliver good news, but that doesn't mean there are no happy moments.
Source: The New York Times
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Study Shows CRNAs Most Cost Effective
July 21, 2010 -- A certified registered nurse anesthetist acting as the sole anesthesia provider is the most cost-effective model of anesthesia delivery, according to a new study.
Source: Nurse.com
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Tagged keywords: Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Economy, Evaluation, National, Research
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Surgeon General: Be Leaders, Not Just Doctors
June 6, 2010 -- Reports on Benjamin's commencement address to the 2010 graduating class at the University of Texas School of Medicine.
Source: Galveston Daily News (TX)
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Technology Closing Distance in Veteran Care
July 17, 2010 -- Features ways in which physicians are taking advantage of telehealth technology.
Source: Charleston Gazette (WV)
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Tagged keywords: Distribution, Health Care Access, Military Health and Veterans Health, Physicians, Primary Care, Rural, Shortage Designations, Technology, Trends, West Virginia
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Three of Five Nurses in Florida Are Leaving the State's Workforce
June 7, 2010 -- For every five registered nurses Florida added in the last two years, it lost three of them, either to another state or to another profession entirely.
Source: The Palm Beach Post (FL)
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Florida, Nursing Occupations, Trends, Workforce Pipeline
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Tips for Students Who Want to Shadow Doctors
June 21, 2010 -- Shadowing is an important part of learning what being a doctor is like, as well as a factor that medical schools consider at when making decisions about who to admit – does the candidate have an understanding about what a medical career is like?
Source: KevinMD.com
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Tired Of Waiting For the Doctor? Try One That Gives Same-Day Appointments
July 15, 2010 -- Reports on trends with primary care physicians who offer same-day appointments only.
Source: Kaiser Health News
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Twin Cities Nurses on Strike
June 10, 2010 -- The biggest nursing strike in American history began at 7 a.m. as members of the Minnesota Nurses Association began walking picket lines at 14 hospitals across the Twin Cities.
Source: Star Tribune (MN)
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Tagged keywords: Hospitals, Minnesota, Nursing Occupations, Registered Nurses
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Twin Cities Nurses Strike Exposes Hospitals' Big Profits, Iffy Outlook
June 14, 2010 -- Outraged MNA union nurses were quick to point out that hospital groups operating in the Twin Cities turned a profit of $750 million last year. In addition to being stretched thin and concerned for patient safety, the nurses are seeking raises of 3.5 - 4%.
Source: Star Tribune (MN)
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Tagged keywords: Economy, Hospitals, Minnesota, Nursing Occupations, Registered Nurses
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Twin Cities Nurses to Vote on 2nd Strike
June 14, 2010 -- After a one-day strike failed to nudge hospitals toward a better offer, Twin Cities nurses are poised to vote on an open-ended walkout that would significantly ratchet up the stakes for both sides.
Source: Star Tribune (MN)
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Twin Cities Nurses: A Strong 'Yes' to Strike
June 22, 2010 -- For the second time in five weeks, Twin Cities nurses have voted to go on strike. This time, the walkout could last longer than 24 hours.
Source: Star Tribune (MN)
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Two States Brace for Nurses Strikes
June 7, 2010 -- Thursday could bring trouble for major hospitals in California and Minnesota as nursing associations have called for job actions.
Source: DOTmed.com
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U.S. Scores Dead Last Again in Healthcare Study
June 23, 2010 -- Americans spend twice as much as residents of other developed countries on health care, but get lower quality, less efficiency and have the least equitable system, according to a report released on Wednesday.
Source: Reuters
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Tagged keywords: International, National, Patient Safety, Policy, Primary Care, Research
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University of South Alabama College of Nursing Re-Awarded Scholarships through the RWJF New Careers in Nursing Program
July 8, 2010 -- Grants provided through this competitive program will be given to students traditionally underrepresented in the field of nursing and strives to prepare culturally competent leaders in the USA College of Nursing accelerated nursing program.
Source: University of South Alabama Press Releases
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VA Medical Center to Host MASH Camp in Bath
July 1, 2010 -- The Western New York Rural Area Health Education Center has rescheduled its two-day MASH (Medical Academy of Health and Sciences) Camp to Aug. 24 and 25 at the VA Medical Center in Bath.
Source: Star Gazette (NY)
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The Velluvial Matrix
June 24, 2010 -- "The volume and complexity of the knowledge that we need to master has grown exponentially beyond our capacity as individuals," states Atul Gawande in his commencement address at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Source: The New Yorker
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Violence Against Nurses, Health Workers Leads to New Law
July 15, 2010 -- Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed a law that will stiffen the penalties for those who assault nurses and other health care workers.
Source: Law Enforcement Examiner
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Violence on the Rise at U.S. Hospitals, Clinics
June 13, 2010 -- More and more violent crimes are occurring in America's hospitals, clinics and other health care facilities, according to a new alert issued by the Joint Commission, an independent health care oversight group.
Source: USA Today
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The Way We Practice Primary Care Doesn't Make Sense
July 27, 2010 -- Why is it so important for me to arrive on time when I won’t be called back until half an hour later? What’s the point of waiting for another 20 minutes in an exam room for the doctor to show up? Why does my doctor always seem so rushed?
Source: KevinMD.com
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Tagged keywords: Best Practices and Model Programs, Evaluation, Family Medicine Physicians, Health Care Quality, National, Physicians, Public Health
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What's Up, Doc? In Pediatrics, Sub-Specialist Also Specialist
June 27, 2010 -- Focuses on the national shortage of pediatric sub-specialists, pediatricians who specialize in particular fields of pediatrics.
Source: Worcester Telegram (MA)
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Tagged keywords: Massachusetts, National, Physicians, Specialty Choice, Supply and Demand
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When Boomers Get Dementia
June 2, 2010 -- Op/Ed New York Times blog post which focuses on specialty health workforce supply and demand issues.
Source: The New York Times
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Where Are All the Latino Doctors?
June 7, 2010 -- Despite a Hispanic population boom, the number of physicians coming out of the community remains stagnant.
Source: Newsweek
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Where Are the Innovators in Health Care Delivery?
July 26, 2010 -- Op/Ed by John Goodman, President and CEO of National Center for Policy Analysis, focuses on waste and inefficiency in health care.
Source: Kaiser Health News
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Access, Health Care Quality, Health Reform, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Primary Care, Trends
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Why Patients Are Wary of the Primary Care Medical Home
July 29, 2010 -- Blog post offers critique of the medical home model from a provider's perspective.
Source: KevinMD.com
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Tagged keywords: Best Practices and Model Programs, Care Coordination, Family Medicine Physicians, National, Patient Safety, Physicians, Primary Care
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Will There Be Enough Replacement Nurses to Cover the Strike?
June 2, 2010 -- On June 10, about 12,000 nurses from 14 Twin Cities hospitals and 13,000 California nurses are planning a one-day strike. The historically large number would tax the nation's supply of temporary nurses.
Source: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (MN)
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Tagged keywords: California, Minnesota, Nursing Occupations, Supply and Demand
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Women, Minorities More Likely to Get MD of Choice
July 22, 2010 -- Emergency physicians are more likely to honor the requests of women and racial minorities to see a doctor of their same gender, race, or religious background, a University of Michigan Health System-led study shows.
Source: HealthLeaders Media
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A Word from the President: Do We Have What It Takes to Transform Academic Medicine?
July 15, 2010 -- AAMC President Darrell G. Kirch, M.D. reflects on reforms in a letter.
Source: AAMC
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Years After Loan-Repayment Commitment Ends, Pharmacists Remain at Health Centers
July 19, 2010 -- A $126,500 investment by the federal government in the early part of the 2000s decade helped set the stage for clinical pharmacy services provided by three pharmacists who still practice at their community health center.
Source: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
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Tagged keywords: Distribution, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Health Care Access, National, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Occupations, Recruitment and Retention, Supply and Demand, Workforce Pipeline
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Young Adults Recognized For Completing Health Care, Manufacturing Programs
June 19, 2010 -- Features AHEC-sponsored program in South Dakota which saw seven students receive CNA certification.
Source: Yankton Press Dakotan (SD)
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Tagged keywords: Allied Health, Area Health Education Centers, Education and Training, Nursing Aides, South Dakota
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