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How to Deal with the Physician Shortage
September 7, 2010 -- HWIC Information Specialist Laura Trude reports that the physician shortage is not going away any time soon, and provides a review of the relevant literature.
Source: MDNews.com
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Tagged keywords: Best Practices and Model Programs, Economy, Education and Training, Health Reform, National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Recruitment and Retention, Scope of Practice, Supply and Demand, Trends, Workforce Pipeline
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Florida Medical Assn. to Send No Confidence Message to AMA
August 30, 2010 -- The Florida Medical Assn. has opted to send a message of "no confidence" to the American Medical Association regarding decisions by the leadership during the national health reform debate.
Source: American Medical News
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Tagged keywords: Florida, Health Reform, Physicians, Policy
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Red Flags Rule Applicability to Physicians Challenged
August 26, 2010 -- CMSS recently filed a motion to intervene on behalf of all physicians in an existing case involving the applicability to physicians of an antifraud identity theft federal regulation known as the "Red Flags Rule."
Source: AAFP News Now
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Tagged keywords: Malpractice Insurance, National, Physicians, Policy
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Health IT: Coming Soon to a Class Near You
August 25, 2010 -- To address the workforce shortage, the HITECH Act authorized the creation of a program to assist in the establishment and/or expansion of programs to train a skilled workforce to facilitate the adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records.
Source: Health IT Buzz
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Health Informaticians, Health Information and Informatics Occupations, Health Information Technicians, National, Policy, Technology, Trends
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HHS Secretary Announces $32 Million to Support Rural Health Priorities
August 24, 2010 -- HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced yesterday more than $32 million in FY 2010 funds to make healthcare more accessible for Americans living in rural areas.
Source: HHS Press Releases
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Distribution, Health Care Access, Health Care Quality, Health Informaticians, Hospitals, Medicare and Medicaid, Military Health and Veterans Health, National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Recruitment and Retention, Rural, Technology, Workforce Pipeline
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Legislation Introduced on SAMHSA, Birth Defects, CT Colorectal Screening
August 24, 2010 -- Reports on legislation introduced in the House of Representatives which, among other things, addresses mental health workforce issues.
Source: Dotmed News
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Access, Mental Health, Mental Health Counselors, National, Policy, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Recruitment and Retention, Rural, Shortage Designations, Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors, Supply and Demand, Workforce Pipeline
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President proposes changes to HHS appropriations for FY 2011
August 24, 2010 -- In a letter Friday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, President Obama asked Congress to consider reallocating $400 million in proposed appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services in fiscal year 2011.
Source: AHA News Now
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Health Care Access, National, Policy, Recruitment and Retention, Workforce Pipeline
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Indiana Ruling Halts Caregiver Choices Based on Race
August 23, 2010 -- A recent federal ruling prevents patients from dictating the race of those who care for them.
Source: Associated Press
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Tagged keywords: Cultural Competence, Diversity, Health Care Access, Home Health Aides, Indiana, Long Term Care Facilities, Nursing Aides, Nursing Occupations, Physicians, Policy, Registered Nurses
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Commission Is Likely to Set Nation's Health Workforce Policies, Say Experts
August 19, 2010 -- A national health care workforce commission, dedicated to making recommendations regarding health care workforce issues, could emerge as the dominant force in driving and shaping the nation's health care workforce policies.
Source: AAFP News Now
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Policy
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Grand Junction, Colorado: Still The Health Care Poster Child
August 19, 2010 -- Profiles the ways in which the city's health care system provides quality care throughout the community at costs that are among the lowest in the country.
Source: Kaiser Health News
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Colorado, Evaluation, Family Medicine Physicians, Health Administrators, Health Care Quality, Health Reform, Hospitals, Medicare and Medicaid, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care
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AAFP, Other Family Medicine Groups Weigh In on Resident Duty Hour Proposals
August 18, 2010 -- In a letter to the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education, the groups voiced particular concerns about proposals regarding the supervision of first-year residents and the 16-hour limit on interns' duty periods.
Source: AAFP News Now
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Tagged keywords: Family Medicine Physicians, Health Care Quality, Hospitals, National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Residency Programs, Trends
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Health Resources and Services Administration; Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegations of Authority
August 18, 2010 -- This notice updates the Bureau of Health Professions functional statement as a result of the Affordable Care Act, to better align functional responsibility to improve coordination and functional management.
Source: Federal Register
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Tagged keywords: National, Policy
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TRICARE: Non-Physician Referrals for Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Therapy; Final Rule
August 18, 2010 -- The Department of Defense is publishing this final rule to provide approval for authorizing certified physician assistants and certified nurse practitioners to engage in referrals for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy.
Source: Federal Register
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Tagged keywords: Military Health and Veterans Health, National, Nurse Practitioners, Occupational Therapy Occupations, Physical Therapy Occupations, Physician Assistants, Policy, Scope of Practice, Speech-Language Pathologists
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Arizona Funding Cuts Imperil Pipeline for New Doctors
August 16, 2010 -- At a time when colleges are producing more student doctors in Arizona, sharp cuts in residency-training programs ultimately could worsen the area's shortage of primary-care physicians.
Source: The Arizona Republic
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Tagged keywords: Arizona, Health Care Access, Physicians, Policy, Recruitment and Retention, Workforce Pipeline
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Bureau of Health Professions Announces Director for the Division of Medicine and Dentistry
August 16, 2010 -- Dr. Kathleen Klink has been appointed Director for the Division of Medicine and Dentistry at the Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
Source: Bureau of Health Professions
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Tagged keywords: Dental Occupations, Dentists, National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care
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Bureau of Health Professions Announces Director for the National Center for Workforce Analysis
August 16, 2010 -- Mr. Edward Salsberg has been appointed Director for the National Center for Workforce Analysis at the Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
Source: Bureau of Health Professions
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Tagged keywords: National, Policy, Research
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Doctors Being Pushed to Use Medical Records
August 16, 2010 -- Health care experts have estimated the cost of not having electronic medical records at nearly $78 billion a year.
Source: Sun Sentinel (FL)
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Tagged keywords: Best Practices and Model Programs, Florida, Health Care Access, Health Care Quality, Health Reform, Physicians, Policy, Technology
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Nurses Fear Even More ER Assaults as Programs Cut
August 10, 2010 -- Violence against nurses and other medical professionals appears to be increasing around the country as the number of drug addicts, alcoholics and psychiatric patients showing up at emergency rooms climbs.
Source: Associated Press
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Tagged keywords: Hospitals, National, Nursing Occupations, Policy, Trends
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HHS Awards $159.1 Million to Support Health Care Workforce Training
August 5, 2010 -- Funds will support programs to train nurses and geriatric specialists and will improve the performance and recruitment of underrepresented minority students
Source: HHS Press Releases
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Tagged keywords: Cultural Competence, Disparities, Distribution, Diversity, Education and Training, Health Care Access, Health Care Quality, Hospitals, National, Nursing Occupations, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Recruitment and Retention, Rural, Supply and Demand, Workforce Pipeline
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Indiana Relies on Nurses to Self-Report Arrests, Convictions
August 5, 2010 -- Indiana is one of only a handful of states that do not check the criminal backgrounds of nurses -- whether it's when they apply for their license, when they renew their license or even when that license is on probation.
Source: Louisville Courier-Journal (KY)
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Quality, Indiana, Nursing Occupations, Patient Safety, Policy, Registered Nurses
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A Patient Is Rescued, Quietly
August 5, 2010 -- Discusses “failure to rescue”-- a situation in which patients develop a dangerous complication that isn’t treated in time -- in context of poor nurse staffing levels and gaps in nurse education.
Source: The New York Times
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Health Care Quality, Hospitals, National, Nursing Occupations, Patient Safety, Policy, Registered Nurses, Research, Supply and Demand
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Pay Specialists Less to Save Primary Care
August 4, 2010 -- Offers a viewpoint on salary disparities between physician specialties and its impact on student interest in primary care. Supports paying specialists less rather than paying primary care physicians more.
Source: KevinMD.com
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Specialty Choice
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An Optimistic View: Primary Care No Longer American Medicine’s Stepchild
August 1, 2010 -- Op/Ed argues that "The long sought fundamental change in American healthcare may very well come not from the heavy hand of government but the natural self-interest of the market place."
Source: The Rural Health Advocate
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Economy, Health Reform, National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Recruitment and Retention, Rural, Trends, Workforce Pipeline
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Financial, Technical Support Are Keys to Health IT Adoption by Small Physician Practices
July 29, 2010 -- Reports on AAFP President-elect Roland Goertz's testimony that federal funds are needed to help small physician practices adopt HIT.
Source: AAFP News Now
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Tagged keywords: Economy, Family Medicine Physicians, Health Care Access, Health Informaticians, Health Information Administrators, Health Information and Informatics Occupations, National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Technology
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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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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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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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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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Senate Panel Approves Labor-HHS Spending Bill
July 28, 2010 -- A Senate Subcommittee this week approved a bill specifying discretionary funding for federal health and human services programs, including $292.3 million for nursing workforce development programs and $5.1 million for rural physician training grants.
Source: AHA News Now
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Tagged keywords: Area Health Education Centers, National, Nursing Occupations, Physicians, Policy, Recruitment and Retention, Registered Nurses, Rural, 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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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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House Bill Would Extend Labor Protection to Home Care Workers
July 27, 2010 -- For 35 years, home care workers have been excluded from the minimum wage and overtime protections granted to the rest of the nation's workforce. This week, a House Democrat will take a step toward eliminating that discrepancy.
Source: The Hill.com
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Tagged keywords: Home Health Aides, National, Policy
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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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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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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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Tagged keywords: Health Care Access, National, Policy, Rural, Shortage Designations
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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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Tagged keywords: Health Care Access, National, Policy, Shortage Designations
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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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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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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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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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Tagged keywords: Massachusetts, Nursing Occupations, Policy, Primary Care
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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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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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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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Tagged keywords: Massachusetts, Patient Safety, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Occupations, Physicians, Policy, Trends
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