Physician and congressional leaders convene on Capitol Hill
...e groups discussed legislative strategies aimed at reforming the flawed Medicare physician payment formula. Combined, the organizations represent more than 300,000 physicians nationwide. Physicians need some degree of stability and predictability to make the investments in technology and in practice improvem...Drug safety recommendations lack scientific evidence
...M), recently released it final recommendations for reforming the U.S. drug safety system, but an editorial published today in Health Economics by Tomas Philipson and colleagues at the University of Chicago finds little evidence of a drug safety crisis and no scientific evidence to back up the IOMs recommendati...New Congress should focus on covering the uninsured, reducing health costs, according to new survey
...ies are moderating rising health care costs (81%), reforming Medicare to ensure long-term solvency (80%), and increasing the use of information technology to improve the quality and safety of patient care (80%), the survey of respected experts indicated. Opinion leaders also say that reducing the proportion of...American Academy of Family Physicians Scientific Assembly to convene in Washington, D.C.
...ineering medical education and residency training, reforming payment systems, redesigning practice, harnessing information technology and influencing health care policy. Find out what family physicians are doing to help their patients better understand and manage chronic disease at more than 60 CME course...Nation sees downward trend in primary care: Press Briefing Teleconference
...ociety, will release extensive recommendations for reforming the way that primary care physicians are compensated, educated, and trained, in an effort to address issues that are negatively impacting the stability of the internal medicine workforce. ACP's reforms are designed to recognize the value of primary c...Strategy to redesign primary care medicine presented at annual internal medicine conference
...ociety, will release extensive recommendations for reforming the way that primary care physicians are compensated, educated, and trained, in an effort to address issues that are negatively impacting the stability of the internal medicine workforce. ACP's reforms are designed to recognize the value of primary c...Strategy to redesign primary care medicine
...ociety, will release extensive recommendations for reforming the way that primary care physicians are compensated, educated, and trained, in an effort to address issues that are negatively impacting the stability of the internal medicine workforce. ACP's reforms are designed to recognize the value of primary c...American College of Physicians predicts crisis in primary care
... The ACP will release sweeping recommendations for reforming the way that primary care is financed, delivered and reimbursed. ACP's reforms recognize the value of care managed by a patient's personal physician, especially in practices that use health information technology and other innovations that center on ...ACP predicts looming crisis in primary care
...ACP will be releasing sweeping recommendations for reforming the way that primary care is financed, delivered and reimbursed. ACP's reforms recognize the value of care managed by a patient's personal physician, especially in practices that use health information technology and other innovations that center o...Failure to resolve budget reconciliation leaves patients and doctors uncertain
...o go beyond just halting the cuts, and move toward reforming the overall payment and delivery system. "A halt to the SGR cuts is an essential first step, but it is not the solution to Medicare's reimbursement problems," said Dr. Hedberg. "ACP will challenge lawmakers to work with us to enact an ambitious pol...Government pledge on access to medicines welcomed
... not be affected by whatever decisions are made on reforming the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme has been welcomed by Medicines Australia. The statement by the Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, that patients would still have access to the innovative medicines they need was very positive, said the Chi...Calls to prevent chronic disease 'juggernaut'
Health leaders have called for action in reforming primary health care to tackle the 'juggernaut' of chronic disease issues about to hit the health system at a meeting in Melbourne. The meeting, More strategic use of the health dollar?, explored approaches to improve primary health care in Australia...'Apollo Program' for hydrogen energy needed, Stanford researcher says
... by another method Jacobson's groupanalyzed: steam reforming of natural gas. If you take methane, the maincomponent of natural gas, and expose it to steam, the final products areprimarily carbon dioxide and hydrogen. While the production of carbondioxide, a greenhouse gas, is undesirable, the process produces ...