Australian medicine again recognised in Australian of the Year
...esearch over the past 20 years. "Any health sector reforms must also take into account the need to provide a supportive investment environment so that industry can continue to support Australian research."...Medicare must change the way it values physician services to avert primary care collapse
... "As they are taken, they will lead to fundamental reforms that should support the value of the patient's relationship with a primary care physician, provide incentives for physicians to organize their practices to improve care coordination, and provide positive incentives for all physicians to report qualit...What's needed for terminally ill patients to die at home?
...ountries, including the UK, are making substantial reforms to enhance home care. But despite these efforts, most people in the UK, the US, Germany, Switzerland, and France die in hospitals. In the UK, the proportion of home deaths for patients with cancer is falling, from 27% in 1994 to 22% in 2003. To deter...ACP: Residency match results show need for reforms
...ts' eventual career plans, underscore the need for reforms to avert a crisis in primary care medicine, according to the American College of Physicians (ACP). While the number of American medical students entering categorical internal medicine training programs was virtually identical to last year (2,668 for...Strategy to redesign primary care medicine
...tability of the internal medicine workforce. ACP's reforms are designed to recognize the value of primary care physicians, and general internists in particular, who are a key component of managing chronic diseases, providing comprehensive and coordinated long-term care. ACP's reforms, if implemented, will he...Strategy to redesign primary care medicine presented at annual internal medicine conference
...tability of the internal medicine workforce. ACP's reforms are designed to recognize the value of primary care physicians, and general internists in particular, who are a key component of managing chronic diseases, providing comprehensive and coordinated long-term care. ACP's reforms, if implemented, will he...Nation sees downward trend in primary care: Press Briefing Teleconference
...tability of the internal medicine workforce. ACP's reforms are designed to recognize the value of primary care physicians, and general internists in particular, who are a key component of managing chronic diseases, providing comprehensive and coordinated long-term care. ACP's reforms, if implemented, will he...Lack of health insurance associated with decreased use of health care services
...s of our study suggest that [proposed health care] reforms may increase the number of adults not receiving recommended health care; adults using out-of-pocket funds to purchase health care services, whether they are enrolled in health savings accounts, employer-sponsored high-deductible insurance plans, or p...Health Partnership Act endorsed By American College of Physicians
...alth Partnership Act would allow for evaluation of reforms that are designed to strengthen and support the role of primary care physicians in delivering high quality, efficient care to patients." The legislation gives states the flexibility to test a variety of diverse reform options while still requiring ...May/June 2006 Annals of Family Medicine Tip Sheet
...ationship between 10 specific state tort statutory reforms and malpractice payments and premiums. Of the 44,...to patient compensation or to achieve other system reforms benefiting patients, employers, physicians and hospitals. The U.S. Medical Liability System: Eviden...Mexico's health-system reforms showing encouraging results
...the fourth Millennium Development Goal (MDG4). The reforms have also led to a 17% reduction in the proportion of male teenagers who smoke, a 17% increase in the use of mammography, and a 32% increase in the number of pap smear tests over the past 5 years. In the article, Frenk describes the main feature of ...Life and death in the USA: New study concludes there are 'Eight Americas'
...cing. The researchers say that social and economic reforms could help change the situation. However, the public health system should also improve the way in which it deals with risk factors for chronic diseases and injuries, particularly in order to help the groups with the highest death rates....International Conference on Evidence for Health System Reform
...vel policy forum health will take place to discuss reforms underway in other countries. The aim will be to draw more widely applicable lessons from Mexico's and other countries experiences. A series of roundtable discussions will focus on how evidence can be applied to policy making and how national success...Georgetown establishes leading institute for global and national health law
... policy, disclosure of ingredients, and zoning law reforms that would allow more nutritious choices and better environments for exercise and active lifestyles to prevent and lessen obesity that leads to chronic disease. Collaborating with the World Health Organization (WHO) to draft its model public hea...Massive gun 'buyback' doubled fall in Australian gun deaths
... killed and a further 18 seriously wounded. The reforms banned the use of semi automatic and pump action s...least twice as high (6%) as it had been before the reforms were introduced. In the 18 years prior to the legislation, on average, 491 people took their live...New Congress should focus on covering the uninsured, reducing health costs, according to new survey
...rictions (13%). Respondents differed about which reforms would be extremely or very effective strategies to...pand coverage for the uninsured 1 (88%) Enact reforms to moderate rising health care costs 2 (81%) Reform Medicare to ensure its long-run solvency 3* ...Children's packed lunches: Are they even worse than Turkey Twizzlers?
...ed school dinners - something which Jamie Oliver's reforms have tried to address, not always with support from children and parents! On average children were eating half the amount of fruit and vegetables that they need." Dr Emmett suggests that "We need to be working towards a change of attitude to the f...Medicare payment cuts will accelerate primary care collapse
...the way of achieving long-standing and fundamental reforms in physician payment policy to support quality imp...Congress should also move forward on comprehensive reforms to expand health insurance to the nearly 47 million Americans who now lack coverage."...American College of Physicians commends MedPAC support for physician-directed care coordination
...College noted its agreement with MedPAC that major reforms are needed to improve the value of the Medicare physician payment system. ACP also emphasized that it is pleased with MedPAC's recognition of the value of promoting the use of primary care and physician-directed care coordination to increase ...Joint Principles of PC-MH released by organizations representing more than 300,000 physicians
...Association. "These principles represent a set of reforms that we believe would strengthen the physician-patient relationship and improve the overall health of all patients. Additionally, the PC-MH would improve the quality of health care, increase efficiency through care coordination, and reduce overall ...