Clinical pharmacology needs to be revitalised in the UK
...clinical pharmacology, the overall position of the specialty has now declined sharply. The authors state: "It is in the national interest that the medical schools, the General Medical Council Education Committee, the National Health Service, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), MHRA, ...Strategy to redesign primary care medicine presented at annual internal medicine conference
...nited States. ACP, the nation's largest medical specialty society, 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. ...Strategy to redesign primary care medicine
...nited States. ACP, the nation's largest medical specialty society, 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. ...Older breast cancer survivors shared care study
...such care remains unclear. We wondered whether the specialty of the physician made a difference, so we evaluated mammography use among survivors followed by primary care physicians, cancer specialists, or both. Our results are encouraging that primary care physicians and specialists who cooperate in the care o...Medicare must change the way it values physician services to avert primary care collapse
...ians to report on the measures applicable to their specialty and practice." Noting that ACP is pleased that the Commission is exploring ways to improve the care of patients with chronic diseases, Dr. Hedberg urged pilot testing of a new model for organizing and reimbursing care of patients with chronic disease...Most hospitals surveyed do not initially require board certification of pediatricians
...ompetence among physicians through the creation of specialty boards and testing for board certification, according to background information in the article. It is unknown how or if hospitals use board certification as a proxy measure of professional competence in their privileging decisions. Gary L. Freed, M....Future of pain therapies at forefront of physician meeting
....m. Scientific Poster Session AAPM is the medical specialty society representing physicians practicing in the ... education, training, advocacy and research in the specialty of pain medicine. The 22nd annual meeting offers a selection of educational opportunities in pain ...Medical research must put public interests before commercial decisions, warns pharmaceutical faculty
...rity and the highest professional standards in the specialty for the benefit of the public." "Both we and the Faculty hope that the material published in IJCP will provide support and advice for physicians and other professionals working in pharmaceutical medicine and that it will stimulate wider discussion an...Journal article validates the coming of age of hair replacement surgery
...D. "I feel strongly that this is the future of our specialty offering excellent options for every candidate." Prior to the development of the SAFE System, hair transplant surgeons had to rely on traditional, invasive surgical procedures that required the surgeon to surgically remove strips of scalp from the...New licensing agreement to maximize AIDS drug development
... VA. www.conrad.org Cellegy Pharmaceuticals is a specialty biopharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes prescription drugs for the treatment of women's health care conditions, including sexual dysfunction, HIV prevention; and, gastrointestinal disorders. Biosyn, Inc is a wholly owned subsidiar...ACP proposes solutions for America's health care system
... certification and recognition of primary care and specialty medical practices that use health information technology, quality measurement and reporting, patient-friendly scheduling systems and other "best practices" to deliver better value and improve care coordination for patients, especially those with mult...Trauma-center care significantly lowers risk of death
...uch as the number of patients treated and types of specialty services available. After adjusting for factors such as severity of injury, patient age and pre-existing medical conditions, the researchers found a 25 percent overall decrease in the risk of death following care in a trauma center compared to receiv...First baseline data by REACH supports and extends ESC's Euroaspire findings
...ype of treatment patients received depended on the specialty of the physician. Cardiologists, for example, prescribed statins significantly more often than physicians with other specialties. "The findings stress the need for the appropriate and judicious use of appropriate drugs, such as statins, anti-hyperte...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Jan. 17, 2006
...competent care": the state medical boards, medical specialty boards, and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Wealth Disparities Are Not the Cause of Disparate Death Rates from MI Although some studies have found that wealthier patients have lower death rates after myocardial i...Does household income affect access to medical care in developed countries?
...care but a pro-rich bias when it came to access to specialty care....HealthGrades identifies hospitals with highest-rated specialty practices
...e ratings company, today identified hospitals with specialty practices that are rated in the top ten percent in the nation. The annual analysis of specialty care at all 5,000 of the nation's nonfederal hospitals is based on objective criteria -- mortality a...Mayo Clinic finds aggressive surgery best option for advanced-stage ovarian cancer patients
...to define a topic that is often debated within our specialty -- the benefit of radical surgery for advanced ovarian cancer patients." Dr. Cliby says that data demonstrate many surgeons choose the more cautious route of less surgical intervention, and this results in shorter overall survival. Dr. Cliby and his...Initial results help clinicians identify patients with treatment-resistant depression
...eatment. Participants treated in both medical and specialty mental health care settings experienced a remission of symptoms in 12 to 14 weeks during well-monitored treatment with an antidepressant medication. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (N...Children with heart defects found to benefit from exercise
...ren's Hospital Boston at Waltham a new outpatient specialty center in Waltham, Mass. are complete. Rhodes believes that about two-thirds of children with serious congenital heart disease will be eligible to participate. In the pilot study, fewer than 10 percent of children with reduced exercise capacity had ...Telephone-based care improves quality of life for those with anxiety disorders
...the study. "We found that having non-mental health specialty care managers provide patients with information and support over the phone in collaboration with patients' primary care physicians was indeed a very effective way of improving patients' symptoms, quality of life and patterns of employment. Perhaps mo...