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Obamacare Is Bad Medicine

23 hours ago ago from The Conservative Article Annals

The current health-care bills do nothing to help doctors, and much to hurt them. By Soumi Eachempati Monday, December 07, 2009 As a full-time practicing surgeon, I unequivocally can say that the American health-care system is among the world’s finest. For elective and emergency care, American hospitals boast the most modern equipment, the best training facilities for physicians, and the most fertile ground for the development of new ...

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Are the best medical spas making the most money?

14 hours ago ago from Medical Spa MD

Is you're medical spa providing the best medical care or just making the most money? Are they mutually exclusive? There's a New Yorker article detailing the commencement address Atul Gawande Atul Gawande delivered this commencement address, titled to the graduates of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. It expands on the themes he touched on in his recent article about health-care costs in McAllen, Texas , which figured ...

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i Need a Doctor™ iPhone app unveiled

7 hours ago ago from NCTechNews

(Winston-Salem, N.C.) Have no fear during holiday travel this year — if you’re in a strange city, feel flu-like symptoms coming on and want to find a doctor, there’s a new iPhone App that will find one for you. The i Need a Doctor™ ( www.ineedadoc.net ) app is a joint venture between The Paladin Group LLC, the app developer, and two of the most respected doctor-rating services in the United States — the health care research organization ...

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Dear senators: Listen to the patients

17 hours ago ago from Nursing Notes

Image via Wikipedia This article speaks for itself.  I could not have written or said it any better.  Our healthcare system is broken.  Period. Our health care is being decided by clerks that are young and possibly not as educated as we might wish.  They make decisions based on a predetermined algorithm or some such nonsense.  This is the only place I can think of where a doctor (who went to school for many, many years) has to check ...

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Groups try simple steps to avoid hospital rebound

20 hours ago ago from pelaspate

WASHINGTON Talk about unnecessary misery: One in five Medicare patients winds up back in the hospital within a month even worse, one in four patients with heart failure. A major push is under way around the country to cut rehospitalizations, in part by arming patients with simple steps to keep their recovery on track like getting past harried receptionists for quicker follow-up doctor visits, and reducing medication confusion green . ...

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Searching for a Doctor? There’s a New App for That

7 hours ago ago from Good News Now

Have no fear during holiday travel this year — if you’re in a strange city, feel flu-like symptoms coming on and want to find a doctor, there’s a new iPhone App that will find one for you. The i Need a Doctor™ ( www.ineedadoc.net ) app is a joint venture between The Paladin Group LLC, the app developer, and two of the most respected doctor-rating services in the United States — the health care research organization Castle Connolly Medical ...

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Allscripts Launches New Innovations in Live Event

6 hours ago ago from Good News Now

LAS VEGAS, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX) Chief Executive Officer Glen Tullman will host a webcast today, broadcasted live from the Allscripts Executive Summit in Las Vegas, to introduce two new innovations: Allscripts Professional(TM) EHR 9.0 , a breakthrough in user experience for the premier Electronic Health Record for small- and medium-sized physician groups; and Allscripts Remote (TM) for BlackBerry ® ...

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Concierge Choice Physicians Names Susan S. Wilder, MD to Position of Medical Director

7 hours ago ago from FanHouse

Susan S. Wilder, MD has been named Medical Director for Concierge Choice Physicians (CCP), the pioneer of the Hybrid Model of concierge medical care. CCP is the second largest concierge management company in the nation with more than 100 physicians, caring for 250,000+ hybrid and traditional model patients in 15 states. With a background ranging from the Mayo Clinic and the U.S. Air Force to Operation Restore Hope in Africa and today as a ...

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Aaron E. Carroll: News Flash: Medicare Didn't End Freedom in America!

4 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

I caught a piece two days ago showing that just over one quarter of Americans know what the public option is. It seems like everyone loves it or hates it, so finding out that so few actually know why they feel that way is incredibly depressing. I'll take a share of the blame, since it's my job to explain this stuff, but the media has to take most of it. When I turn on the TV right now, all I really I see is extensive coverage of a golfer's ...

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