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National Socialism & Medicine!
1 day ago ago from N.S. Acumen of Bowles
National Socialism did not emerge suddenly in 1933, but gradually gained strength in Germany throughout the 1920s. In 1929, the National Socialist Physicians' League (NSPL) was formed to implement the goals of healthcare and medicine. One goal was to extract German medicine of any Jewish influence, including that of the approximately 9,000 Jewish physicians then working in Germany (in present-day America about 40 percent of the physicians at ...
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3 hours ago ago from EMR, EMR Software, Electronicmedicalrecord's
A short implementation timeline, a perceived lack of attention to specialists and, naturally, financial concerns, have critics believing that the federal stimulus won’t be enough to convince many doctors adopt EMRs. At a two-day meeting of the Health IT Policy Committee that wrapped up yesterday, physicians in small practices, and who work in underserved communities, said that there are too many problems with the proposed definition of ...
Related contentCondolence letters for the families of soldiers who die by suicide: A response to Paul Steinberg's New York Times opinion piece
17 hours ago ago from Psychotherapy Brown Bag
by Michael D. Anestis, M.S. Over the past few weeks, many of you have likely heard that President Obama is reviewing a fairly controversial policy involving the military . The policy dictates that the president will not send letters of condolences to the families of soldiers who die by suicide . I have a fairly strong opinion about this policy, but I have no interest in making PBB a political forum and, besides which, my views on this ...
Related contentMy Final Essay as AANP President
23 hours ago ago from Physicians Who Listen
By Lise Alschuler, ND, FABNO AANP President Vice President, Quality and Education, Emerson Ecologics Photo by Dare*2*Dream via flickr, used under the Creative Commons License . This is my last essay as President of the AANP. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share my ramblings with you in this venue over the past two years. As my last one, I am taking some liberty and exceeding my word limit just a bit. I have a lot of ...
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15 hours ago ago from Windy City News » Chicago Headlines
PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute's Top 10 Health Industry Issues in 2010 , puts healthcare cost control at the head of the list as the overarching theme for the year ahead. Healthcare typically lags trends in the business cycle by a year or more. While flat may be the new growth for other sectors of the U.S. economy, the recession could hit healthcare in 2010, said David Chin, M.D., partner and leader of ...
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Helene Pavlov: Are Doctors Spending Enough Time With Patients?
18 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
As a physician I realize that some may think I am being blasphemous by posting this position but, I often wonder, in some cases not all, why we as patients pay so much money for so little time with our physicians. As a matter of fact, it fascinates me that many doctors now relegate initial patient consultation to a PA (physician assistant). While I fully respect the role that a PA plays in the health and well being of patients, it infuriates ...
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