Browsing the archives for the primary care category

Filling the void (… the young docs, vol. 2)

If there aren’t enough docs to go around, who will see the patients? PLUS, now you can read GlassHospital adjusted to your mobile phone!

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2 Comments Posted in health care reform, health care work force, patient experience, primary care
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Where have all the young docs gone?

In my new role as one of the directors of an internal medicine training program, I help select new interns out of medical school for the three year training stint of residency. At the end of residency, many graduates go on to subspecialty fellowships, another two to four year period of intensive training in fields [...]

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8 Comments Posted in hospital care, medical education, narrative, primary care
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Blue Light Special on Primary Care?

NPR and the Wall Street Journal ran stories this week on Wal-Mart’s attempt to re-shape delivery and provision of primary medical care in the U.S.The company is soliciting proposals from vendors that offer products and services designed to deliver efficient and inexpensive primary care to the market place. Then, in an “Oops” moment, the company’s VP for health [...]

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4 Comments Posted in health care finance, health care reform, humor, medical innovation, patient experience, primary care, Uncategorized
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The Doctor & The Orthodontist

How can a visit to the doctor be as smooth as one to my daughter’s orthodontist?

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12 Comments Posted in health care finance, health care reform, humor, patient experience, primary care
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Help Wanted: DIY Medicine

Do you do-it-yourself? Prefer to avoid doctors? I want to hear from you.

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10 Comments Posted in advocacy, books, computers, health & wellness, medical innovation, patient experience, personal health information, preventive health, primary care, technology
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