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!
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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Tagged hospitalists, medical careers, workforce
Tagged hospitalists, medical careers, workforce
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 [...]
23Oct11
The Doctor & The Orthodontist
How can a visit to the doctor be as smooth as one to my daughter’s orthodontist?
16Oct11
Help Wanted: DIY Medicine
Do you do-it-yourself? Prefer to avoid doctors? I want to hear from you.