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- Call for primary care reform, US - 4.2
- Extra investment for Shirley patients, UK - 3.3
- Primary care doctors shortage in US - 3.3
- Prayer - an integral part of health care and healing - 3
- Supportive of intent of ACO proposed rule, ACP expresses concern - 2.7
- Retail clinics attracting patients with no regular doctor - 2.7
- Minority health care clinics separate but unequal - 2.7
- Medicaid funded ADHD treatment for children is failing - 2.6
- Parents will be told if their children are overweight - 2.5
- Education programs increase parent child interactions - 2.5

Primary Care articles

Medicaid plans owned by public companies have higher administrative costs
A new Commonwealth Fund report finds that Medicaid managed care plans that are owned by publicly traded for-profit companies whose primary line of business is managing Medicaid enrollees spent an average of 14 percent of premiums on administrative costs, compared with an average of only 10 percent spent by non-publicly traded plans owned by groups of health care providers, health systems, community health centers, or clinics.

Supportive of intent of ACO proposed rule, ACP expresses concern
In a 10-page letter addressed to Donald Berwick, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, ACP today said: The ACP strongly supports the intent of the proposed rule, and believes that an ACO model has the potential of supporting such important care delivery goals as enhancing quality, efficiency, integration, and patient-centeredness.

Changes in medical students' views about internal medicine careers
Compared with 1990, more medical students in 2007 viewed internal medicine as a potentially meaningful career; however, the majority of students are choosing other specialties.

Education programs increase parent child interactions
Parent education programs delivered through pediatric primary care offices appeared to increase parent-child interactions during infancy in at-risk families.

Primary care doctors get little information about chronic sinusitis
Facial pain. Nasal congestion. Postnasal drip. Fatigue. These are hallmark signs of chronic sinusitis, a swelling of tissue in the nasal and sinus cavity. The illness strikes millions of Americans each year and is one of the top five reasons patients visit their primary care doctor.

Few questions can determine risk for lung cancer
Aa simple questionnaire designed to identify patients at high risk of lung cancer is found helpful. The new study is featured in the November issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology.

Patients with acute lower back pain can be diagnosed by PCP
Primary care physicians are front line defense in diagnosing serious illness in patients with acute lower back pain, revealed by researchers at The George Institute for International Health in Australia.

Call for primary care reform, US
Leaders of three US organizations representing nearly a third of a million physicians today visited Capitol Hill offices to express their continued concern for America's patients who do not have access to primary care physicians.

Ontario's primary health care reforms questioned
Ontario has invested millions of dollars into the healthcare system in response to a serious doctor shortage. But despite improvements in primary care, a study out of the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) has found Ontario's chronically sick and poor are the least likely to benefit from the investments.

NHS patients to benefit from new measures to improve access to drugs
A package of measures designed to speed up access to new drugs and treatments for NHS patients, was announced by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and Health Minister Lord Darzi.

Blood & ultrasound can diagnose ovarian cancer early
Blood test combined with ultrasound scan can diagnose ovarian cancer (gynecological cancer) early in postmenopausal women, almost 2 years earlier than normal, reported by the British researchers in the Lancet.

Prayer - an integral part of health care and healing
Once again it is proved legally that prayer is recognized as an integral part of health care and the healing process in the healthcare system.

Postnatal depression can be prevented
Health visitors can be trained to identify women with postnatal depression and offer effective treatment, while telephone peer support (mother to mother) may halve the risk of developing postnatal depression, suggests research published on bmj.com.

Primary care doctors shortage in US
A survey released by The Physicians' Foundation depicts widespread frustration and concern among primary care physicians in US, which could lead to a dramatic decrease in practicing doctors in the near future.

US adults skip needed care due to costs
Compared to patients in seven other countries, chronically ill adults in the United States are far more likely to forgo care because of costs; they also experience the highest rates of medical errors, coordination problems, and high out-of-pocket costs, according to a new study from The Commonwealth Fund.

Physicians rarely show empathy with lung cancer patients
In consultations with patients with lung cancer, physicians rarely responded empathically to the concerns of the patients about mortality, symptoms or treatment options, according to a study led by a University of Rochester Medical Center researcher.

Foreign PG medical qualifications recognized in India
The Indian Government, exercising powers conferred upon it by the provisions of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, has recognized Post Graduate medical qualifications being awarded in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States of America, with the condition that these degrees should be recognized in the respective country for enrolment of medical practitioners in the concerned specialties.

92% UK physicians commiited for extended hours
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has welcomed a decision by General Physicians to extend surgery opening hours. British Medical Association saw 92% of GPs votes supporting UK Government proposals to include extra sessions in the evening and at weekends.

New York unveils electronic health record technology
New York's Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas R. Frieden unveiled the City's next-generation electronic health records (EHRs), already in use at more than 200 primary-care providers across the city that care for more than 200,000 New Yorkers.

Extra investment for Shirley patients, UK
Solihull NHS Care Trust has approved an extra £145,000 a year investment to help improve primary care services in Shirley. The money will be used to extend and modernize Haslucks Surgery in Haslucks Green Road, Shirley. Local residents can look forward to even more primary care facilities nearer their homes and may have shorter waits for treatment.

Strong health system in Canada by 2020, says CNA
By 2020, problems with access to health services will be eradicated and registered nurses will be central to Canada's primary care system, predicts the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) in Vision for Change a vision statement for Canada's health system and a signature component of their 100th anniversary.

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