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March 28, 2005
ILL: Oakland City physician suspended by state board

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March 28, 2005
Kentucky fines doctor $30,000 over MRI centers

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March 28, 2005
A Doctor's Lament: Drive For Profit Removes Caring From Health Care

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March 28, 2005
Doctors group works to revive Southwest Hospital

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March 28, 2005
Study Documents Progress in Quality Improvement Organization Hospital Work

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March 28, 2005
OR: Members-only medical care

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March 28, 2005
MD: CareFirst to pay doctors for following care criteria

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March 28, 2005
Uncle Sam is no doctor

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March 28, 2005
HI: Group of doctors seeks to buy St. Francis hospitals

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March 28, 2005
The Effect of Physician Disclosure of Financial Incentives on Trust

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March 28, 2005
Staten Isl: 2 physicians sue to break ties with controversial oncologist

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March 24, 2005
Seattle: State ending program that helps doctors find malpractice insurance

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March 24, 2005
Program explores career as physician

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March 24, 2005
Law expands doctors' training

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March 21, 2005
Doctors rally to cap liability fees

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March 25, 2005
Senate Republicans Work to Attract Physicians to Rural Oregon

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March 21, 2005
CA:
Doctor-owned malpractice insurer names sales chief

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March 21, 2005
Board seeking more clout over guest doctors

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March 21, 2005
FLA: Doctor, lawyer legal battle rages on

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March 21, 2005
AMA: Physician executives worry about lapses in medical ethics

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March 21, 2005
Physician recruitment program seeks to avoid medical crisis in Sequim, elsewhere, City Council told

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March 21, 2005
AMA: Hospital-doctor cost-saving plan gets OIG nod

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March 21, 2005
CA: Area HMO lauded by doctor group

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March 21, 2005
Bill seeks to relax rules, ease doctor shortage

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March 21, 2005
HCA leads campaign to curb doctor-owned hospitals

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March 21, 2005

Hospitals may now be more willing to partner up with former adversaries

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March 16, 2005
Antonio Scarpa, M.D., Ph.D., Named New Director of the Center for Scientific Review

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March 16, 2005

CT: The Doctors
Going Separate Ways

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continues
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March 16, 2005

Evidence for Expanding Physician Supply

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March 16, 2005

AMA: South Carolina physician group settles price-fixing charges

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March 16, 2005

FLA: Hospice's lawyers denied doctor's allegations in court documents

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March 16, 2005

Malpractice issue: How much of a physician's apology should be evidence in court?

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March 11, 2005

Boston: Doctor switches allegiances

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March 11, 2005

NC: Hospital launches initiatives to improve patient

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March 11, 2005

Physicians Question Benefits Of Medical 'Report Cards'

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March 11, 2005

The U.S. needs to train between 3,000 and 10,000 more physicians a year to meet growing needs.

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March 11, 2005

AL: Doctor's testimony ignites legal storm


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March 11, 2005

Sen. Grassley zeroes in on specialty hospitals

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March 11, 2005
Unethical Business Practices in US Health Care Alarm Physician Leaders

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March 11, 2005
Health plans creating 'tiered' doctor networks

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March 11, 2005

OR: OHSU doctors group elects new president

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March 11, 2005

Physician shortage? Push is on for more medical students

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March 11, 2005

Doctors Report Cards Not Always Clear When Comparing Care

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March 11, 2005

WY: Medical community to keep focus on health care access, doctor recruitment

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March 11, 2005

CO: Fair action lawsuit begins PEER REVIEW

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March 6, 2005

Sick of red tape, physicians are buying hospitals

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March 6, 2005

FLA: Heart surgeon sues Atlantis hospital PEER REVIEW CASE

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March 4, 2005
Overhaul of physician discipline might wait
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March 4, 2005
Medical miscalculation creates doctor shortage
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March 4, 2005
CO: Questions raised on malpractice policy costs
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March 4, 2005
IL: New Physicians Group in Quincy
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March 4, 2005
IL: IMH in nation's top 100
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March 4, 2005
Two insurers cut malpractice rates
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March 4, 2005
Fremont hospital again among 'best'
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March 2, 2005
AMA Reports: No absolute immunity for peer reviewers.
A Connecticut court's ruling allows a psychiatrist to pursue a defamation lawsuit against several doctors and a local hospital.
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March 2, 2005
TX: Medical malpractice companies expect better year
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March 2, 2005

Pittsburgh: Health care watchdog alters plan to correct medical errors
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March 2, 2005
Ohio: Malpractice policy costs reported to be stabilizing
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March 2, 2005
Seattle: Sorting out medical-malpractice issues
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March 2, 2005
FL: Gulf Pines: Troubled Hospital
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March 2, 2005
SC: Board moves to publicize doctor disciplinary cases
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March 1, 2005

Government recognizes physician shortage in area

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February 27, 2005
AZ: Senate OKs 2 Medical Liability Bills
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February 27, 2005
Chicago lawmakers are key to malpractice bills
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February 27, 2005
San Jose: Doctors' group faces legal ills
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February 27, 2005
Crisis may loom as doctors flee high insurance rates
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February 27, 2005
"The 2000 report listed 41,296 errors by 184 facilities. Fewer than 1 percent of errors resulted in patient death."
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February 26, 2005
LA: Hospital board rejects lawyer
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February 26, 2005
MS: Voting with their feet
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February 26, 2005
Physicians sue health insurers
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February 25, 2005
FL:
Doctors recite litany of woes
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February 25, 2005
IA: Lawsuit targets U.S. chiropractor group
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February 24, 2005
Physicians are finding safety in numbers
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February 24, 2005
Duke physicians at odds with VA
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February 24, 2005
Duke physicians at odds with VA
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February 24, 2005
WI: Med mal insurance chairman testifies
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February 22, 2005
JCAHO alternatives to med-mal system
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February 22, 2005
KS: Physician recruiting efforts showing success
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February 22, 2005
Lawsuit issue aside, it's past time to control medical errors
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February 22, 2005
Lawsuit issue aside, it's past time to control medical errors
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February 22, 2005
NY:
State allocates $34.9M for physician training
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February 22, 2005
AZ:
Senate Backs Malpractice Changes Sought by Physicians
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February 22, 2005
KS: Combating medical lawsuits and errors
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February 22, 2005
AZ: No medical malpractice caps for now
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February 22, 2005
Study: Veteran Doctors Not Staying Current
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February 22, 2005
Medical peer review materials not privileged in discrimination cases
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February 22, 2005
Abusive Expert Testimony:
Toward Peer Review
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February 21, 2005
Physicians 'I'm Sorry' Measure Gets Preliminary OK
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February 21, 2005
Reporting laws aiding hospitals, officials say
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February 21, 2005
Reporting laws aiding hospitals, officials say
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February 21, 2005
LA: Antelope Valley Hospital gets A-plus on patient safety
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February 21, 2005
Doctor's care more likely to slip with age, report finds
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February 21, 2005
Minnesota physicians' plan doesn't follow Canadian model
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February 21, 2005
Patient Recovery Enhanced When Support Groups, Physicians Work Together
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February 21, 2005
Physician volunteers time to make ‘house calls' on homeless
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February 21, 2005
Physician volunteers time to make ‘house calls' on homeless
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February 21, 2005
Massachusetts Urologist Sentenced For Healthcare Fraud, Reports U.S. Attorney
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February 21, 2005
Board Says Physician-Legislator Falsified Documents
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February 21, 2005
Early Focus on Physician Satisfaction Is Key to Retention
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February 21, 2005
Physicians focus: Do you suffer from information overload?
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February 21, 2005
New Jersey plan wants repayment from cardiologists
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February 21, 2005
Virtual medical group schools physicians in business
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February 13, 2005
What doctors can learn from pilots
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February 13, 2005
Doctor Allowed To Stay In Eastern Kentucky
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February 13, 2005
TN: Doctor sues, says WTH hurts his practice
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February 12, 2005
TX: Physicians' groups to merge
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February 12, 2005
SC: Vote on physician licensing postponed
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February 12, 2005
OK: Proposed fee to hire full-time physicians
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February 12, 2005
MO: Approval sought for apology-based malpractice reform
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February 12, 2005
WA: Frequent foes align on patient safety fund
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February 12, 2005
WA: Clash over ER training could hurt Harborview
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February 12, 2005
NY: Hospitals say mistakes rare; study criticizes state's response
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February 12, 2005
Conn: Briefs from the state Capitol
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February 12, 2005
PA: US. Rep. Murphy: New physician oversight rules taking shape
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February 10, 2005
PBS: MEDICAL ERRORS
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February 10, 2005
MO: Doctors push for malpractice limits
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February 10, 2005
NC: Doctor Accused of Performing Wrong Surgery
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February 9, 2005
Medical Liability System Hinders Improvements in Patient Safety: Joint Commission Expert Panel Offers Solutions to Crisis
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February 9, 2005
IO: ORHC retreat results in physician recruitment strategies
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February 9, 2005
GA: Phoebe docs express support for CEO
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February 9, 2005
SC: Doctors spar with board over proposals
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February 9, 2005
TX: Slapped with $845,000 fine, oft-sued surgeon loses license The penalty is the largest levied by board
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February 9, 2005
Study finds that half of health care dollars are wasted
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February 9, 2005
San Diego:Palomar treated unfairly
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February 9, 2005
Editorial: Effects of medical error disclosure & apology
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February 7, 2005
Paying more for an ounce of prevention
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February 7, 2005
SD: Surgeon files ADA suit against hospital
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February 7, 2005
JAMA: Theme Issue on Medical Education
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February 7, 2005
PA: Hospital panel revises staff by-laws
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February 7, 2005
When Is a Doctor Too Old? Or Too Young?
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February 7, 2005
Physicians blast Medicare plan to curb surgery center procedures
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February 6, 2005
OH: Docs buy out New Albany hospital partner
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February 6, 2005
Some Calif. MDs Quit Worker Comp System
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February 6, 2005
IO: Problems getting physicians must first be identified
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February 6, 2005
Malpractice cap may punish unemployed
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February 6, 2005
Malpractice cap may punish unemployed
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February 6, 2005
SF: Hiding doctors' mistakes
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February 6, 2005
Fixing the physician shortage
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February 6, 2005
Norton to post hospital ratings
Care to be checked against standards
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February 6, 2005
CoxHealth officials contend a new for-profit specialty clinic will endanger their not-for-profit care system.
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February 6, 2005
Legislator hopefuls dissect medical center finances
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February 6, 2005
Report: Washoe Medical Center most profitable hospital in Nevada
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February 4, 2005
Physician Groups Address Disparities in Healthcare
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February 3, 2005
Five Things Every Patient Should Discuss with a New Physician
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February 3, 2005
Physicians Need A Touch Of Humility
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February 3, 2005
Physicians aim to get noticed in Austin
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February 3, 2005
Mass. doctor networks rated high in quality-of-care study
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February 2, 2005
Better communication needed, stat!
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February 2, 2005
Medicare to reward physicians, hospitals
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February 2, 2005
Georgia's dearth of doctors
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February 2, 2005
Medicare Begins Performance-Based Payments For Physician Groups
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February 2, 2005
COUNCIL TO DISCUSS ORDINANCE AIMED AT PHYSICIAN RESPONSIBILITY
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February 2, 2005
WY: CCMH joins group of safety-first hospitals
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February 2, 2005
Physician's costs are mounting
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February 2, 2005
New 'hospitalists' help ease the burdens on physicians
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February 1, 2005
New physicians ER group on hand at Medical Center
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February 1, 2005
FL: No visible changes at hospital -- yet
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February 1, 2005
Americans Don't Rate U.S. Health Care as World's Best
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February 1, 2005
NC: Doctors group to join Medicare experiment
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February 1, 2005
Ind: BMH among first hospitals to disclose patient-care data
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February 1, 2005
Discrediting the Expert Witness on Account of Bias
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February 1, 2005
San Diego physician is politically astute
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Progress / Directory / Congress / Federal Agencies / National Trends and Studies
These are articles that cover health care trends in regards to physicians on a national level. Included are general news items, malpractice news and major studies that have been published.

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Teaming Up full story...
The Next Generation full story...
Battling Burnout full story...
Harried by the bureaucracy of medicine, physicians are pulling back from patient care full story...
A growing gap separates doctors and patients. The new healers are now stepping in to fill the void
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January 25, 2005
Higher Demand for Family Physicians Bodes Growth Despite Sluggish Pay Increases full story...

January 23, 2005
AMA: New Medicare bonus payments kick in for rural doctors full story...

January 22, 2005
Doctor Report Cards Not Always Clear full story...

January 21, 2005
Despite recent limits, physicians in training face a demanding schedule full story...

January 17, 2005
amednews: Principles and managed care: Not mutually exclusive full story...

January 17, 2005
A new literature review reveals mixed results for patient safety when work hours are cut. full story...

January 2005
American Scientist Book Review: The Great Betrayal: Fraud in Science full story...

January 16, 2005
Doctors `practice' medicine full story...

January 16, 2005
Brutal hours, intended to build skills, raise safety concerns full story...

January 12, 2005
Doctors aim to curtail errors full story...

January 11, 2005
Steps to prevent medical errors urged full story...

January 10, 2005
Physician response to conflicts between faith and medicine full story...

January 2005
Patient Concerns about Medical Errors in Emergency Departments full story...

January 7, 2005
Let Courts Decide on Doctors full story...

January 4, 2005
Mending the relationship between doctors, patients full story...

January 3, 2005
Patient safety laboratories: States pave the way for a national effort full story...

January 3, 2005
AMA: Hospital patient safety effort launched to reduce errors, save lives full story...

January 3, 2005
AMA: Litigation center provides another form of advocacy full story...

December 14, 2004 Competition isn't raising quality of health care full story...
December 13, 2004 Charting health's 'oops' factor full story...

December 1, 2004 Hospitals form 'SWAT' teams to avert deaths full story...
November 30, 2004 GAO's report on JCAHO full story...

November 21, 2004 Let doctors fix mistakes full story...
November 20, 2004 When You Won't Be Able to Find a Physician full story...
November 20, 2004 Recommendations to spur interdisciplinary research full story...
November 12, 2004 Physicians and Hospitals: In the Same Lifeboat, Again full story...
November 19, 2004 Survey Shows Fear of Medical Errors full story...
November 12, 2004 Physicians and Hospitals: In the Same Lifeboat, Again full story...
November 7, 2004 Physician oversight report cites woeful flaws; Criticisms include drug abuse program full story...

November 6, 2004 No cure for ending medical mistakes full story...
November 5 , 2004 AAP studies pros, cons of NIH-proposed `open archive' to research full story...
November 2, 2004 Health Policy Expert Predicts Doctor Shortage full story...
November 2, 2004 Why Your Doctor Might Quit full story...

MALPRACTICE NEWS

January 10, 2005
Attacking patients or their lawyers won't cure what ails the health care industry. Insurance reform is a better place to start. full story...

December 14, 2004 Competition isn't raising quality of health care full story...
December 13, 2004 Charting health's 'oops' factor full story...

December 1, 2004 Hospitals form 'SWAT' teams to avert deaths full story...
November 30, 2004 GAO's report on JCAHO full story...

November 23, 2004 Going Beyond the 'Malpractice Myths' full story...
November 21, 2004 Let doctors fix mistakes full story...
November 20, 2004 When You Won't Be Able to Find a Physician full story...
November 20, 2004 Recommendations to spur interdisciplinary research full story...
November 19, 2004 Survey Shows Fear of Medical Errors full story...
November 12, 2004 Physicians and Hospitals: In the Same Lifeboat, Again full story...
November 7, 2004 Physician oversight report cites woeful flaws; Criticisms include drug abuse program full story...

November 6, 2004 No cure for ending medical mistakes full story...
November 5 , 2004 AAP studies pros, cons of NIH-proposed `open archive' to research full story...
November 2, 2004 Health Policy Expert Predicts Doctor Shortage full story...
November 2, 2004 Why Your Doctor Might Quit full story...

 

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