December 16th, 2009 by Davis Liu, M.D. in Better Health Network, Health Policy, Opinion
Tags: Costs, Family Medicine, Finance, Future, Healthcare reform, Internal Medicine, Physician Of The Future, Primary Care
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The current generation of medical students are not choosing primary care and instead are flocking to specialty care medicine in droves. Unlike decades ago when the best and brightest often went into internal medicine, the vast majority of students opt for dermatology, radiology, anesthesiology, and ophthalmology. Reasons for doing so include better predictable schedules, work-life balance, and compensation.
While I understand that proponents for more primary care doctors use other reasons to increase the primary care workforce, namely decrease the healthcare cost curve and improve health outcomes, medical students today need more compelling and practical reasons to do primary care.
I’ll give three. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Saving Money and Surviving the Healthcare Crisis*
December 16th, 2009 by Happy Hospitalist in Better Health Network, Opinion
Tags: AMA, Ethics, Gifting, Gifts, Medical Ethics, Patients, Physicians, Primary Care, Regifting
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Are gifts for doctors appropriate in the physician-patient relationship? Or should doctors refuse all offerings of gratitude that come their way?
Patients often give gifts to doctors as an appreciative sign of great thanks for for the care they provide. Some years I may go unappreciated for my efforts. Some years I get thanked for a job well done for spending time with the patient and their family. Some years I have patients that hate me. Some years I even I have patients that hate me and love me. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at The Happy Hospitalist Blog*
December 16th, 2009 by DrCharles in Better Health Network, Health Tips
Tags: Bang For The Buck, Best Value, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, National Commission on Prevention Priorities, Preventive Health Services, Primary Care, Screening, Top Ten
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With all the controversy about the utility of mammography, optimal Pap smear intervals, and risks of prostate cancer screening, you have to ask yourself – what are the most beneficial and cost effective preventive services we should be focusing on?
Here are the top 10 preventive services. These items were chosen by the National Commission on Prevention Priorities, and highlight those preventive services including immunizations, screenings, preventive medications, and counseling that give “the most bang for the buck.” For an in depth discussion of methods and results, read Am J Prev Med 2006;31(1):52–61
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*This blog post was originally published at The Examining Room of Dr. Charles*
December 15th, 2009 by Nicholas Genes, M.D., Ph.D. in Better Health Network, Humor, Research
Tags: Adjectives, Doctors, Google Suggest, Negative, Physicians, Search
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The Efficient MD’s eyes are opened by the nasty thoughts Google Suggest offers up when someone starts typing “Doctors are…” Since Google Suggest lists only common results with which to complete your queries, it seems that the most common thing people think about doctors online is that we’re “overpaid” or “jerks” or “dangerous” or, most commonly, “sadists who like to play god.”
Surveys show people consider doctors to be among the most respected professions. So what gives? Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Blogborygmi*
December 15th, 2009 by Shadowfax in Better Health Network, Humor, True Stories
Tags: Arm, Digital Imaging, Emergency Medicine, Glass, Radiology, Trauma, X-ray
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They’re not allowed to actually write “Hey Dummy, look here” on the x-ray report, but this is what the radiologists do when they want to make sure the idiots in the ER won’t miss the key finding on a film (in this case, a bit of glass from an automobile window):
The wonders of digital radiography allow this to appear on my computer screen. In the old days they did it with a grease pencil and a post-it note.
*This blog post was originally published at Movin' Meat*
