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NewsRelief from physician shortage coming soon?
It's no secret that the current physician shortage has looming problems of lack of medical care for more insured patients, workload burdens for existing physicians, and difficulties with recruitment. Read more...
Poll: Americans still confused by new healthcare reform law
If you don't know much about the healthcare reform bill passed in March, you're not alone. When 2,100 adults were given a list of 18 reform items and asked to identify which were part of the law and Read more...
Study: Patients satisfied with retail clinicsIf you're convinced that people won't settle for cut-rate retail clinic care, think again. Though some quality concerns remain, most U.S. residents who have visited a retail clinic are satisfied with the service they received, according to a new survey by The Wall Street Journal Online and Harris Interactive. The research, which surveyed 2,441 U.S. adults, found that five percent had visited a retail clinic. Nearly half (44 percent) visited for a vaccination, 33 percent … Read more...Study: Many patients feel MDs are too aggressivePhysicians, more patients than you might think believe you're not sparing enough with prescriptions and treatments. A new study by the Wall Street Journal and Harris Interactive found that more than a quarter of patients have failed to fill a drug prescription because they felt that it was unnecessary, and that 20 percent have gotten a second opinion when they felt their doctor's recommendations were too aggressive for their taste. All told, 44 percent of people surveyed told … Read more...SPOTLIGHT: Employer coverage not dead yet
ALSO NOTED: More regs for managed care, hospitals?; Wal-Mart generics program keeps expanding; and much more...> According to a new study by Harris Interactive, many Americans feel that hospitals and managed companies should face more regulation. Of course, there are just a few regs in place already... Release > The juggernaut keeps rolling. Wal-Mart is rolling … Read more...Study: Birthing moms get multiple interventionsA new study suggests that most pregnant women in the U.S. are still experiencing high-tech, medically-complex childbirth, with most opting for several interventions. The organizations behind the study, meanwhile, contend that many of these interventions are excessive and possibly dangerous if used on healthy women with uncomplicated pregnancies. One of the organizations backing the study, Lamaze International, is a high-profile proponent for "natural" childbirth. The other, Childbirth … Read more...Cheap generics could shift drug purchase patternsThe fallout from Wal-Mart's $4 generics campaign could be much more dramatic than we thought. A new study from the Wall Street Journal Online and survey firm Harris Interactive predicts that not only will Wal-Mart-style cheap generics attract customers to stores, they could potentially shift long-term U.S. prescribing and purchasing patterns. Dirt-cheap generics seem very … Read more...The EMR debate rolls onThe promise of Electronic Medical Records: streamlined, simplified healthcare without the hassle of paper--a program that combines virtually all of a practice's chores into one easy-to-use system. Ten years ago, we though that most healthcare providers would have made EMRs part of their daily lives by now. But as we all know, the movement is just getting started now rather than being well under way. A recent Harris Interactive poll found that only 17 percent of primary care docs use EMRs. … Read more...Online med research publication wins supportThe majority of Americans think that the results of taxpayer-funded medical research should be made available online for free. A WSJ/Harris Interactive poll found that about 83 percent of Americans agree with the premise that government-supported research should be made available on the Internet. About the same number--80 percent--said they think that having access to such research would help people with chronic conditions manage their healthcare more effectively. The issue of … Read more... | Press ReleasesUnrestricted Access to Advanced Imaging a Top Priority for ConsumersAugust Imaging Economics article explores survey by Harris Interactive on access to CT and MRI WAUWATOSA, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In a new article published in the August issue of Imaging Economics, Read more >> The Melting Pot and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® Partner For the 7th Annual Thanks and Giving® CampaignTAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Melting Pot Restaurants (http://www.meltingpot.com) join St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (http://www.stjude.org) in the seventh annual Thanks and Giving Read more >> Majority of Physicians Concerned about Risks to Patients from Heat Damaged ProductsMore than 83% of PCPs and Pediatricians and 72% of specialists report experiencing a break in cold chain MORRIS PLAINS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In a recent Harris Interactive survey of US physicians Read more >> UPS Survey: Healthcare Execs Divided over Reform as Opportunity or ThreatCompanies Concerned about the Logistics of Change ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- With their world turned upside down by enactment of healthcare reform, senior U.S. healthcare executives are divided over Read more >> Americans Divided Over Historic Health Reform LawMost support expanding insurance, but they don’t know how the changes will affect them NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The new health care reform package signed into law by President Barack Obama Read more >> |
