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Trend: More than half of primary-care doctor grads are immigrants
If the primary-care physician shortage hasn't absolutely exploded, it seems we have your friendly immigrant doctor to thank. After all, unless something changes dramatically in the way U.S.... Read more...
Vermont enacts tough rules on physician gifts from pharmas
Backed by the state's medical society, Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas (R) has signed a bill that gives the state some of the toughest controls in the country on financial relationships between doctors and... Read more...
Grassley investigates Pfizer's financial ties to Harvard Med School MDs
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) continues with his campaign to address pharma influence in medicine, this time with a letter to Pfizer asking about its financial relationship with doctors at Harvard... Read more...
IOM wants more enforcement of 80 hour work week for medical residents
Though it may cost as much as $1.7 billion annually, the Institute of Medicine is calling for the current limits on medical students' hours be kept at 80. The IOM is also calling for 16-hour daily... Read more...
Study: Medical school can lead to burnout, suicidal thoughts
Everyone knowns that medical school can be a bruising ordeal, one that depletes students of time, energy, money and morale--and that in some cases, the stress is just too much to handle.... Read more...
Rush Medical ships unused supplies overseas to needy hospitals
Rush Medical Center has decided that it will do something with the unused medical supplies that otherwise would end up in a landfill. Working together, staff and medical students collect unused... Read more...
Congress under pressure to address MD shortage
With the proposed 10 percent Medicare pay cut raising the stakes, Congress is under increasing pressure to fight the ongoing doctor shortage with new legislation. The Physician Shortage Elimination... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Ding! S-CHIP fight goes into round two; Boston officials ask Caritas to set facility free; and much more...
> Here we go again. Congress has passed another version of S-CHIP, and President Bush has promised another veto. Read more...
UConn considers pharma gift ban
The University of Connecticut Health Center may become the next academic medical institution to set limits on drug- and medical device-maker gifts to staff and students. A committee of administrators... Read more...
Program briefs med students in financial realities
In Miami, medical students all get a briefing in the sometimes perplexing financial realities of their chosen profession--and some of them are a bit shocked by what they hear. For about 10 years, students at the University of Miami med school have spent a day at the headquarters of health insurer AvMed getting briefed on the latest financial issues facing practicing physicians. One-fourth of the med school's third-year class visits with health plan executives every three months. This …
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