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SPOTLIGHT: One doctor reflects on important moments in medicine
In this piece, a geriatric physician shares how she feels about the times when patients die--and other moments when it's important for caregivers to stop and appreciate the importance of the moment. Read more...
AMA debates ethics of hospital 'mystery shoppers'
These days, it's far from unusual for hospitals and clinics to send undercover patients in to check out how the staff treats them. Administrators say such phantom patients--better known as "mystery Read more...
Did Glaxo conceal Paxil users' risk of suicide?
Did drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline conceal suicide risks for users of its antidepressant Paxil within the mountains of data it submitted to the FDA? That's a question Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) would Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Settlements between PBMs, states not tough enough
Recently, the industry has seen a string of cases in which pharmacy benefit managers have agreed to fork over settlements over allegations of bad behavior. Most recently, this includes the instance Read more...
ALSO NOTED: IL critics say there's been too many hospital mergers; TN Medicaid patient wins right to experimental treatment cos
> Illinois critics are challenging the volume of hospital mergers taking place there, arguing that there's been just too much consolidation. Read more...
Study: Med schools could dramatically boost rural MD supply
Right now, only 9 percent of doctors live in rural areas, while 20 percent of the U.S. population is based there, according to current research. But medical schools could help close this gap. In Read more...
Hospital night shifts severely lacking
The differences between being treated at a hospital at night and during the day often can be daunting, the Wall Street Journal's health blog points out. Not only is the quality care not as high Read more...
Cleveland Clinic will pay tuition for med school students
Following a practice that is growing increasingly common, the Cleveland Clinic says that it plans to pay the entire tuition bill for the 32 students entering its medical education program later this Read more...
Study: Acute shortage of adult primary care MDs coming
A new study appearing in the journal Health Affairs attaches some numbers to a problem we all see coming--the growing U.S. shortage of primary care physicians. According to the study, by 2025 the Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Tool calculates ROI on quality programs; Doctors resist e-mailing patients; and much more...
> A new tool could help health plans and providers demonstrate the return on investment from quality improvement. Read more...
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