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NewsUniversal coverage fails to reduce ER visits
To the dismay of supporters of Massachusetts's healthcare reform law, universal coverage hasn't affected the number of emergency room visits, according to a study published in the Annals of Emergency Read more...
Advanced practice RNs are frugal fix to doc shortage
As hospitals struggle to ease the shortage of primary-care doctors, advanced practice nurses could pose an efficient and cost-effective solution. Enabling nurses to perform to the fullest extent of Read more...
Primary-care docs' days packed with uncompensated tasks
We've known anecdotally that primary-care physicians perform a great deal of uncompensated work. But a close look into the days of five Philadelphia PCPs breaks it down into numbers that surprised Read more...
States assess health law's impact on physician shortages
The consensus generally indicates that health reform will exacerbate current or looming physician shortages across the country, particularly in primary care. Long term, the nation may see a shortage Read more...
Newly hired nurse anesthetists offered more money than primary-care docs
Some primary-care doctors apparently are beginning to feel like "second-class citizens" compared to certified nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), who in 2009 were offered average salaries of $189,000 by Read more...
Think tank offers recommendations for expanding primary care rolls
As reform discussions steam on, one issue that keeps popping up is how the system will generate enough primary-care physicians to cope with the influx of newly-insured patients. It's not just a Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Reform continues to rachet up pressure on primary care
The idea isn't new--critics have been warning that reform would explode the demand for primary-care physicians--but the closer the country gets to a finalized reform bill, the scarier things look. If Read more...
Study: Universal coverage won't solve primary care shortage
Regardless of whatever other benefits it might offer, universal coverage isn't going to solve health system problems created by the primary care provider shortage, a new study has concluded. The Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Canadian doctors use lottery to drop patients
In this country, when primary care doctors run out of space in their practices, they just stop seeing new patients. In Canada, on the other hand, the system is different, though primary care Read more...
City of Boston creates primary care referral service
In one of several steps it's taking to improve access to primary care, the city of Boston's health department is starting a telephone referral service which will direct residents to primary care Read more...
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