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Trend: Primary-care docs spending more time on visits
Here's something that may surprise you--and came as quite a surprise to your editor. Apparently, family doctors have been taking more time with adult patients of late, and seeing them more often, as... Read more...
The discussion continues: Are physician salaries key to health reform?
For decades, the American Medical Association has violently opposed any system other than fee-for-service medicine, but virtually any health reform that works is likely to require changes to... Read more...
Survey: Nurses don't trust their employers
Talk about a vote of no confidence: A new study concludes that many nurses wouldn't be comfortable having friends or family receive care where they work. According to the study, conducted by the... Read more...
Study: Higher spending for end-of-life care doesn't offer higher care quality
A new study published in Health Affairs underscores a principle that has been shown to apply to the entire U.S. healthcare system--that greater spending doesn't equal better care. The study, which... Read more...
Survey: TX physicians say paperwork hurts patients
A physician survey done by the Texas Medical Association has concluded that doctors feel health plans and government bureaucracy undermine patient care. The survey, which polled 850 of the state's... Read more...
MA puts hospital costs, ratings on the web
Like a growing number of its peers, the state of Massachusetts is taking transparency to a whole new level. Residents now have access to a website that allows them to directly compare the cost and... Read more...
Survey says: Hospitals not treating pain sufficiently
Hospitals are not treating pain as well as they could, says a new survey out today from the New England Journal of Medicine. The survey, which was done in hospitals from 40 major metropolitan areas,... Read more...
Health plan quality improves, while federal payers lag
Over the last nine years, the quality of care delivered to patients enrolled in health plans submitting data to the National Committee for Quality Assurance has continued to improve, though federal... Read more...
11 more communities tapped by HHS collaborate to share quality, price info
Joining 14 communities already participating in the program, 11 new communities have been named by HHS as Chartered Value Exchanges, collaboratives focused on improving care quality, and sharing... Read more...
Study: Majority of patients want EMRs
A new study from the Commonwealth Fund suggests that the majority of patients would like to see doctors move to electronic medical records, with many suggesting that EMRs would help to improve care... Read more...
