The specialist-heavy physician organization says all the right things regarding the proposed primary care medical home, but will their support withstand “budget-neutral” payment reforms?
An emergency physician comments that “current compensation mechanisms for health insurance in federal plans . . . doesn’t place any significant value at the physician spending time at the bedside,” and a urologist proclaims “the concept of the medical home Read more »
Imagine being able to see your doctor, on demand via your computer.
A company is looking to make this scenario a reality, where patients can “visit” a doctor for a 10-minute, online consultation via webcam. Malpractice is covered, and the cost is low enough that health plans are paying for it.
It’s a smart play on the primary care shortage, targeting a web-savvy demographic. At the risk of sounding ageist, Read more »
Speaking at the Nurse Practitioner Association conference in Liverpool last week, Dr Peter Carter, the RCN’s chief executive and general secretary, touched on the abuse and death of the 17-month-old boy known for legal reasons as Baby P in Haringey, London.
Dr Carter said: ‘I don’t in any way want to excuse poor practice but it brings into sharp relief and focus that these are difficult jobs and we are not working Read more »
Yoga will surely help you get rid of the cholesterol and you will be highly satisfied when after two months you go to check the level and find them impressively low.
The main factor with cholesterol is that the fats in your body don’t get burned up due to lack of physical activity or improper life style.
The cholesterol flows in the blood and an increase in its amount make the cholesterol deposit on the walls of Read more »
In “Too Small to Fail, ” The Washington Monthly writes on the success of conservatively-managed small banks in the midst of the financial market collapse.
Why are small banks succeeding? First, they are running their business more conservatively; in the tradition of, well, traditional bankers. Secondly, they develop personal relationships with customers giving them superior information about their customers credit Read more »
Do people gain weight after marriage? A paper by Jeffrey and Rick (2002) says yes. Using data collected from 2528 workers over a 2 year period, the authors estimated the effect of marriage and divorce on weight gain. They found the following:
Getting married increases BMI by 0.70 for men and 0.96 for women. For the average American male and female, this translates into a 4.8 pound increase for men and a 5.6 pound increase Read more »
