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Retail clinics offer comparable care

October 23, 2009

Retail health clinics provide care for routine illnesses at a lower cost and similar quality as offered in physician offices, urgent care centers or emergency departments, according to a new study.

Hospital medicine by the numbers

October 23, 2009

The Society of Hospital Medicine's most recent bi-annual survey, which covers 2007-2008, indicates that hospitalists are young (the mean age is 40) and almost two-thirds (65 percent) are male.

From private practice to hospital medicine

October 23, 2009

Alfred J. Maher, MD, differs from most hospital physicians in that he didn't begin working as a hospitalist soon after residency.

Health plan proposal has downside

October 23, 2009

A rule proposed in the health reform legislation would allow health insurers to sell plans across state lines.

Medicare cracks down on false claims

October 23, 2009

Pfizer allegedly promoted four drugs for off-label indications and caused false claims to be submitted to government health care programs for uses that were not medically accepted indications and therefore not covered by those programs.

First steps in your job search

October 23, 2009

Whether just done with residency, an experienced hospitalist seeking new work, or a private practice physician transitioning to hospitalist work, a job hunt, at the outset, is an exercise in information-gathering.

Medicare backs state medical home projects

October 23, 2009

The Department of Health and Human Services will join state multi-payer patient-centered medical home demonstration programs next year as a payer.

Meditation, sharing help prevent burnout

October 23, 2009

Meditation and experience sharing may improve mood and lower feelings of burnout, according to a study in JAMA.

New HIPAA rules on information breaches take effect in September

September 18, 2009

If patient information is stolen, practices must notify the affected patients and, in some cases, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and local media, according to new regulations that go into effect on September 23.

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