As the Affordable Care Act increases health insurance enrollment, and thus patients seeking care, physician assistants (PA) are opening primary care clinics in Washington’s Spokane Valley, the Inlanderreported earlier this week. Janice Jordan and her husband Kevin Bichler, both certified...
James "Butch" Rosser, MD, has found through his research that surgeons who “warm up” for procedures by playing video games such as Super Monkey Ball and Wii Golf are more efficient and make fewer mistakes in minimally invasive surgery. "So as far as I'm concerned, we cannot rest until...
A controlled study of 11 nursing homes indicates that switching from on-call to telemedicine physician coverage during off hours could reduce hospitalizations, and generate cost savings to Medicare in excess of the facility’s investment in the service. However, the savings were evident only at...
Baylor Health Care System failed to properly monitor or investigate a Plano (Texas) neurosurgeon–recently barred from practicing in the state–despite repeated warnings about an alleged “drug problem” and “lack of competence,” according to a federal lawsuit. Baylor Regional Medical Center at...
HCPro is working on a new book about OPPE, and we’d like you to be a part of it. Our goal for the book is to feature case studies of organizations that have implemented an effective OPPE program or process and are excited about sharing their experience and forms with their peers.The new book...
Most medical societies surveyed by the AMA Advocacy Resource Center (ARC) identified ensuring physician-led, team-based care as a top priority for 2014. The survey identifies trends for the upcoming 2014 state legislative sessions, and the top issues facing organized medicine at the state level...
