Supply and demand lead to higher reimbursement, but for how long?"The
2008 Medical Economics Exclusive Survey is your chance to find out. Conducted in March and April, the survey asked more than 175,000 physicians about their compensation, productivity, practice size and setting, expenditures, and third-party payer arrangements, as well as basic demographic data."
Key Points: ~ Demographics affect income
~ Earnings rose in every region and nearly every type of community
~ Capitated contracts are up, but revenue downClick on the title for an analysis of the results, broken down into three major categories: earnings, productivity, and malpractice premiums.
[from
Modern Medicine Aug 1, 2008, by Ken Terry.]
Labels: medical economics, physician earnings, primary care, salary comparison
This recently released article by Gloria Miccioli [LLRX], provides a good
annotated guide to key, reliable internet sources for researchers of the medical literature.
Labels: internet resources, internet search, LLRX, medical information search
Mark your Calendars!
Tuesday, October 7th You are all invited [students & faculty ; medicine & nursing] to attend a training seminar on searching our online journal & point-of-care databases.
Eric Block, our EBSCO Rep., will be conducting 2 sessions, demonstrating the various features of DynaMed, CINAHL, Medline, the Nursing Reference Center,etc.
You are welcome to attend one or both sessions. 
Labels: Anne Ross Library, database training, EBSCO, information literacy, International University of Nursing, IUON, library workshop, UMHS-SK, University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Study finds they miss patients' cues about fears of well-being,
even death -- Sept. 22 (HealthDay News) -- "Physicians only responded to
10 percent of empathic opportunities and, when patients raised 'existential' concerns, physicians tended to shift more to biomedical responses," said study author
Dr. Diane Morse, an assistant professor of medicine and psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center, in New York.
"Empathy -- identifying with and understanding another person's situation and feelings -- has been linked with improved patient satisfaction, including less anxiety and better compliance with treatment. Physicians, residents and
medical students also show evidence of more satisfaction and less burnout if they provide empathy, Morse said."
Research published in latest issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
Labels: bedside manner, empathy, patient satisfaction, patient-physician communication
HealthDay News ~ Sept 17, 2008"Early trials of a new implantable, and removeable, intestinal liner have shown promise as a noninvasive means to promote blood sugar control and weight loss."
Click on the title to read the full report on the HealthDay News site...Labels: blood sugar, clinical research, diabetes, endobarrier, intestinal liner, metabolic therapy, noninvasive procedure, weight loss
This week on Dr. John Halamka's award-winning blog, he outlines 5 arguments in favor of the
iPod Touch for healthcare applications, labelling it
"the mobile clinical data viewing and educational device of the future". Click on the title to read how Dr. Halamka backs up this claim...Labels: healthcare information technology, healthcare technology, informatics, iPod Touch, medical informatics, mobile devices, mobile medicine, smart phones
Initial results on prevalence, health outcomes and women's responses"This report presents initial results based on interviews with 24 000 women,.. the study was implemented by
WHO, in collaboration with the
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) [and others], covering 15 sites and 10 countries:
Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, Japan, Peru, Namibia, Samoa, Serbia and Montenegro, Thailand and the United Republic of Tanzania. Data from the report show that violence against women is widespread and demands a public health response."
Full .pdf download and Summary available on the WHO website.Labels: domestic violence, LSHTM, violence against women, WHO, womens health
Mayo Clinic Research Review Shows Internet-based Instruction Effective for Teaching Health Care ProfessionalsThursday, September 11, 2008ROCHESTER, Minn. — A study led by a team of education researchers from Mayo Clinic and published in the
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) concludes that Internet-based education generally is effective...
Click on title to read more from the Mayo Clinic [JAMA 2008 Sep 10; Vol.300(10), pp.1181-96.] Labels: elearning, internet-based instruction, online education
"This site looks at copyright from the perspectives of all key academic stakeholders and suggests what each group can do to enhance their copyright practices and advance academic interests."
[See
FAQ's for Teaching Faculty and Assistants.]
Know Your Copy Rights—What You Can Do is a brochure also available on the website in .pdf, and aimed at faculty and teaching assistants.
"Among the topics covered in the brochure are: fair use, the advantage of linking to instead of copying works, and special provisions for displaying or performing works in classes. The brochure also includes a one-page chart that highlights 24 situations when various categories of works can be used."
The Know Your Copy Rights educational initiative is a project of the Association of Research Libraries.Labels: copyright
Researchers Say Mediterranean Diet May Lower Risk of Cancer, Other Major DiseasesBy Kelley Colihan
WebMD Health NewsSept. 11, 2008 -- More accolades are being heaped on the Mediterranean diet. This time, researchers say the diet may actually help prevent certain chronic diseases...
Our
Healthy Women, Healthy Nation Project here in St. Kitts is promoting the right formula!
Labels: health promotion, Healthy Women Healthy Nation, International University of Nursing, IUON, Mediterranean Diet, nursing research, St. Kitts, womens health
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - "Only
23 percent of U.S. medical students plan to practice internal medicine and just
2 percent intend to become general practitioners, leading to a possible healthcare crisis, researchers reported on Tuesday."
Click on the link to
Reuters to read full article...
Labels: internal medicine, medical education, medical students, physician shortage
Seminar on Autism Spectrum Disorders
Attention: Faculty & Students ~
Medical Research SeminarFriday, September 12, 2008 ~ 12:30 in the Auditorium
"Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Overview of Diagnosis and Treatment"
with
Judith S. Miller, PhD,
University of Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute , Salt Lake City, Utah
Stephen C. Wood, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair,
Department of Physiology,
UMHS-SK
Labels: autism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, medical edcuation, medical research, medical seminar, neuropsychiatry, UMHS-SK, UMHS-SK Guest Lecture, UMHS-SK Visiting Professor, University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Supply and demand lead to higher reimbursement, but for how long?
