Guest Lecturer on Campus
Dr. Cal Robinson, a medical psychologist, will present a
Brown Bag Lecture on
Thursday, FEBRUARY 11 at 12:40PM in the
Eastern Classroom. The subject of his lecture is:
Primary Care, Behavioral Medicine and Chronic Pain:
An Ideal Marriage!
Dr. Robinson hails from Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he worked as a Medical/Health Psycologist at the The NeuroMedical Center.
You are invited to attend and bring your lunch! Labels: behavioral medicine, Caribbean Medical School, chronic pain, Dr. Cal Robinson, guest lecture, lunch event, medical psychology, primary care, UMHS-SK, University of Medicine and Health Sciences
The Commonwealth Fund conducted a survey of more than
10,000 primary care physicians in 11 countries to compare perspectives, care, costs and experiences.
"Across the globe, countries are working to redesign their primary care systems by investing in information technology, round-the-clock access, teamwork, integration, and quality improvement."
"A Survey of Primary Care Physicians in 11 Countries, 2009: Perspectives on Care, Costs, and Experiences" (November 5, 2009) Schoen C [et al]
Health Affairs Web Exclusive.
Also for interactive, custom statistics visit the new
Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy and Data Center.
Labels: Commonwealth Fund, health care costs, interactive statistics, primary care, statistics
"
PEARLS are succinct summaries of
Cochrane Systematic Reviews for primary care practitioners – developed by the Cochrane Primary Care Field, New Zealand Branch of the Australasian Cochrane Centre at the Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Auckland and funded by the
New Zealand Guidelines Group.
PEARLS provide guidance on whether a treatment is effective or ineffective. PEARLS are prepared as an educational resource and do not replace clinician judgment in the management of individual cases."
Labels: case studies, Cochrane Systematic Reviews, evidence-based medicine, New Zealand Guidelines Group, PEARLS, primary care
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
