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- » Connected Coverage: Patient satisfaction's impact on physician livelihood - Dec. 24, 2012
- » Autonomy or employment — doctors must not be forced to choose - Dec. 17, 2012
- » 4 essentials to physician-hospital alignment (MGMA-ACMPE meeting) - Dec. 10, 2012
- » Health care satisfaction appears higher among new immigrants, survey shows - Dec. 3, 2012
- » Story Comment: AMA meeting: Guidance on health care teams approved - Nov. 26, 2012
- » Story Comment: AMA meeting: Delegates adopt physician employment principles - Nov. 26, 2012
- » Story Comment: AMA meeting: Call for flu-shot mandate in long-term-care setting - Nov. 26, 2012
- » Physician licenses become collateral damage of immigration law - Nov. 26, 2012
- » Work-hour limits reduce resident fatigue — and confidence - Nov. 20, 2012
- » Column: Doctors appeal rulings that diminish error reporting protections - Nov. 19, 2012
- » Study quantifies practice boost from physicians delegating tasks - Nov. 19, 2012
- » Hospitals urged to end punitive responses to error reports - Nov. 5, 2012
- » Doctors join legal battle against change in medical marijuana policy - Nov. 5, 2012
- » Patients online drill deep for information on doctors, procedures - Nov. 5, 2012
- » Meningitis outbreak tests physician trust in compounding pharmacies - Oct. 29, 2012
- » Discussion: Advertising the truth about who’s a physician - Oct. 29, 2012
- » Doctors follow own advice for healthy living - Oct. 24, 2012
- » Court: Medical staff bylaws are not contracts between doctors and hospitals - Oct. 17, 2012
- » Misconduct accounts for most journal retractions - Oct. 15, 2012
- » Exam room disclosure: Nonphysicians must be clearly ID’d, states say - Oct. 15, 2012
- » Doctors appeal ruling dismissing certificate-of-need challenge - Oct. 15, 2012
- » Discussion: Time to get a flu shot - Oct. 15, 2012
- » Massive job losses expected under Medicare sequester - Sept. 24, 2012
- » Medical licensure: State lines pose daunting barriers - Sept. 17, 2012
- » Checklist developed to help determine viability of quality pay programs - Sept. 6, 2012
- » Patient safety law protects some documents in court case - Aug. 29, 2012
- » Physicians resist states’ interference in practice of medicine - Aug. 27, 2012
- » Discussion: Maintaining medical license should not be burdensome - Aug. 27, 2012
- » Column: FTC decision jeopardizes authority of medical boards, doctors say - Aug. 20, 2012
- » Medical staff has no standing to sue hospital, court rules - Aug. 20, 2012
- » Setting a global standard for medical education - Aug. 13, 2012
- » Hepatitis C outbreak raises public health concerns in 8 states - Aug. 10, 2012
- » Tax delinquents still drawing Medicaid pay, GAO reports - Aug. 10, 2012
- » Court rules nurse anesthetists don't need physician supervision - Aug. 6, 2012
- » Satisfaction scores seen as crucial to physician success - Aug. 6, 2012
- » Court rules nurse anesthetists don't need physician supervision - Aug. 5, 2012
- » Physician quality: What’s age got to do with it? - July 30, 2012
- » ABMS establishes time limits for attaining board certification - July 15, 2012
- » Fear of punitive response to hospital errors lingers - July 3, 2012
- » News Delegates oppose giving pharmacists authority to prescribe drugs - July 2, 2012
- » News Don’t make licensure dependent on board certification, AMA says - July 2, 2012
- » Sharp increase expected in number of nurse practitioners - July 2, 2012
- » NCQA seeks comments on medical home program for specialty practices - June 27, 2012
- » Connected Coverage: Advice on hiring for physician practices - June 25, 2012
- » Column: Medical societies’ authority to discipline expert witnesses faces challenge - June 25, 2012
- » Educating med students about nutrition and physical activity could curb obesity - June 20, 2012
- » End-of-life care: Pain control carries risk of being called a killer - June 20, 2012
- » Consumer Reports starts rating primary care practices - June 18, 2012
- » Hectic pace pressures medical practices on quality - June 18, 2012
- » Lawsuit challenging protected medical error data dismissed by state appeals court - June 15, 2012
- » Hiring for your medical practice's culture - June 4, 2012
- » Medical boards get more tools to investigate physicians - June 4, 2012
- » Challenges to peer review confidentiality rising - May 28, 2012
- » Column: Minnesota ruling could put medical staff rights at risk - May 21, 2012
- » Health plans providing detailed cost estimates of doctor visits - May 15, 2012
- » Medical practice hiring in April logs slowest monthly growth rate of 2012 - May 10, 2012
- » Requiring practices to post union rights delayed - May 8, 2012
- » Wisconsin doctors get support to help patients complete advance directives - April 30, 2012
- » Column: Contracts can make hospital employment less secure than doctors think - April 30, 2012
- » Virginia law promotes team-based care by doctors and nurse practitioners - April 23, 2012
- » Health care hiring wobbles in March - April 12, 2012
- » Primary care and public health encouraged to work together - April 11, 2012
- » Column: Data bank information needs careful interpretation - April 9, 2012
- » Criminal background checks provide patchwork protection against rogue doctors - April 2, 2012
- » Med schools shift focus to team-based care - March 19, 2012
- » Health care job growth sets record - March 15, 2012
- » Texas doctor indicted in $375 million health care fraud scheme - March 8, 2012
- » ABMS establishes time limits for attaining board certification - March 5, 2012
- » Patient room notes, pop quizzes boost hand hygiene - Feb. 29, 2012
- » Connected Coverage: Should flu vaccine be mandated for health care workers? - Feb. 27, 2012
- » Physician rating website reveals formula for good reviews - Feb. 27, 2012
- » Fear of punitive response to hospital errors lingers - Feb. 20, 2012
- » Major employers support flu shot requirement for health professionals - Feb. 14, 2012
- » Hot-button issues drive state CME mandates - Feb. 13, 2012
- » Physician assistants can't do needle EMG tests, N.J. top court rules - Feb. 13, 2012
- » Home births rise despite higher neonatal mortality rate - Feb. 13, 2012
- » The limits of treating loved ones - Feb. 6, 2012
- » Hospital employment pits work rules against physician rights - Jan. 23, 2012
- » Oklahoma nonphysicians can determine workers' comp cases - Jan. 16, 2012
- » Larger role sought for advanced practice nurses - Jan. 13, 2012
- » Hospitals alerted to fatigue's dangers - Jan. 9, 2012
- » Company withdraws contracts controlling online comments by patients - Jan. 2, 2012