Archive for the ‘Primary Care / General Practice’ Category
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
After reviewing the evidence, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded that primary care providers can increase breastfeeding rates and duration by encouraging and supporting breastfeeding. The USPSTF recommends primary care interventions before, around, and after childbirth to advocate and support breastfeeding.
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
As Election Day nears, Americans want their next President to support a patient-centered medical home as part of their health care reform agenda. A new survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative found that support for the major presidential candidates' health care plans surges when the patient-centered medical home model is included.
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
More than 1.5 million Ohioans reside in areas that have been federally designated as having a shortage of primary care providers. These shortages impact residents' ability to access care in many rural and urban communities throughout the state. The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) works daily to address access issues in Ohio.
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008
General Practitioners from across Australia are concerned that the health of their patients will suffer without urgent action in a number of key health policy areas. In the first meeting of a newly formed national group, the GPs identified a number of critical steps that are needed to maintain Australia's world-leading primary healthcare system.
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
The average earnings before tax of contractor GPs dipped to £107,667 during 2006/07, according to figures published today (15 October 2008) by The NHS Information Centre (The NHS IC). An analysis of tax returns for contractor GPs - the majority of GPs in the UK - found that their gross income increased by one per cent to £247,362 during the year.
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
The BMA today (Wednesday 15 October 2008) said new figures showing the earnings of GP partners dropped during 2006/2007 are no surprise. Figures from the NHS Information Centre show non-dispensing GP partners who are on the national GP contract (GMS), and who make up the majority of GPs, earned an average of £99,580 in 2006/071, a decrease of 3% since 2005/6.
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
Commenting on the figures released today (14/10/08) by the Department of Health on extended hours, Dr Richard Vautrey, Deputy Chairman of the BMA's GP committee said: "GP practices have been working closely with Primary Care Trusts to come to local agreements that reflect the needs of local people.
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
The World Health Report 2008, launched today, critically assesses the way that health care is organized, financed, and delivered in rich and poor countries around the world. The WHO report documents a number of failures and shortcomings that have left the health status of different populations, both within and between countries, dangerously out of balance.
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
Doctors could learn a lot about how to treat and interact with their patients by employing techniques used by magicians, says an article in this month's Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. Author Daniel Sokol, a lecturer in medical ethics and law and a close-up magician, draws comparisons with how a magician interacts with a spectator and how a doctor interacts with patients.
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
Over 50 percent of GP surgeries are now offering patients extended opening hours, the Department of Health announced today. Statistics released by the Department show that in under six months there has been a 40 percent increase in the number of practices offering more flexible early morning, evening and weekend opening.
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