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Free clinics across the U.S. care for 1.8M uninsured patients annually: Survey

Free clinics across the U.S. provide care to about 1.8 million mostly uninsured patients annually and the majority of clinics receive no government support, according to the first comprehensive survey of all known free clinics since the 1960s.

15 Jun 2010

States, Feds look to expand ACOs and medical homes

Crain's New York Business, on ACOs in New York: "Authorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed into law by President Barack Obama in March, ACOs are intended to reward providers that shift their focus to preventive care and presumably reduce the need for expensive procedures.

15 Jun 2010

AMA adopts new policies to strengthen physician workforce

The American Medical Association adopted today at its Annual Meeting new policies to strengthen the physician workforce to meet the nation's growing health care needs. The United States faces a shortage of between 124,000 and 159,000 physicians by 2025. Already at least 22 states and 15 medical specialties have reported physician workforce shortages, including in medically underserved regions and front-line specialties including primary care and general surgery.

15 Jun 2010

Study finds survival disparities among patients with colorectal cancer

Disparities in cancer stage and treatment are the main reasons why Medicaid-insured and uninsured rectal cancer patients are twice as likely to die within five years as privately insured patients. That is the conclusion of a new study published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. Because poorer survival among rectal cancer patients without private insurance is largely attributable to later cancer stage at diagnosis and inadequate treatment, disparities may be lessened through health care reform.

14 Jun 2010

President Obama calls on Congress to avert 21% cut in payments to physicians

President Obama called on Congress today to avert a 21 percent cut in payments to physicians who treat Medicare patients in his weekly radio address. He also reiterated his commitment to permanent reform of the Medicare physician payment formula.

14 Jun 2010

Lack of access to primary care leads reasons for poorer health in US

Why do other countries spend less on health care and yet achieve near-universal coverage and often better outcomes than the United States? This question has come up repeatedly during the health reform debate, and yet the answers still aren't clear. How much of a factor is the health care system? Population differences? These are some of the questions addressed in Health Care in World Cities, a new book co-authored by Hastings Center scholar Michael Gusmano and published by Johns Hopkins University Press.

11 Jun 2010

Ambulatory Surgery Center industry responds to infection control concerns raised in JAMA

As leading organizations representing the Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) industry, we wish to address concerns raised in this month's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) highlighting data from a 2008 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) pilot study. The industry underscores its strong commitment to patient safety and its nationwide efforts to provide high-quality, patient-centered care at a low cost to the health care system.

11 Jun 2010

HL survivors do not receive recommended cancer screening tests: Study

A population-based study of 2,071 Hodgkin lymphoma survivors over 15 years has discovered that while many survivors had multiple X-rays and CT scans years after treatment was finished, they often did not receive recommended cancer screening tests.

11 Jun 2010

Budget cuts, poor fiscal management threaten breast cancer screening for needy women

The California State Auditor released an audit today of California's Every Woman Counts (EWC) program that suggests the state's ability to adequately provide breast cancer screening for its neediest women is threatened by budget cuts and poor fiscal management, according to the seven California Affiliates of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the global leader of the breast cancer movement.

11 Jun 2010

N.Y. dermatologist to pay $2.75M to resolve Medicaid, Medicare fraud allegations

A settlement between the United States and Lawrence D. Jaeger, D.O., of Community Medical and Dermatology Center and Advanced Dermatology of New York, has resolved a whistleblower lawsuit that alleged Jaeger submitted false claims to Medicare and the New York Medicaid program.

11 Jun 2010

Driving while distracted is equivalent to drunken driving

It's time for physicians to talk to patients about driving while distracted, a problem that has risen to the rough equivalence of drunken driving thanks to the proliferation of phones that allow drivers to talk and text, Amy Ship, MD, a primary care physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center suggests.

10 Jun 2010

Research project to transform primary care practices into patient-centered medical homes concludes

An unprecedented research project into how to transform primary care practices into patient-centered medical homes has concluded with the release of a new eight-paper supplement to the May/June issue of Annals of Family Medicine.

8 Jun 2010

UPMC Health Plan collaboration launches pediatric weight management program

A unique collaboration between UPMC Health Plan, Children's Community Pediatrics (CCP), and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is utilizing a multidisciplinary team approach in the setting of the pediatrician's office to provide practical weight management strategies for children who are obese or overweight.

8 Jun 2010

Community-based health promotion program reduces heart disease, stroke in seniors: Researcher

A community-based health promotion program delivered by over 500 peer volunteers significantly reduces heart disease and stroke in seniors, Canadian Stroke Network researcher Dr. Janusz Kaczorowski told the Canadian Stroke Congress today.

8 Jun 2010

Watermark Medical completes $15M equity investment from CA Technologies

Watermark Medical, Inc., a privately-held medical products and services company currently servicing the sleep-disordered breathing market, today announced the completion of a $15 million equity investment from CA Technologies. This equity investment in Watermark Medical represents CA Technologies' entry into the emerging Software-as-a-Service -based healthcare cloud market.

7 Jun 2010

CompuMed, CSHC partner to promote CardioGram and CardioGramKids ECG for school health centers

CompuMed, Inc., a telemedicine and medical informatics company, has partnered with the nonprofit California School Health Centers Association to promote CompuMed's CardioGram and CardioGramKids electrocardiogram telemedicine technologies for use in school health centers throughout California.

7 Jun 2010

Health overhaul supporters plan $25 million promotion campaign

The New York Times: "Close allies of the Obama administration, seeking to rally the public behind President Obama's landmark health care bill, are planning to spend $25 million over the next five years to promote the measure and beat back mischaracterizations of it that could harm Democratic candidates. Mr. Obama's former communications director, Anita Dunn, and longtime Democratic strategist Andrew Grossman, have teamed up to form two new tax-exempt groups.

7 Jun 2010

Expansion of e-mental health necessary for better care

Assistance for mental ailments especially in the youth via internet could be a very cost effective measure say researchers. The researchers have identified the gaps between the demand and supply of mental healthcare services in Australia.

6 Jun 2010

NHLBI stops trial evaluating new approach to reduce risk of recurrent stroke in children with sickle cell anemia

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has stopped a clinical trial evaluating a new approach to reduce the risk of recurrent stroke in children with sickle cell anemia and iron overload because of evidence that the new treatment was unlikely to prove better than the existing treatment.

5 Jun 2010

Research roundup: Evidence-based medicine consumer/expert divide; Pay for performance limitations; Improving community health centers

Health Affairs: Evidence That Consumers Are Skeptical About Evidence-Based Health Care - This survey of more than 1,500 patients with employer-based insurance found "there is a fundamental disconnect between the central tenets of evidence-based health care and the knowledge, values, and beliefs held by many consumers."

5 Jun 2010

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Latest Primary Care News and Research

Free clinics across the U.S. care for 1.8M uninsured patients annually: Survey

States, Feds look to expand ACOs and medical homes

AMA adopts new policies to strengthen physician workforce

Study finds survival disparities among patients with colorectal cancer

President Obama calls on Congress to avert 21% cut in payments to physicians

Lack of access to primary care leads reasons for poorer health in US

Ambulatory Surgery Center industry responds to infection control concerns raised in JAMA

HL survivors do not receive recommended cancer screening tests: Study

Budget cuts, poor fiscal management threaten breast cancer screening for needy women

N.Y. dermatologist to pay $2.75M to resolve Medicaid, Medicare fraud allegations

Driving while distracted is equivalent to drunken driving

Research project to transform primary care practices into patient-centered medical homes concludes

UPMC Health Plan collaboration launches pediatric weight management program

Community-based health promotion program reduces heart disease, stroke in seniors: Researcher

Watermark Medical completes $15M equity investment from CA Technologies

CompuMed, CSHC partner to promote CardioGram and CardioGramKids ECG for school health centers

Health overhaul supporters plan $25 million promotion campaign

Expansion of e-mental health necessary for better care

NHLBI stops trial evaluating new approach to reduce risk of recurrent stroke in children with sickle cell anemia

Research roundup: Evidence-based medicine consumer/expert divide; Pay for performance limitations; Improving community health centers

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