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BELLEVUE, WASH. – Motivational interviewing techniques aren’t just a method for getting adolescents to pursue positive changes, but are a balm for the frayed nerves of physicians and parents, according to Dr. Cora C. Breuner. A physician talking to an adolescent about, say, the dangers of smoking... »
Texas Has More Doctors Since Tort Reform
SAN DIEGO – Since the state of Texas implemented medical tort reform in 2003, the number of practicing physicians has increased by 19% per 100,000 population. In addition, hospitals in the state report improved ability to recruit physicians and expand patient services. Those are key findings from... »
Act by June 30 to Avoid E-Prescribing Penalties
So far, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has touted the "carrots" associated with the use of health information technology. Come June 30, it will start using one of its first "sticks." Physicians have until June 30 to report on the use of electronic prescribing under... »
SAN DIEGO – Moving the timing of discharge orders from afternoon to morning did not get patients out the door earlier in the day in a study at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York. "An intervention to improve discharge... »
BELLEVUE, WASH. – Motivational interviewing techniques aren’t just a method for getting adolescents to pursue positive changes, but are a balm for the frayed nerves of physicians and parents, according to Dr. Cora C.... »
Texas Has More Doctors Since Tort Reform
SAN DIEGO – Since the state of Texas implemented medical tort reform in 2003, the number of practicing physicians has increased by 19% per 100,000 population. In addition, hospitals in the state report improved ability to... »
Act by June 30 to Avoid E-Prescribing Penalties
So far, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has touted the "carrots" associated with the use of health information technology. Come June 30, it will start using one of its first "sticks." Physicians... »
MIAMI BEACH – You get along with most of your colleagues in the hospital, but there is that one physician who doesn’t follow the rules, disrupts everyone’s workday, and ramps up the tension when they walk onto the ward.... »
Beyond Cash: Using Rewards to Motivate Physicians
SAN DIEGO – Cash is king, but it’s probably not the best way to make physicians feel appreciated. A flat-screen TV, a vacation, or a chance to take a professional development course, on the other hand, are all good ways for... »
Project Walks Primary Care Providers Through Toughest Cases
On 5 p.m. on the day before Thanksgiving, Dr. Alan Caroe, a general practitioner in Las Cruces, N.M., had to decide whether to prescribe an opiate medication to "a very smooth individual from out of town who had a story... »
I recently attended the second live learning session of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) Innovation Advisors Program. I joined 72 other advisors in this first cohort, who were selected from a pool of... »
Effective Use of Mortality Data
Health Affairs has published a study that demonstrates little impact of Medicare’s mortality data on improving outcomes. No surprise here. Once again, we learn that data without context have modest motivational effects.... »
| May 18 - 23 San Francisco, CA | American Thoracic Society (ATS): International Conference |
| May 19 - 24 Atlanta, GA | American Urological Association (AUA): Annual Meeting |
| May 19 - 23 Stockholm, | European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS): Annual Congress |
| May 20 - 23 Brisbane, | Australasian College of Dermatologists: Annual Scientific Meeting |
| May 20 - 23 San Antonio, TX | American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA): Annual Meeting |
| May 20 - 23 Washington, DC | American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP): Leadership & Advocacy Conference |
| May 21 - 23 Nice, | 12th International Review of Bipolar Disorders (IRBD 12) |
| May 21 - 25 Sarasota, FL | American Medical Seminars: Cardiology Update in Primary Care |
| May 22 - 25 Lisbon, | 21st European Stroke Conference |
| May 23 - 27 Philadelphia, PA | American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE): Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress |