News articles tagged with 'physicians'
Health-care reform must respect patient autonomy
— 6 Aug 2009 10:53 | HealthAs President Obama and Congress weigh changes in the nation's health care system they must avoid creating a system where physicians are financially motivated to pressure patients into... — full story
More than half of Texas physicians do not always recommend HPV vaccine to girls
— 6 Aug 2009 10:23 | HealthThe Advisory Committee on Immunisation Practices recommends the human papillomavirus vaccination for all 11- and 12-year-old girls, but results of a recent survey showed that more than... — full story
Emergency physician judgment on chest pain patients syncs with their outcomes
— 5 Aug 2009 10:43 | HealthEmergency physicians should trust their judgment when evaluating patients who report with chest pain symptoms, said a group of researchers led by Abhinav Chandra, M.D., at Duke University... — full story
ORNL advances therapy for Parkinson's, other diseases
— 23 Jul 2009 16:49 | HealthBy miniaturising a device that monitors the delivery of healthy cells, researchers at Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are developing a powerful instrument for physicians... — full story
Hospital software improves patient satisfaction at discharge from hospital
— 17 Jul 2009 18:11 | HealthWhen hospitalists use discharge communication software, patients and the outpatient doctors who carry out the care have better perceptions of the quality of the discharge process, according... — full story
Physician groups support comparative effectiveness provisions in proposed legislation
— 14 Jul 2009 16:22 | HealthThe American College of Physicians (ACP) today joined with two other physician groups to offer strong support for the Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) provisions included in... — full story
New technology offers virtual visualisation of the human body
— 14 Jul 2009 15:12 | HealthFrom a command centre resembling the bridge of the Starship Enterprise, doctors at The Methodist Hospital have developed 3-D technology that enables them to view the human body like... — full story
UCSF commentators call for health reform to revitalise primary care
— 25 Jun 2009 10:01 | HealthResearchers at the University of California, San Francisco Centre for Excellence in Primary Care, as lead authors on commentaries in two of the nation's leading medical journals this... — full story
'Motion-frozen' technology meets high-definition PET: Helping heart patients
— 15 Jun 2009 21:21 | HealthCombining high-definition positron emission tomography (PET) and 'motion-frozen' technology provides enhanced cardiac images. The motion-frozen technology adds physiological details... — full story
Fee capitation vs. fee-for-service primary care
— 26 May 2009 12:17 | HealthPrimary care physicians in Ontario, Canada who volunteered to adopt the new capitation model for payment, compared with those who opted for an enhanced fee-for-service model, had fewer... — full story