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Saddleback Memorial, UC Irvine Heath partner to offer stroke care to Orange County residents

Saddleback Memorial has established an exclusive partnership with UC Irvine Heath to offer comprehensive stroke care to Orange County residents. Through this new collaboration, Saddleback Memorial has added to its team of world-class neurointerventional physicians and surgeons and has expanded its capabilities to include round-the-clock advanced treatment for stroke patients.

17 Oct 2013

Doctors who make eye contact seem more empathetic to patients

Doctors who make a lot of eye contact are viewed as more likable and empathetic by patients, according to a new Northwestern Medicine- study.

17 Oct 2013

Study focuses on vaccine-preventable illnesses in myasthenia gravis patients

A study presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine is considered a good first step in collecting data on vaccine-preventable illnesses in patients with myasthenia gravis, a neuromuscular disorder causing weakness and rapid fatigue of voluntary muscles.

17 Oct 2013

Duke University launches new HIV/AIDS specialty concentration within Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

Duke University School of Nursing is currently accepting applications for its new HIV/AIDS specialty concentration within the Primary Care Nurse Practitioner major for the fall 2014 semester.

17 Oct 2013

UTMB researchers find high variability in PSA-ordering practice among primary care physicians

Many primary care doctors continue to administer the prostate-specific antigen test to even their oldest patients despite the fact that no medical organization recommends prostate cancer screening for men older than 75, according to new research from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.

15 Oct 2013

Weight Watchers community-based approach more effective than DIY approach

A new randomized controlled trial conducted by Baylor College of Medicine researchers and published today as an Article in Press in The American Journal of Medicine finds that overweight and obese adults following a community-based weight loss intervention, namely Weight Watchers, lost significantly more weight than those who tried to lose weight on their own (10.1 lbs. vs. 1.3 lbs. at six months).

15 Oct 2013

Study finds empirical evidence of external market factors that may facilitate or inhibit ACO formation

Accountable care organizations are rapidly being formed with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, and they are being established in areas where it may be easier to meet quality and cost targets, researchers at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice said in a study published in the journal Health Services Research.

13 Oct 2013

Rutgers getting ready to launch solution to deliver more effective care at lower cost

During nearly three decades as a primary care physician, Alfred Tallia has identified a daunting list of flaws with the nation's health care.

13 Oct 2013

Viewpoints: Health law's threat to privacy; 'catastrophic' debut of marketplaces should signal need for delay; in budget impasse can either side accept a compromise?

Every day, personal information is the subject of hundreds of thousands of hacking attempts from all over the world. From nation states to crime rings, knowing and exploiting your information is big business. On October 1, a major component of Obamacare made you even more vulnerable to devastating attacks on your personal information and the administration is doing too little about it (Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., 10/10).

12 Oct 2013

Research roundup: Medicare Part D in 2014; barriers to mental health care; scattered patterns of ACOs

Medicare Part D continues to be a marketplace with an array of competing plans offered at a wide range of premiums and benefit designs. In 2014, Medicare beneficiaries will have a choice of 35 stand-alone PDPs, on average, up by four from 2013. ... Beneficiaries receiving Low-Income Subsidies will have access to a modestly higher number of plans for no monthly premium in 2014 compared to 2013 ... Notable trends for 2014 include a growing share of PDPs using preferred pharmacy networks and adopting more formulary cost-sharing tiers.

12 Oct 2013

Auxilium Licenses Stendra From Vivus For Up To $300M

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11 Oct 2013

Auxilium Licenses Stendra From Vivus For Up To $300M

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11 Oct 2013

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals gets exclusive right to market VIVUS's STENDRA in the US and Canada

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced today the signing of an agreement with VIVUS, Inc. providing Auxilium with the exclusive right to market VIVUS's product, STENDRA (avanafil), in the United States and Canada.

11 Oct 2013

Experts suggest interventions to help reduce delays in diagnosis of cancer in primary care

Continuity of care so that all patients see the same GP with whom they build up a relationship over time could help reduce delays in the diagnosis of cancer in primary care. In an essay published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, a team of primary care experts write that this, together with longer consultations and better distribution of information to GPs about referral pathways or new services could have a wide reaching impact on the early diagnosis of cancer and survival.

11 Oct 2013

New clinical trial shows increased asthma control with FeNO-guided anti-inflammatory treatment

A new randomised clinical trial shows lower incidence of asthma exacerbations and increased asthma control with Fractional exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO)-guided anti-inflammatory treatment.

11 Oct 2013

Viewpoints: 'Death throes' of health law opponents; Ryan's plan on entitlements may offer way out of budget crisis

Politically, the biggest challenges facing the ACA are behind us. By my count, the law has already survived three near-death experiences: the Democrats' loss of a filibuster-proof Senate majority with the election of Scott Brown in Jan. 2010, the Supreme Court's June 2012 decision upholding (with one exception) the law's constitutionality, and President Obama's re-election last Nov. Much of what we see going on in Washington now is the death throes of the opposition, especially now that Americans are beginning to sign up for coverage (John McDonough, 10/9).

11 Oct 2013

Rutgers Eric B. Chandler Health Center gets Level 2 Patient-Centered Medical Home recognition

For individuals with limited resources, "health care" may consist of a series of unrelated visits to different doctors, clinics, even emergency departments—siloed, episodic care when needed. Rutgers Eric B. Chandler Health Center, a comprehensive, family-oriented community health center, has been working hard to change that experience.

11 Oct 2013

Researchers find no serious adverse effects of HPV vaccine in girls

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and their Danish colleagues have monitored HPV-vaccinated girls via patient data registries in order to examine the incidence of a wide range of diseases and thus determine if there are any serious adverse effects of the vaccine. Their results show no significant increase of the examined diseases in the vaccinated girls relative to their unvaccinated peers.

10 Oct 2013

Meridian recognizes 19 Michigan primary care physicians as "Top Docs"

Meridian Health Plan has recognized 19 Michigan primary care physicians as "Top Docs" for their outstanding quality and service.

10 Oct 2013

Doctors concerned about electronic health records

Being able to provide high-quality health care is a primary driver of job satisfaction among physicians, and obstacles to quality patient care are a source of stress for doctors, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

9 Oct 2013

Primary Care News and Research

Latest Primary Care News and Research

Saddleback Memorial, UC Irvine Heath partner to offer stroke care to Orange County residents

Doctors who make eye contact seem more empathetic to patients

Study focuses on vaccine-preventable illnesses in myasthenia gravis patients

Duke University launches new HIV/AIDS specialty concentration within Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

UTMB researchers find high variability in PSA-ordering practice among primary care physicians

Weight Watchers community-based approach more effective than DIY approach

Study finds empirical evidence of external market factors that may facilitate or inhibit ACO formation

Rutgers getting ready to launch solution to deliver more effective care at lower cost

Viewpoints: Health law's threat to privacy; 'catastrophic' debut of marketplaces should signal need for delay; in budget impasse can either side accept a compromise?

Research roundup: Medicare Part D in 2014; barriers to mental health care; scattered patterns of ACOs

Auxilium Licenses Stendra From Vivus For Up To $300M

Auxilium Licenses Stendra From Vivus For Up To $300M

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals gets exclusive right to market VIVUS's STENDRA in the US and Canada

Experts suggest interventions to help reduce delays in diagnosis of cancer in primary care

New clinical trial shows increased asthma control with FeNO-guided anti-inflammatory treatment

Viewpoints: 'Death throes' of health law opponents; Ryan's plan on entitlements may offer way out of budget crisis

Rutgers Eric B. Chandler Health Center gets Level 2 Patient-Centered Medical Home recognition

Researchers find no serious adverse effects of HPV vaccine in girls

Meridian recognizes 19 Michigan primary care physicians as "Top Docs"

Doctors concerned about electronic health records

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