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Report provides comprehensive insight into how physicians classify and treat patients with gout

BioTrends Research Group, Inc. is pleased to announce the availability of its TreatmentTrends®: Gout and Hyperuricemia publication. The report is based on responses to online surveys completed by 120 Rheumatologists and 57 Primary Care Physicians in the US who are managing a high number of patients with gout.

3 Mar 2010

Nemours: New efforts to reduce prevalence of overweight and obesity among Delaware's children

The prevalence of overweight and obesity among Delaware children, ages 2-17, shows a flattening of the trajectory – no change- between 2006 and 2008. Because overweight and obesity rates had previously been climbing rapidly, the leveling-off is cause for optimism reports Nemours in the March 2010 edition of Health Affairs, a peer-reviewed publication and the country's most respected health policy journal.

3 Mar 2010

Informative workshop on multiple sclerosis

Physicians, nurses, and physician assistants in the Portland, Oregon, area who treat and care for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are invited to attend "Recognizing and Treating Multiple Sclerosis in the Primary Care Setting," an informative free CME/CE half-day lecture and workshop.

3 Mar 2010

Metropolitan Health Networks reports increased revenue for 2009 fourth quarter

Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc., a leading provider of healthcare services in Florida, today announced the financial results for their fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009.

2 Mar 2010

CMAJ: Canada is well back of electronic records pack

Canada is lagging behind many countries in the use of electronic health records and it is critical that the country's medical and political leaders set targets for universal adoption, states an editorial in CMAJ

2 Mar 2010

Physicians Foundation responds to new Medicare physician payment cuts of 21%

The Physicians Foundation, a national healthcare organization that represents the interests of physicians, responded today to new Medicare physician payment cuts of 21 percent, which became effective today after Congress failed to take action on a month long stay.

2 Mar 2010

Physicians urge Senators to repeal Medicare cuts

The U.S. Senate's failure to act before today's 21 percent Medicare physician payment cut has put seniors at grave risk of reduced access to health care and choice of physician.

1 Mar 2010

QuadraMed to showcase EHR and Smart Identity Management solutions at HIMSS Interoperability Showcase

QuadraMed® Corporation, a leading provider of healthcare technologies and services that help turn quality care into positive financial outcomes, will demonstrate its award-winning electronic health record (EHR) and Smart Identity Management solutions at the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference and Exhibition’s Interoperability Showcase. The event takes place March 1-4 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

1 Mar 2010

Alere Health's chief officer to discuss factors essential to create most effective health ecosystem

Noting that most people are struggling with information overload and confusion when it comes to the nation's disparate and complex healthcare system, Gordon Norman, M.D., chief innovation officer for Alere Health, LLC, will highlight a range of attainable solutions at the 10th annual Population Health & Disease Management Colloquium to be held February 28 – March 2 in Philadelphia.

1 Mar 2010

Ipsen’s 2009 performance: Azzalure, Dysport and Decapeptyl approval, Adenuric partnership, drug sales up 7.6%

The Board of Directors of Ipsen, chaired by Jean-Luc Bélingard, met on 26 February 2010 to review the Group’s results for 2009, published today.

1 Mar 2010

Outpatient referrals from primary care physicians for CT, MRI studies inappropriate: Academic medical center

A large academic medical center has found that a significant percentage of outpatient referrals they receive from primary care physicians for computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies are inappropriate (based upon evidence-based appropriateness criteria developed by a radiology benefits management company), according to a study in the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (www.jacr.org).

1 Mar 2010

Senate fails to repeal Medicare physician payment formula

A Medicare meltdown now seems certain, as the U.S. Senate has left early for the weekend, abandoning seniors, military families and baby boomers. The Senate failed to repeal the Medicare physician payment formula that will cause a drastic 21 percent payment cut to physicians who care for Medicare and TRICARE patients.

28 Feb 2010

Frequent error in medicine occurs nearly one out of three times a patient is referred to specialist: Study

The most frequent error in medicine seems to occur nearly one out of three times a patient is referred to a specialist. A new study found that nearly a third of patients age 65 and older referred to a specialist are not scheduled for appointments and therefore do not receive the treatment their primary care doctor intended.

27 Feb 2010

Colorado city a model for low-cost, high quality care, series details

Colorado Public News/Los Angeles Times presents a series of stories about Grand Junction Colorado which delivers some of the best and lowest-cost health care in the nation.

26 Feb 2010

OneWest Foundation, UCLA Health System grant $600,000 for helping low-income patients obtain medical care

Thanks to a generous three-year, $300,000 grant from the OneWest Foundation — matched by funds from the UCLA Health System — qualified Venice Family Clinic patients who need hospitalization or specialized medical care may now be helped by a pilot project launched by the foundation, the clinic and the UCLA Health System.

26 Feb 2010

HIMSS10 Interoperability Showcase: Initiate Systems to offer full roster of activities for fifth consecutive year

At the HIMSS10 Conference and Exhibits March 1 – 4, Initiate Systems, Inc., a leader in health information sharing, will offer a full roster of activities that includes exhibits, product demonstrations, customer presentations and, for the fifth consecutive year, participation in the HIMSS10 Interoperability Showcase.

26 Feb 2010

Pennsylvania Governor's Office receives over $17M to develop PHIX health information "superhighway"

The Governor's Office of Health Care Reform has received more than $17 million in federal Recovery Act funds to help develop a health information "superhighway" to connect health care practitioners, patients, facilities and pharmacies through a secure network giving them the ability to have a complete record of a patient's medical history.

26 Feb 2010

Connecticut has especially high insurance hikes, disability advocates worry about Medicaid cuts in Tennessee

The Hartford Courant: "With average rate hikes at 13 percent or more this year for most plans, Connecticut health insurance premiums appear to be rising faster than the nation's. A typical family plan in Connecticut sold through an employer costs about $14,500 -- an estimate based on the Kaiser Family Foundation's report on 2009 prices and this year's rates of growth.

25 Feb 2010

Adoption of new technologies can transform healthcare system

According to Julie Klapstein, CEO of leading health information network Availity, LLC, “Technology adoption by health care providers will be a key determinant in the speed with which our nation’s health care system is transformed, and the speed at which patients and providers benefit from better clinical outcomes.”

25 Feb 2010

A surgical cure for diabetic and obese patients

Dr. Francesco Rubino, chief of gastrointestinal metabolic surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, is now enrolling overweight and mildly obese patients -- those with a body mass index (BMI) of 28 to 35 -- in a study of gastric bypass surgery aimed at reversing Type 2 diabetes.

25 Feb 2010

Primary Care News and Research

Latest Primary Care News and Research

Report provides comprehensive insight into how physicians classify and treat patients with gout

Nemours: New efforts to reduce prevalence of overweight and obesity among Delaware's children

Informative workshop on multiple sclerosis

Metropolitan Health Networks reports increased revenue for 2009 fourth quarter

CMAJ: Canada is well back of electronic records pack

Physicians Foundation responds to new Medicare physician payment cuts of 21%

Physicians urge Senators to repeal Medicare cuts

QuadraMed to showcase EHR and Smart Identity Management solutions at HIMSS Interoperability Showcase

Alere Health's chief officer to discuss factors essential to create most effective health ecosystem

Ipsen’s 2009 performance: Azzalure, Dysport and Decapeptyl approval, Adenuric partnership, drug sales up 7.6%

Outpatient referrals from primary care physicians for CT, MRI studies inappropriate: Academic medical center

Senate fails to repeal Medicare physician payment formula

Frequent error in medicine occurs nearly one out of three times a patient is referred to specialist: Study

Colorado city a model for low-cost, high quality care, series details

OneWest Foundation, UCLA Health System grant $600,000 for helping low-income patients obtain medical care

HIMSS10 Interoperability Showcase: Initiate Systems to offer full roster of activities for fifth consecutive year

Pennsylvania Governor's Office receives over $17M to develop PHIX health information "superhighway"

Connecticut has especially high insurance hikes, disability advocates worry about Medicaid cuts in Tennessee

Adoption of new technologies can transform healthcare system

A surgical cure for diabetic and obese patients

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

Primary Care News and Research

Latest Primary Care News and Research

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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