Fact Sheet: Patient Safety and Medical Liability Reform Demonstration On September 9, 2009, President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress to announce his proposals ...
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Since President Obama mentioned tort reform last week, several studies have been cited as to whether such reforms would make a difference in the overall ...
Read More »What Obama Isn’t Saying About Breast Cancer Successes in America
By Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D. While hundreds of thousands of Americans marched against the government’s hijacking of health-care in Washington Saturday, President Obama was in Minnesota ...
Read More »Electronic Health Records: The Good, The Bad, and the Uncertain
By Patricia A. Costante A nation-wide system of electronic health records (EHRs) is not a new idea. The concept appeared on the horizon in 2004 ...
Read More »When Your Patient Says, “I Don’t Want Blood”
By James Yuschak, MD Every medical institution encounters patients who don’t wish to receive donated blood or primary blood components. Patients making such requests may ...
Read More »Family Physicians Agree With President That ‘Now is the Time to Deliver” on Health Care Reform
By Ted Epperly, MD President American Academy of Family Physicians The American Academy of Family Physicians commends President Barack Obama for urging action this year ...
Read More »AMA REACTION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA’S ADDRESS ON HEALTH-SYSTEM REFORM
By J. James Rohack, M.D. President, American Medical Association It is clear that the status quo is unacceptable. The AMA will continue to work for ...
Read More »Radiosurgery: A Promising Alternative for Prostate Cancer Treatment
By Nena Mirkovic, M.D. Jim Beck*, a 66-year-old farmer, was found to have a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) of 7.4 ng/ml on routine screening and resulting ...
Read More »New Technology at Abington Memorial Hospital Aids Rehabilitation in Stroke Patients
By Richard Rosenstein, D.O. Patients surviving a stroke are often left with severe disabilities. New devices used by our Rehabilitation Medicine specialists are having positive ...
Read More »Temple U: iPods Help Docs Improve Stethoscope Skills
By Eryn Jelesiewicz Patients rely on their physicians to recognize signs of trouble, yet for common heart murmurs, that ability is only fair at best. ...
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