Posts Tagged ‘primary care physicians’
Counseling scarce for overweight patients
PENN STATE (US) — Despite a rise in obesity, fewer doctors are offering weight counseling to their patients, new research shows. Continue…
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 11:00 - 1 Comment
Health & Medicine - Nov 30, 2012 12:51 - 1 Comment
Primary care career makes debt repayment rough
BOSTON U. (US) — Unless medical students with heavy debt consider alternative strategies to support repayment, careers in primary care will make it tough to pay off their loans. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 26, 2012 16:03 - 1 Comment
For better care, train doctors to be mindful
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Training physicians in mindfulness meditation and communication skills can improve the quality of primary care for both practitioners and their patients. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 29, 2012 11:11 - 0 Comments
Latina moms put doctors’ kindness first
JOHNS HOPKINS U. (US) — Latina moms value a pediatrician’s empathy and warmth far more than the doctor’s ability to speak Spanish. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 16, 2012 12:05 - 3 Comments
Keeping patients happy may be unhealthy
UC DAVIS (US) — People who are the most satisfied with their doctor are more likely to be hospitalized, accumulate high health-care and drug costs, and have higher death rates than less satisfied patients. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 7, 2012 16:20 - 0 Comments
Missed Rx: Does doctor listen or lecture?
BROWN (US) — Doctors rely on orders, rather than problem-solving, when talking with HIV-positive patients about taking their medication. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 17, 2012 16:36 - 0 Comments
Parents, not doctors, recall weight advice
UC DAVIS (US) — Parents of overweight children and their pediatricians disagree about the extent of weight-related counseling that occurs during visits, researchers say. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 17, 2012 13:25 - 0 Comments
Lower death risk tied to 3 primary care traits
UC DAVIS (US) — Patients with greater access to three specific attributes of high-quality primary care have a reduced risk of death, research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 8, 2011 8:14 - 0 Comments
Doctors need to say ‘Your kid’s overweight’
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — Less than one-quarter of parents recall ever being told by a doctor or other health care provider that their child was overweight. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 14, 2011 12:26 - 1 Comment
‘Medical home’ kids do better in school
USC (US) — Undocumented children who have access to health insurance perform better in math and in reading and miss fewer days of school due to illness or injury. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 21, 2011 14:58 - 1 Comment
Hours push docs away from primary care
UC DAVIS (US) — The combination of longer hours and lower wages for primary care physicians could make it more difficult to attract medical students to a specialty where doctors are already in short supply. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 12, 2011 11:17 - 2 Comments
Heal thyself: Docs need better training
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Doctors trained in internal medicine are in general poorly prepared for jobs as primary care physicians. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 1, 2010 14:48 - 2 Comments
Lure of specialist pay hurts health care
UC DAVIS (US) — Specialists are paid as much as 52 percent more than primary-care doctors, even though primary-care doctors see far more patients. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 22, 2010 9:29 - 2 Comments
Advice to quit smoking stops too soon
UC DAVIS (US)—Health-care providers are quick to advise patients to quit smoking, but few follow up with programs, plans, or prescriptions to help them break the habit, as recommended by national guidelines. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 5, 2010 16:23 - 0 Comments
2.7 million reasons primary care’s in trouble
DUKE (US)—Choosing primary care over a specialty career costs physicians an estimated $2.7 million in potential lifetime earnings and wealth. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 26, 2010 11:54 - 4 Comments
For 20-somethings, everything’s an emergency
U. ROCHESTER (US)—Young adults use the emergency room nearly twice as often as children and adolescents and nearly three times as much as adults older than 30, new research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 25, 2010 13:39 - 5 Comments
Communication is the best medicine
LEEDS (UK)—Efforts to improve communication between patients, family doctors, and specialists can have a crucial impact on patients—in some instances working as effectively as drugs. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 30, 2009 12:46 - 2 Comments
Adding pharmacists into the care formula
U. BUFFALO (US)—When pharmacists directly participate in diabetic care, patient outcomes improve and treatment costs are reduced, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 19, 2009 14:57 - 1 Comment
House calls dial back blood pressure
DUKE (US)—Combining home-based blood pressure monitoring and telephone counseling significantly improves a person’s blood pressure control at a minimal cost. (more…)
