Family Practice News

Meet the Docs. Trillium Health Centre and Summerville Family Medicine Teaching Unit launched an initiative yesterday that will provide thousands of Mississauga residents with access to a family doctor.

The Fredericton Chamber of Commerce is stepping up its efforts to recruit doctors to the city by taking a high-tech slant.

Main Category: Primary Care / General Practice Article Date: 01 Jul 2009 - 1:00 PDT Commenting on the publication of the results of a national patient access survey today local general practitioners expressed anger that a survey which shows how well general practice is delivering care to patients has resulted in the expected loss of up to A 2 ...

Dr. Terry Hoyt of Van Buren, Ark., has joined the team at Sequoyah Memorial Hospital in Sallisaw, and his office in Sallisaw will open July 7. New patients may start making appointments on Monday by calling 790-3004. Linda Copeland - TIMES Dr.

Look no further than the Illinois Medicaid program to understand why more physicians are not being lured into the primary-care profession.

Dr. Eoghan O'Shea says the regional virology lab hasn't tested samples from two patients he thinks might have swine flu.

Had a great time talking to family physicians at the Alabama Academy of Family Physicians.

Dawn Beals says the closure of the Oromocto Public Hospital's emergency room is having an impact on the health of many community residents.

Friday morning was the end of three "very busy" years for Lt. Ryan Arnold. Arnold was one of six family physicians and six interns who graduated at Camp Lejeune Naval Hospital's Camp Lejeune Family Medicine Residency Graduation Ceremony.

Obesity rates are going up, diabetes is increasing and blood pressure problems are worsening among Canadian adults.

Poll Twitter Five reasons your family doctor isna t using EMR By: Jennifer Kavur - Computer World Canada A An EMR vendor, group physician and OntarioMD weigh in on the roadblocks to EMR adoption in Ontario for family physicians.

Otago and Southland remain the only regions of New Zealand which have no confirmed cases of swine flu.

Tillsonburg is gaining a doctor as its oldest doctor office is moving to a new location.

Houston doctors are worried about what healthcare reform will mean for their patients and their bottom line.

Dr. Edwin Jordan Masters, 63, a renowned and beloved family physician, died Sunday, June 21, 2009, the day of his 39th wedding anniversary and Father's Day.

Main Category: Primary Care / General Practice Also Included In: Medical Students / Training Article Date: 22 Jun 2009 "This spring, 385 students graduated from Georgia's medical schools, but only two of them chose to remain in the state to pursue a family medicine residency," the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

As the debate on overhauling the nation's health care system exploded into partisan squabbling, virtually everyone still agreed on one point: There are too few primary-care doctors to meet current needs, and providing health insurance to 46 million more people would threaten to overwhelm the system.

Prominent Hamilton physician, philanthropist and passionate crusader for quality health care Dr.

Leaders of three national organizations representing nearly a third of a million physicians today visited Capitol Hill offices to express their continued concern for America's patients who do not have access to primary care physicians.

Most Canadians who have a family doctor are satisfied with their physician, suggests a new survey that shows 54 per cent of respondents rate the service they receive as excellent.