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St. Luke Hospital waits for bond petition period to end
The notice has been published in the official newspaper of Marion County Hospital District No.
Doctor Shortage Issue Heats Up With Reform Efforts
Main Category: Primary Care / General Practice Also Included In: Medical Students / Training The Miami Herald reports: "Some parts of the country already lack an ample supply of general internists, pediatricians and family physicians, forcing patients to drive further or wait longer for care.
President Barack Obama's health overhaul, aiming to add 36 million Americans to the insurance rolls, will worsen a family-doctor shortage, triggering longer waits for office visits and crowded emergency rooms.
Guest column: A lot is riding on health-care reform
Below is an excerpt of remarks state Senator Jack Hatch of Des Moines plans to deliver to the American Academy of Family Physicians in Seattle today.
MORE than half of Britons being offered vaccination against pandemic H1N1 flu are turning it down because they fear side-effects or think the virus is too mild to bother, a survey of doctors showed on Wednesday.
Painless. The Region of Peel is now calling on all all groups to get the H1N1 flu shot.
H1N1 shots soon to resume for all Albertans
All Albertans will be eligible to receive the H1N1 vaccine early next week and may soon be able to receive the swine flu shots at pharmacies, doctors' offices and even some workplaces.
Can family doctors do safe first trimester abortions?
Complications from first trimester abortions performed by family practitioners are rare, and family doctors could help address abortion provider shortages across the U.S., a new study found.
e-MDs Receives Top Ranking on 2009 Aafp Ehr User Satisfaction Survey
The survey, previously conducted in 2005 and 2007, was markedly expanded this year to include responses from 2,012 family practice physicians using a total of 22 EHR systems.
Patients 'shunning' swine flu jab
More than half of patients are turning down the swine flu vaccine, a snapshot survey has suggested.
Flu shot clinics to reopen Wednesday
With about 30,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine expected Tuesday, the City of Ottawa intends to resume immunizing residents Wednesday.
Family medicine pegged as choice career
"I remember he was so involved with his patients," Rizzuto, 23, said yesterday during a conference on family medicine at a hotel in downtown Montreal.
School children join H1N1 priority list
Starting next week, Peel Health will expand its H1N1 immunization program - " currently available only to priority groups - " to include children 14 years and under.
Clinic offers new hope for patients without family doctors
West Hill seniors Tina and Dominic Marcelli lost their family doctor of 42 years in September when the physician moved out of the area, "He asked us to go with him but we live in Scarborough.
Doctors to share 13,000 H1N1 doses
About 260 family doctors in the Capital Health district will share 13,000 doses.
Harvard nutrition expert offers family physician group no-cost alternative to funding from Coca-Cola
Leading Harvard School of Public Health nutrition and health researcher Walter Willett, M.D., Dr.
Flu assessment centre to open in Brampton tomorrow
Patients with influenza-like symptoms who don't have access to a family doctor can receive care at an H1N1 flu assessment centre in Brampton starting tomorrow.
St. Andrew's gives itself priority
St. Andrew's College insists it has done nothing wrong by inoculating staff and students who did not fall within the province's priority groups.
R.I. pediatricians swamped by parents concerned about flu
These days the doctors who care for children work into the evening and through the weekends.
Combat, silence and listening to our heroic fathers
Passing stories of war between generations is an important part of the healing process for veterans, writes Dr.
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