Topic: Family Medicine
AP News | 2010-02-25 11:58:18
Study finds doctors reducing work hours, potentially worsening shortage of primary care docs
Doctors have steadily cut their work hours over the past decade, a new study finds, something that experts say may only worsen the health care situation. It's not that doctors are terrible slackers. Average hours dropped from about 55 to 51 hours per week from 1996 ...
Getty Images | 2010-02-23 19:26:39
AURORA, CO - FEBRUARY 23: Janeth Fernandez kisses her daughter Sarah during a newborn check-up at a community health center on February 23, 2010 in Aurora, Colorado. The Metro Community Provider Network (MCPN), which treats low-income patients, has seen more than ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-02-02 14:22:57
<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Community health centers can help fill gaps in the U.S. healthcare system for relatively little money, researchers said on Tuesday.</p><p>Their report, published in the journal Health Affairs, was released just as President Barack Obama proposed increased federal funding to the centers, which are set ...
AP News | 2010-01-21 08:38:54
<div id="subtitle">California regulators announce new rule to reduce wait time for doctor visits</div><div><p>Brian Benz hobbled around for a week after a basketball game left him with a sprained ankle when he lived in Wisconsin.</p><p>Though the athletic 34-year-old called his ...
