AMA wants to force widespread mandatory vaccine trials due to lack of volunteer participation
Source: Natural News
Ama :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 22:18:28 -0700 | health-news
The medical establishment is having trouble getting people to volunteer for new vaccine trials these days, which has prompted some in the medical industry to suggest that unwilling members of the public actually be forced to participate in order to...
American Medical Association finally on board with EHR views expressed on this blog since 2004
Source: Health Care Renewal
Ama :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 07:46:50 -0700 | health-news
It seems to have taken awhile, but organized medicine seems to finally be recognizing that today's commercial health IT is not quite the revolutionizing, transformative, plug-and-play panacea to healthcare's ills it is often touted as: AMA Wire May 15, 2013...
Doctors already are fleeing a federalized system that doesn't value their worth
Source: Canadian Free Press
Ama :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 13:22:22 -0700 | health-news
With more than 13,000 pages of regulations thus far, and more to come, the Affordable Care Act will make running a medical practice even more stultifying and sclerotic...Among President Obama's broken promises, there is this gem of June 15, 2009:...
UIC Information Specialists Ease Switch to New Healthcare Codes
Source: Newswise
Ama :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 15:49:14 -0700 | health-news
EDT Source Newsroom: Newswise University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have developed a website that walks healthcare providers through the challenging transition from the current International Classification of Diseases -- ICD-9 -- to the new ICD-10.
AMA: Computers in exam room don't have to be disruptive
Source: FierceHealthIT
Ama :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 10:01:26 -0700 | health-news
Share Tools Physicians' overall comfort with computers and communication skills determine whether technology is a positive or negative influence during patient visits, according to a new report from the American Medical Association board of trustees.
Clouded "Visionary" Leadership - Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's EPIC "Business Cycle ...
Source: Health Care Renewal
Ama :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-05-10 14:49:07 -0700 | health-news
Business Cycle Disruptions" A typical excuse for the multi-million dollar compensation now enjoyed by many leaders of health care organizations is these leaders' supposed brilliance. For example, in 2011 we noted that the total compensation of Dr John McConnell, the...
AMA says EHRs create 'appalling Catch-22' for docs - And just how many experts does it take to screw ...
Source: Health Care Renewal
Ama :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-05-05 17:21:07 -0700 | health-news
folks, you have been, and remain, stupid: The Bovine Stare of Incomprehension describes the reactions I've gotten over the years to many warnings about health IT. It was like talking to a cow. So now there's this: AMA says EHRs...
AMA: A new initiative to improve health outcomes
Source: Kevin M.D. Medical Blog
Ama :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-05-01 02:09:20 -0700 | health-news
Because cardiovascular disease accounts for one third of all deaths in the U.S., and 100 million Americans have diabetes or prediabetes, the American Medical Association (AMA) has launched a multi-year, multi-million dollar initiative to reduce the prevalence of these two...
Move to reveal doctor drug deals
Source: The Age
Ama :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-04-29 05:46:00 -0700 | health-news
THE Australian Medical Association has dropped its opposition to a scheme that would shine a light on how much doctors are paid by pharmaceutical companies. While the lobby group has previously emphasised concerns disclosure could harm the reputation of doctors,...
Eat these six delicious healing foods high in fiber to regulate your digestion
Source: Natural News
Ama :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-04-25 22:55:39 -0700 | health-news
Fibers are considered an important part of our daily diet. Yet, there are no nutrients taken into our bodies from fiber, and fiber content is not even digestible...Fiber functions primarily to ensure proper and complete digestion of the nutrients from...
My hope for the upcoming generation of physicians
Source: Kevin M.D. Medical Blog
Ama :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-04-24 04:14:00 -0700 | health-news
It will be interesting to see how my son navigates the still controversial issue of how to manage family and work-life balance. How do you do justice to the trust that was placed in you when that invitation to medical...
AMA Backs Health Outcomes For Diabetes, Hypertension
Source: Forbes
Ama :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-04-22 12:27:45 -0700 | health-news
The American Medical Association , the nation's largest doctor group, said it will partner with clinical programs and community groups to achieve measurable improvements in treating heart disease and diabetes within four years for millions of Americans under a new...
AMA urges confidence in flu vaccination
Source: The Courier-Mail
Ama :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-04-21 00:04:35 -0700 | health-news
Fluvax was banned for children under five in 2010 after a study found it could produce febrile convulsions. But 11 children, including three in NSW have been mistakenly injected with the vaccine in recent weeks, News Ltd reports. AMA president...
Release Vic outpatient waiting list: AMA
Source: The Courier-Mail
Ama :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-04-17 20:54:12 -0700 | health-news
S hidden list of tens of thousands of people waiting for outpatient services must be released, the peak doctors' group says. The state government is yet to deliver on its November 2010 election promise to release the waiting lists. Australian...
Check out these outstanding additions to our HealthBeat 2013 conference
Source: Venture Beat
Ama :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-04-17 13:23:02 -0700 | health-news
VentureBeat Staff Technology is transforming health care more rapidly than ever before. That's why VentureBeat is putting together our first-ever HealthBeat conference. Today, we're announcing the latest additions to our speaker lineup.
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