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When Dr. Rich Zane arrived last year at the University of Colorado Hospital to become chair of its newly formed emergency medicine department, he found an emergency room built to handle 25,000 patients a year but was seeing 60,000.
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When the Silicon Valley startup Intuitive Surgical went public 13 years ago, the company was posting $10 million in annual sales, and its little-known surgical robot had been used on just 600 patients worldwide.
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The American Psychiatric Association named Dr. Saul Levin to replace retiring CEO and medical director Dr. James Scully. Since July 2012, Levin has served as interim director of the District of Columbia Department of Health. He has been active with the APA since 1987, and he has...
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Outliers must confess we don't watch a lot of reality TV, but the genre's recent physician trend has caught our attention.
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Just read the article “Study finds jump in ER-related admissions.” Actually, this could be a good sign, that the ER is being used more appropriately for things that need admission. This might mean...
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They walked into the program as physicians, nurses, social workers, psychologists, administrators, consultants and naturopaths. And the 112 who passed the subsequent exam walked out as certified patient-centered medical home content experts—and now carry the credibility, marketability and...
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The dust has not settled over the American Psychiatric Association's release of the controversial fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, known as DSM-5, as the debate now centers on whether the new manual is already obsolete.
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Fifteen doctors are among the dozens of people being laid off as Rhode Island's largest hospital network tries to cut nearly $150 million in expenses in the next two years. The health system also plans to reduce the number of residents in its physician training program beginning in July 2014.
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For the first time, Rhode Island's insurance commissioner has directed health insurers to disclose what they pay for healthcare services. But that information won't necessarily be directly available to patients.
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Rep. Scott DesJarlais, a licensed physician, was reprimanded and fined by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners for having sex with patients before he was elected to Congress, according to documents released Thursday.
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