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Is Dr. Jay Parkinson the Future of General Practice? by CanadianEmr .. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 30 Oct 2008 3:21pm Dr. Jay Parkinson is a bit of an unorthodox family physician in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He is hanging out a virtual shingle as he starts up his family practice. Adopting a face-to-face and virtual approach he plans to use a web site, blog and tele-communications technology to run his practice. He will function using phone, text message, Instant Read on »

General Medicine: A Dwindling Practice by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert

Posted Fri 26 Sep 2008 5:17pm

1 Comment be addressed. The reasons for this pronounced lack of interest in a general medicine practice can be attributed to financial and lifestyle choices. Historically, patients, insurers... there is a procedure for which higher payment can be billed. Lifestyle preferences also influence the decision to avoid a general medicine practice. As attitudes surrounding work-life balance Read on »

Competency To Stand Trial - General Considerations - Other Practical Issues by Jeremiah D. Doctor of Philosophy

Posted Fri 03 Oct 2008 12:52pm Okay, in terms of general considerations when evaluating for competency, we’ve discussed various aspects of reliability and validity. Now for a few other observations... be impacted by the overkill. Generally, in addition to a general interview, where I get an overview of all the important aspects of a defendant’s life (as well as follow-up in specific Read on »

Hospital district Fires General Counsel – He Was not Licensed to Practice in Florida by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Sun 17 May 2009 10:46pm commissioners learned their general counsel since the end of 2008 wasn’t licensed to practice law in Florida. Meeting at a hastily called emergency meeting, commissioners voted to immediately suspend the general counsel, Marc Goldstone. He has until 4 p.m. Friday to resign. If he doesn’t resign, he’ll be terminated for cause. Hospital district ousts its Read on »

Practicing Small - Proto Magazine - Massachusetts General Hospital by Dr. Aniruddha M. Medical Doctor

Posted Thu 19 Feb 2009 5:30pm Practicing Small - Proto Magazine - Massachusetts General Hospital: "Moore, on the other hand, says the real problem is that too many doctors are shunning primary care and won’t return unless such movements as micropractices make the field more attractive. Yet Himmelstein questions whether physicians will ultimately feel pressured to raise Read on »

UK General Medical Council: "Professor Murch is Free to Continue Unrestricted Medical Practice." by Kim S. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 24 May 2010 12:00am practice generally and the views of the other experienced practitioners in the relevant field. The Panel has borne in mind the Legal Assessor’s advice that Professor Murch... This case is being considered by a Fitness to Practise Panel applying the General Medical Council’s Preliminary Proceedings Committee and Professional Read on »

My experience of the practice of mindful walking by brain m. Patient Expert

Posted Sat 01 Nov 2008 12:09pm I was practising mindful walking for 10 minutes the other day and at the end of it I wrote some notes of my experience. My mindful walking practice was just to do 10 minutes... the mindfulness course and about what we had gone through in previous sessions and what we might discuss about this practice in the next session. I could also feel the different textures Read on »

If war is too important to be left to generals, then medicine is too important to be left to politicians. The US Marines and Afg by Jim Pinkerton Posted Thu 03 Mar 2011 12:00am to military medicine--and to Serious Medicine. If war is too important to be left to generals, then medicine is too important to be left to politicians. We need everything... that appeared in the front page of The Washington Post this morning. In a well-reported and also deeply moving story , reporter Greg Jaffe chronicles Marine Lieutenant General John F Read on »

Med Nauseam Places #1 in General Medicine Blogs and #13 Overall! by Alix Patient Expert

People's HealthBlogger Awards 2009 - Best 100 Winner!

Posted Tue 22 Dec 2009 4:55pm Alix #1 in General Medicine Dear Readers, Thank you for voting Med Nauseam the #1 blog in WellSphere's General Medicine Community! Med Nauseam placed #13 overall in the competition, behind a lot of fantastic diet and healthy eating blogs. Even more than winning this competition, I was completely uplifted, flattered, and humbled Read on »

American Medicine and General Motors—more in common than you might think by Dr. Bill Crounse Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 23 Jun 2010 1:33pm When I was in medical school in Toledo, Ohio, my wife worked in a hospital medical laboratory. Many of her coworkers were the spouses of well paid, union auto workers. My wife used to tell me that her coworkers and their husbands would boast...( read more ) Read on »