Uk malaria cases up due to increased travel
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Cases of potentially fatal malaria are on the increase in the UK due to a huge rise in the numbers of residents travelling to malaria endemic areas, UK research suggests. (Source: HealthcareRepublic GP News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic GP News - July 4, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Unite ratchets up opposition to 'derisory' pay deal
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Unite is planning to ratchet up its campaign against plans to impose what it calls a 'derisory' three-year pay deal for NHS staff. (Source: HealthcareRepublic GP News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic GP News - July 4, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Who should win the gp caption competition?
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Thank you for the 15 entries to the caption competition we ran in the 20 June edition. (Source: HealthcareRepublic GP News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic GP News - July 4, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Reaction round-up to the doh primary care vision
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GPs must be encouraged to take on new patients, particularly from disadvantaged backgrounds, according to the Liberal Democrats. (Source: HealthcareRepublic GP News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic GP News - July 4, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Bma urges doh: 'work with us, not against us'
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The BMA describes the DoH’s Vision for Primary and Community Care as positive but feels it is undermined by its polyclinic policy. (Source: HealthcareRepublic GP News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic GP News - July 4, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Gps face huge bills for darzi polyclinic bids
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GPs will be landed with staggering bills approaching £100,000 when mounting a bid for APMS practices and polyclinics, Pulse can reveal. (Source: Pulse)
Source: Pulse - July 4, 2008 Category: Primary Care Tags: Picture stories Source Type: news
Benefits of antidepressants limited in children
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Antidepressants show only limited activity in children and adolescents although the benefit may increase with age and be greater with fluoxetine, a meta-analysis show (Source: Pulse)
Source: Pulse - July 4, 2008 Category: Primary Care Tags: News Source Type: news
Tool time (jira coumarbatch md)
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Clerkship review tool (Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded)
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Take your staff from good to great
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Important as it is to find the right people, keeping them happy and productive is key to a successful
practice. (Source: Medical Economics - Practice Management)
Source: Medical Economics - Practice Management - July 4, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: journals
Should you turn away tardy patients?
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I'm tired of waiting for patients who show up late for their appointments. To discourage this, I'd
like to have my staff tell anyone who arrives more than five minutes late that she must reschedule for another day.
Does this policy seem reasonable? (Source: Medical Economics - Practice Management)
Source: Medical Economics - Practice Management - July 4, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: journals
Is it ever too late to bill a patient?
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How long after I treat a patient may I bill him for my services? Bills were never sent for some
patients I saw between 2002 and 2006. May I bill them now? (Source: Medical Economics - Practice Management)
Source: Medical Economics - Practice Management - July 4, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: journals
Borrowing money in a credit crunch
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It's still possible—with a solid banking relationship, a sharp business plan, and ample
collateral. (Source: Medical Economics - Practice Management)
Source: Medical Economics - Practice Management - July 4, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: journals
Collecting revenue for ancillary care provided at a hospital
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I'm employed by a not-for-profit hospital. Does that mean I can't collect revenue for ancillary
services such as lab work and imaging? (Source: Medical Economics - Practice Management)
Source: Medical Economics - Practice Management - July 4, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: journals
Privacy concerns when defending a claim
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A former associate has filed a claim against me for pay she believes I owe her. In my defense, may I
release patient records, including names and financial data, or will that violate HIPAA? (Source: Medical Economics - Practice Management)
Source: Medical Economics - Practice Management - July 4, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: journals
Buying extra time for charitable gifts
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I want to give $10,000 or so to charity and claim the tax deduction for 2008, but I'd like to take my
time evaluating potential recipients first. Is there any way for me to get credit for the donation now but make it
later? (Source: Medical Economics - Personal Finance)
Source: Medical Economics - Personal Finance - July 4, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: journals
The downside of debit cards
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I don't like having credit card balances so I tend to use my debit card instead. But my daughter, who
works at a bank, says credit cards offer more protection. Is she right? (Source: Medical Economics - Personal Finance)
Source: Medical Economics - Personal Finance - July 4, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: journals
Fp essentials, fp audio get new look
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Subscribers to AAFP's Home Study program might have noticed the most recent FP Essentials monograph -- the June edition -- has a new look. The changes were made at the request of Home Study program subscribers and come at no additional subscription cost. (Source: AAFP CME and Lifelong Learning)
Source: AAFP CME and Lifelong Learning - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: organizations
Primary and secondary intra-abdominal hypertension-different impact on icu outcome:. commentary from f1000
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This study was ranked "recommended" and can change clinical practice.
Faculty of 1000 Medicine (Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Tags: Critical Care Source Type: info
Unexplained infertility, implantation failure, and recurrent spontaneous abortion: the role of thrombophilia and thyroid autoimmunity
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In this investigation, a high incidence of thrombophilia and thyroid autoimmunity was found in both participants with recurrent miscarriages and repeat implantation failure and controls.
Medscape Ob/Gyn & Women's Health (Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Tags: Ob/Gyn and Women ' s Health Source Type: info
Primary operative management vs medical management of pediatric empyema
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A study published in the January, 2008, issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine looks at operative vs medical management of pediatric empyema.
Medscape Pediatrics (Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Tags: Pediatrics Source Type: info
Ann weekly podcast - friday, july 04, 2008
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This week's audio news summary features stories about the U.S. Senate's failure last week to block Medicare physician pay cuts scheduled for the second half of 2008 and all of 2009, along with coverage of a subsequent CMS decision to temporarily delay processing of physicians' Medicare claims to allow federal lawmakers to pass legislation that would negate the cuts; a supplemental spending bill recently passed by Congress that includes provisions temporarily preventing the Bush administration from reducing federal Medicaid matching funds for graduate medical education; and an outreach from two large ophthalmology organizat...
Source: AAFP Podcasts: AAFP News Now - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Authors: American Academy of Family Physicians Source Type: podcasts
Drive to cut clopidogrel prescribing flawed
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A Government push to reduce unnecessary clopidogrel prescribing in primary care may be focusing on the wrong PCTs, researchers warn. (Source: Pulse)
Source: Pulse - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Tags: News Source Type: news
Biological markers needed to gauge second-hand smoke exposure
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To best examine the causal relationship between passive smoking and lung cancer, exposure to second-hand smoke (SHS) should be determined on an individual basis, and the best way to do this is through the use of biological markers, the results of a new review suggest. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape PublicHealth Headlines)
Source: Medscape PublicHealth Headlines - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: info
Gp slashes cvd mortality by 80%
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Aggressive treatment of cardiovascular risk factors in general practice can produce dramatic reductions in mortality, according to an audit of GP records spanning over a quarter of a century. (Source: Pulse)
Source: Pulse - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Tags: News Source Type: news
Doh targets prevalence 'damping' and qof in funding review
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Funding is to be redirected to practices in areas of high disease prevalence, the government has announced. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Gps to be rewarded for poaching each others' patients
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GPs who expand their practice list sizes and attract more patients are to get extra funding, under Government plans for primary care revealed today. (Source: Pulse)
Source: Pulse - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Tags: Picture stories Source Type: news
Nhs mileage allowance increases by 10%
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Community nurses across the UK will receive a 10 per cent increase in their NHS mileage allowance, effective from 1 July. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Skunk cannabis users '18 times more likely to develop psychosis'
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People who smoke the strongest form of cannabis - known as skunk - are 18 times more likely to develop psychosis than those who use cannabis resin, say UK psychiatrists. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Researcher receives $4 million from rwj foundation to study health quality reform project
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Dr. Dennis Scanlon, associate professor of health policy and administration in Penn State's College of Health and Human Development, has been awarded a three-year, $4 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to expand an evaluation of a RWJF national initiative, "Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q)." This grant is in addition to an original $3.4-million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 2007 and expands the scope of the project. (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today)
Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
How often do doctors act as good samaritans? what help do they provide?
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Asthma attacks, heart attacks, fainting, broken bones and car accident injuries are just some of the problems which have confronted doctors who have stepped in to help a member of the public outside while off-duty according to a survey of Medical Defence Union (MDU) members1. (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today)
Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
New gms improved care in scotland but overspent by £160 million
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The new GMS contract was £160 million over budget in Scotland, but has improved patient care, according to a review by auditors. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Gmc: 'unproblematic' introduction of civil proof standard
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The GMC says that the introduction of the civil standard of proof into its fitness-to-practise cases has been ‘quite unproblematic’. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Foreign doctors account for 'excessive' fitness-to-practise complaints
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Excessive numbers of foreign doctors are continuing to be hauled up before the GMC. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Bradshaw accuses gps of 'gentlemen's agreements' to block choice
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Health minister Ben Bradshaw has again attacked GPs, blaming the profession for health inequalities and accusing them of not taking on patients. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Pharmacist News - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Pesticides persist in ground water
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Numerous studies over the past four decades have established that pesticides, which are typically applied at the land surface, can move downward through the unsaturated zone to reach the water table at detectable concentrations. The downward movement of pesticide degradation products, formed in situ, can also contribute to the contamination of ground water. (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today)
Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Nhs reforms could threaten medical research, bma warns, uk
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Future breakthroughs in patient care are threatened because research and education in the NHS are being sidelined, the BMA says today (Thursday 3 July, 2008). The BMA welcomes measures announced in Monday's (30 June, 2008) review of the NHS in England to create a body to oversee medical education. However, in a new paper today, it says many current NHS reforms take too short-sighted a view, and are jeopardising long-term benefits to patient care from education and research. (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today)
Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Benefits of new gp contract to patients recognised in new audit scotland report
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Responding to the Audit Scotland's review of the new GP contract which was published, Dr Dean Marshall, chairman of the BMA's Scottish General Practitioners Committee, welcomed the recognition that the contract would benefit patient care but warned that the 'boom and bust' approach to funding general practice was a mistake. Dr Marshall said: "The report is a timely reminder of the reasons why a new contract was required for general practice. (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today)
Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
"darzi's proposals will create a more balanced approach to outcomes measurement" states the cca, uk
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The Company Chemists Association (CCA) gave its initial response to Professor Lord Darzi's presentation, launching the findings of his NHS Next Stage Review in England. Rob Darracott, CCA CEO comments: "The leitmotif that runs through this report is ensuring quality of care for all. (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today)
Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
"nhs constitution is long overdue." says the cca, uk
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The Company Chemists Association (CCA) greeted the launch of the NHS constitution as an important step towards patient empowerment in England. Rob Darracott, CCA CEO states: "The NHS Constitution represents a memorandum of understanding between the public and the NHS. It will increase the NHS's accountability and is long overdue. (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today)
Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Eu directive on cross border healthcare provides boost for medical tourism
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The EU Proposal for a Directive on patient's rights in cross border healthcare provides an added stimulus to the already growing number of medical tourists who seek hospital treatment elsewhere in the European Union. The Directive will create a formal framework and remove obstacles for UK patients wishing to travel for treatment in other EU countries. (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today)
Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Health protection agency hails 60 years of nhs success, uk
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Justin McCracken, Chief Executive of the Health Protection Agency, has congratulated the NHS on its achievements over the past 60 years since its inception. He said: "The NHS is recognised world wide, as one of this country's greatest institutions. (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today)
Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
New office of rural health: a small voice in the wilderness? australia
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The Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) has praised Federal Health Minister, Nicola Roxon MP, for recognising the need to address the rural health crisis in Australia, but it is concerned the newly created Office of Rural Health will not have the clout, resources and authority to tackle the crisis. (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today)
Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Sheffield nurse is new unison president, uk
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Sue Highton, a 55 year old nurse from Sheffield, has been elected President of UNISON - the highest lay position in the union. She was previously vice president and has been a member of UNISON for thirty two years. She will hold the position for one year. Sue was born and brought up in Sheffield, where she still lives today. She left school at fifteen on a Friday afternoon, and was working in Woolworths by Monday morning. (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today)
Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Cross-border treatment plans must not erode equality, british medical association says, uk
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Commenting on yesterday's proposals from the European Commission to increase patients' rights to treatment in other EU member states, the BMA says it welcomes the principle of greater choice for patients. However, it warns that language barriers and other problems are yet to be addressed, and says that the plans must not be allowed to undermine values of equality, or the financial stability of the NHS. (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today)
Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
More 90-plus women than men prone to dementia
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Title: More 90-Plus Women Than Men Prone to DementiaCategory: Health NewsCreated: 7/3/2008 2:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 7/3/2008 (Source: MedicineNet Mens Health General)
Source: MedicineNet Mens Health General - July 3, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: consumer
Health profiles
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for every local authority and region across... (Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed)
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Smoke-free bars 07
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This is a report to the Department of Health on preliminary... (Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed)
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Commissioning to make a bigger difference - a guide for nhs...
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This publication aims to stimulate thinking and assess the... (Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed)
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Rates of survival after heart surgery in the uk
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The has published statistics on heart surgery survival... (Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed)
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How the nhs manages heart attack patients
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MANAP's seventh public report presents data from all but one... (Source: PCCAS: Full newsfeed)
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