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AAFP Endorses Attention Deficit Guidelines From AAP
The AAFP has endorsed the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines concerning the diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in both children and adolescents. Family physician Theodore Ganiats, M.D., the AAFP's representative on the AAP committee that recommended the changes, told AAFP News Now
Source: AAFP Health of the Public - November 15, 2012 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Primary Care Docs: Only 15% Happy With US Healthcare SystemPrimary Care Docs: Only 15% Happy With US Healthcare System
A new survey reports on healthcare policies in the United States and other countries and shows several differences among countries with respect to healthcare delivery cost and time. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 15, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news

CMS Okays 2 More Loopholes for eRx Penalty, Sets DeadlineCMS Okays 2 More Loopholes for eRx Penalty, Sets Deadline
Physicians will not owe a penalty next year under the Medicare e-prescribing program if they achieve EHR meaningful use, or intend to try. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 15, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news

More Docs Use EHRs, but Info Still Not Shared
(MedPage Today) -- The number of U.S. primary care physicians using electronic medical records increased by 50% in the last 3 years, but most doctors still do not receive timely information from specialists or hospitals, an international survey found.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - November 15, 2012 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Tofacitinib Succeeds in Refractory Disease
WASHINGTON--When treatment with one or more anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors fails to control rheumatoid arthritis symptoms, treatment with tofacitinib (Xeljanz) may produce clinical improvements as well as low disease activity, a pooled analysis of phase II and III trials showed.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - November 15, 2012 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Understanding Uncertainty Can Ease Anxiety Disorders
If physicians know how well their patients tolerate uncertainty about health before providing feedback during a consultation, they can improve their patients' care dramatically.
Source: Consultant Live - November 15, 2012 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Primary care docs' use of EHRs is up, but problems persist
Sixty-nine percent of U.S. primary care physicians reported using electronic medical records in 2012 – up from 46 percent in 2009, according to findings from the 2012 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey. Primary care physicians in the U.S. – the only country in the study without universal health coverage – stand out in the survey, with 59 percent reporting that their patients often cannot afford care. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 15, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Australia Canada Commonwealth Fund Germany Meaningful Use Netherlands New York New Zealand Switzerland United States Electronic Health Records Health Information Exchange (HIE) Policy and Legislation Quality and Saf Source Type: news

Projecting US Primary Care Physician Workforce Needs: 2010-2025
Works to project the number of primary care physicians required to meet the health care needs given the Affordable Care Act's passage. --
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - November 15, 2012 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

69 Percent Of US Primary Care Doctors Now Have Electronic Medical Records
Survey of 10 countries finds US Primary care doctors most likely to spend time dealing with insurance restrictions; Majority support fundamental health system change; All countries need to improve communication about patient care Two-thirds (69%) of U.S. primary care physicians reported using electronic medical records (EMRs) in 2012, up from less than half (46%) in 2009, according to findings from the 2012 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey, published as a Web First online in the journal Health Affairs. Primary care physicians in the U.S...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 15, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: IT / Internet / E-mail Source Type: news

UK primary care top of the class in electronic use
UK primary care has come out top of the commonwealth countries in using health information technology
Source: Management in Practice - November 15, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news

A Prescription To Ease Doctor Shortage? Nurse Practitioners
Reports indicate that Michigan faces a physician shortage much larger than the national average, and it will grow as millions of Americans qualify for insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Yet Michigan law prevents the medical professionals who could best mitigate this shortage from doing so, because it prohibits advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) from using the full scope of their training and education to treat patients...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 15, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Primary Care / General Practice Source Type: news

Medicare Physician Pay Cuts Could Stymie Elderly, Disabled Patients’ Access to Needed Care
Pending Medicare physician pay cuts and sequestration budget reductions threaten elderly and disabled patients’ access to health care as family physicians struggle to make up for financial losses wrought by the reductions. That’s the conclusion that can be drawn from an analysis of pending cuts that will slash a typical family medicine practice’s annual revenue by more than $315,000 and each individual family physician’s total revenue by $105,000 in 2013, the analysis showed.
Source: AAFP News Releases and Statements - November 15, 2012 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Survey: Most U.S. Primary Care Docs Using EMRs
U.S. doctors are no longer the laggards when it comes to using health information technology in their practices.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Quality/Equality - November 15, 2012 Category: Health Management Source Type: news

UK GPs leading the way for online services
The survey of nearly 8,500 primary care doctors in Australia, Canada, France,Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States reports that more than two thirds of GPs in the UK said their practices had multi-functional capacity. For example, they can order prescriptions or diagnostic tests online, manage patient lists and generate patient information electronically. The majority of UK GPs surveyed, 97 per cent, also said that they use electronic medical records. Compared to the other countries the UK tops the list for providing after hours care for patients and for reporting that thei...
Source: NHS Networks - November 15, 2012 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news

CDC Enumerates U.S. Smoke-Free Cities -- Hello, Atlanta?
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - November 15, 2012 Category: Primary Care Tags: Medical News Source Type: news

Diabetes Prevalence in the U.S. Nearly Doubles in 15 Years
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - November 15, 2012 Category: Primary Care Tags: Medical News Source Type: news

First Drug-Eluting Stent Approved to Treat Peripheral Artery Disease
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - November 15, 2012 Category: Primary Care Tags: Medical News Source Type: news

FDA Investigating Reports of Deaths Tied to 5-Hour Energy Drink
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - November 15, 2012 Category: Primary Care Tags: Medical News Source Type: news

10-Valent Pneumococcal Vaccine Highly Effective in Infants and Toddlers
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - November 15, 2012 Category: Primary Care Tags: Medical News Source Type: news

Perinatal Association Issues Guidelines on Care of Late Preterm Infants
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - November 15, 2012 Category: Primary Care Tags: Medical News Source Type: news

Review: Childhood constipation
Source: BMJ Area: News Because evidence for pathogenesis and treatment of childhood constipation is limited, this review in the BMJ summarises current evidence and aims to provide practical advice in primary care: The following questions are addressed: . What is childhood constipation? . How common is the problem and who gets it? . What causes constipation? . How do children with constipation present? . How is functional constipation diagnosed? . Do invasive investigations have a role? . Treatment of constipation . where to refer . When is...
Source: NeLM - News - November 15, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

International survey: 69 percent of US primary care doctors now have electronic medical records
(Commonwealth Fund) Two-thirds of US primary care physicians reported using electronic medical records in 2012, up from less than half in 2009, according to findings from the 2012 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey, published as a Web First online today in Health Affairs. Primary care physicians in the US -- the only country in the study without universal health coverage -- stand out in the survey for reporting that their patients often cannot afford care.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 15, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Key Components of 2013 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Highlighted in AAFP Summary
The final 2013 Medicare physician fee schedule rule has more than 1,300 pages, and some of the information contained in the rule is vital for AAFP members. To help busy family physicians, the AAFP has put together a summary that explains how various components of the 2013 fee schedule are likely to affect primary care and family medicine. The summary addresses a variety of issues in the CMS final 2013 Medicare physician fee schedule, including the conversion factor for 2013, changes in relative value units, misvalued codes, geographic practice cost indices, telehealth services, primary care and care coordination, new preve...
Source: AAFP Government and Medicine - November 14, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news

Health Literacy Study Looking for Family Physicians, Practices
A new AAFP National Research Network (AAFP NRN) and University of Colorado School of Medicine study on health literacy is recruiting primary care practices. The project, which is funded through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), will select a diverse group of 12 primary care practices to implement selected parts of AHRQ's Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit for six months.
Source: AAFP Health of the Public - November 14, 2012 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Drug action - an HSJ supplement on primary care
From recruitment challenges to a greater role for pharmacies, our supplement probes the latest developments in primary care
Source: HSJ - November 14, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

GPs ‘should do more for schizophrenia’
Primary care should take on a greater role in the care of patients with schizophrenia, according to a report published by the Schizophrenia Commission.
Source: MedWire News - Gastroenterology - November 14, 2012 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

Drug Works for Retinal Vein Occlusion
CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- The newest anti-VEGF drug in ophthalmology improved eyesight for patients with central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO), although efficacy diminished with a move to as-needed dosing, researchers said here.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - November 14, 2012 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Managing Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: The Pharmacotherapy Option
First-line agents include selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and venlafaxine.
Source: Consultant Live - November 14, 2012 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Pain Regulation Goes Awry in Fibromyalgia
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The main pain inhibitory mechanisms in the brain may not function properly in fibromyalgia patients, researchers said here.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - November 14, 2012 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Doc May Be Top Dem on House Health Panel
(MedPage Today) -- The lone Democratic physician with a vote in the House of Representatives is being mentioned as the likely minority leader for a powerful health subcommittee next year.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - November 14, 2012 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Genomic Tests Show Promise for MRSA Control (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- An apparent outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus could have been identified and controlled much sooner with the use of whole-genome sequencing, British investigators reported.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - November 14, 2012 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Two Biologics Equal in RA Tx
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Two biologic agents with different mechanisms of action proved equally effective in reducing the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in a large, head-to-head, international trial, researchers found.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - November 14, 2012 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Update on Chronic Constipation
There are numerous treatment options, including a variety of over-the-counter agents to help patients with constipation. Here, a review of the more popular choices.
Source: Consultant Live - November 14, 2012 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

News From The Annals Of Family Medicine: November/December 2012
52,000 More Primary Care Physicians Needed by 2025 to Meet Anticipated Demand Researchers project the United States will need 52,000 additional primary care physicians by 2025 - a 25 percent increase in the current workforce - to address the expected increases in demand due to population growth, aging, and insurance expansion following passage of the Affordable Care Act...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 14, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Primary Care / General Practice Source Type: news

Gene Variant Important in CNS Inflammation Associated with Heightened Alzheimer's Risk
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - November 14, 2012 Category: Primary Care Tags: Medical News Source Type: news

Moderate Alcohol Consumption in Pregnancy Linked to Lower Childhood IQ, Genotypying Study Suggests
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - November 14, 2012 Category: Primary Care Tags: Medical News Source Type: news

Pesky TXTs Help U Quit Smoking
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - November 14, 2012 Category: Primary Care Tags: Medical News Source Type: news

Black Women Have Higher Death Rates from Breast Cancer Than White Women
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - November 14, 2012 Category: Primary Care Tags: Medical News Source Type: news

Recurrent Lyme Disease Rash in Treated Patients Usually Due to Reinfection, Not Relapse
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - November 14, 2012 Category: Primary Care Tags: Medical News Source Type: news

In Acute VTE, Novel Oral Anticoagulants and Conventional Therapy Show Similar Efficacy
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - November 14, 2012 Category: Primary Care Tags: Medical News Source Type: news

Report: NHS hospital prescribing costs for 2011
Source: PharmaTimes Area: News A new IMS health report, commissioned by the NHS, has revealed that hospital prescribing costs in England increased by 6.9% in 2011, a greater increase than the 1.9% growth seen in primary care, but a decline on last year when costs grew by 7.7% The report attributes this rise to the introduction of new and innovative medicines, many of which have a relatively high cost. The top 10 drugs were mainly biologics used to treat either autoimmune diseases, such as arthritis, or certain cancers The most expensive drug was reported to be adalimumab; spending was up 18.3% ...
Source: NeLM - News - November 14, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

NHS Evidence expert commentary: Relative risk of self-monitoring warfarin therapy
Source: Eye on Evidence Area: News The November edition of 'Eyes of Evidence' the free monthly e-bulletin from NHS Evidence covering major new evidence as it emerges with an explanation about what it means for current practice, includes an expert commentary on new data from a meta-analysis of individual patient data which found that self-monitoring reduced the risk of thromboembolic events by 49% compared with monitoring in an anticoagulation-clinic or primary care. The rate of bleeding complications was similar in both groups and self-monitoring did not have a significant effect on mortality - see study details at ...
Source: NeLM - Cardiovascular Medicine - November 14, 2012 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Pay Hikes for Primary-Care Doctors Scheduled
Family physicians, general internists, and pediatricians can look forward to Medicare and Medicaid pay increases in 2013.
Source: Physicians Practice - November 13, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news

Intrathecal Methotrexate: A Treatment Option for Patients with Progressive Multiple Sclerosis?
Could intrathecally administered methotrexate be a viable treatment option for your patients with progressive forms of multiple sclerosis? Here to discuss the results of a study designed to test the feasibility of this therapeutic approach is neurologist Dr Saud Sadiq.
Source: Consultant Live - November 13, 2012 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Health Law Was a Wash in Election, Poll FindsHealth Law Was a Wash in Election, Poll Finds
After two years of noise and stridency on the 2010 health care law, the Affordable Care Act ended up being a wash in the presidential election, a new poll finds. Kaiser Health News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 13, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news

Health Law Was a Wash in the Election, Poll FindsHealth Law Was a Wash in the Election, Poll Finds
After two years of noise and stridency on the 2010 health care law, the Affordable Care Act ended up being a wash in the presidential election, a new poll finds. Kaiser Health News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 13, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news

AMA Adopts Proposal to Change Medicare
(MedPage Today) -- The American Medical Association (AMA) adopted new principles Tuesday for a defined contribution plan for Medicare at its semiannual policymaking meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii Monday.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - November 13, 2012 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Use of Biologics in RA Cuts Hospitalizations
(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON - As disease-modifying tumor necrosis factor inhibitor use increases, the number of rheumatoid arthritis patients who require hospitalization decreases, researchers from Ireland said here.
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - November 13, 2012 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Lung Tests Underused in Asthma Patients
ANAHEIM, Calif. (MedPage Today) -- Clinicians at teaching hospital clinics may be no better than primary care physicians in the community at using spirometry to diagnose and manage asthma, a researcher said here.
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - November 13, 2012 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news