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Continuing Education Company has released the agenda for the 21st Annual Primary Care Conference being held July 1-5 2013 at Kiawah Golf Resort on Kiawah Island South Carolina. Palm Coast Florida (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 Presented by Continuing Education Company for the past 21 years, The Primary Care Conference Series is designed to update primary care clinicians in rapidly changing therapeutic areas. The emphasis is on practical and useful information for clinical practice. This year, the...
DALLAS, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Teladoc, the nation's first and largest telehealth provider, has named Henry DePhillips, M.D. as its new chief medical officer. Dr. DePhillips will be responsible for the supervision and expansion of Teladoc's physician network, as well as the overall delivery of high-quality clinical care to Teladoc patients. "We are excited to have Henry join us as Teladoc's chief medical officer," said Jason Gorevic, CEO, Teladoc. "With deep experience as...
FAR ROCKAWAY, N.Y., May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Queens-Long Island Medical Group (QLIMG), now part of AdvantageCare Physicians, today has reopened its medical office in Far Rockaway, six months after flooding from Hurricane Sandy damaged the building. The Far Rockaway Medical Center is a vital resource to the community; more than 9,000 patients used the office at 29-15 Far Rockaway Boulevard in the year before Hurricane Sandy. Each of these patients has been notified of the office...
Screening rates increase even more when doctors discuss details of screening tests, Kaiser Permanente study finds PORTLAND, Ore., April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Patients who visited their doctor for any reason were nearly six times more likely to get screened for colon cancer compared to those who didn't visit their doctor, according to a study funded by the National Cancer Institute and published online today in the American Journal of Managed Care. The study was conducted in an...
-- Company's Second New Jersey Practice Scheduled To Open This Fall -- LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- PM Pediatrics, an award-winning provider of after-hours pediatric urgent care is set to open its second New Jersey location in Middlesex County, in the township of North Brunswick this Fall 2013. The 6,362 square foot site is located at 2421 US Route 1. Dr. Michael Bachman, currently the Medical Director at the company's Livingston, NJ office, and New...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Doctors are less likely to bond or empathize with patients who are overweight or obese, according to a new study published online in the journal Obesity. The research, which was led by Kimberly A. Gudzune, an assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, looked at 39 primary care physicians and 208 of their patients. Gudzune and her colleagues discovered that...
More than $1.3 billion in benefits since 2006: New study TORONTO, April 22, 2013 /CNW/ - With a two-fold increase in adoption since 2006, use of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) in community-based practices in Canada has yielded efficiency and patient care benefits valued at $1.3 billion, a new independent study reveals. The PwC study drew on more than 250 research publications from around the world and includes up-to-date Canadian results from recent studies and surveys. ...
Aggressive Growth Plan Makes AFC the Nation's Second Largest Private Urgent Care Operator BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- American Family Care (AFC), one of the largest and most established operators of urgent care and accessible primary care facilities in the country, continues its aggressive growth plan with the acquisition of Doctors Express (DRX), the largest national urgent care franchise. The acquisition became effective on Monday, April 15, 2013. With the DRX...
Interventions to physicians and patients improve osteoporosis treatment at low cost Reminding primary care doctors to test at-risk patients for osteoporosis can prevent fractures and reduce health care costs, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). Osteoporosis is a condition that is common, costly and undertreated. Low trauma fractures in older individuals are a "red flag" for...
CAMDEN, N.J., April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In a highly innovative move, unprecedented in New Jersey, a health insurer and a hospital system -- AmeriHealth New Jersey and Cooper University Health Care -- announce today that Cooper will acquire a 20 percent interest in AmeriHealth New Jersey. This venture intends to transform health care in the state by increasing quality and lowering costs through a more highly coordinated care model. (Photo:...
