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Medical Bloggers Enjoy Pluses, Avoid Perils
In the past, the path to publication in the medical profession has involved exhaustive research and peer review. Now medical bloggers can do it with a few mouse clicks.
Steve Brawner |
Healthy Connections in Mena Produces Positive Results for Families
Though it has grown far beyond its original and primary mission, Healthy Connections, Inc. (HCI) was founded in 1998 as a home-visiting program for Polk County's pregnant and parenting teenagers. Coupling targeted education with good prenatal care has produced amazing results, advocates say, for both families and healthcare economics.
BECKY GILLETTE |
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ACH Speaking Up for Kids
Effort Keeps Peds' Needs in Health Debate
As the battle in Washington continues on how best to reform the nation's healthcare system, some children's advocates are working to ensure that kids aren't left out of the discussion.
Steve Brawner |
Physicians Must Negotiate for the Best Deal on Pediatric Vaccines
The Art of the Deal
Pediatricians and family physicians who regularly purchase and administer vaccines to children pay widely varying amounts to manufacturers for those vaccines, resulting in a drastic financial strain for some practices, particularly smaller ones in rural areas.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
AMA Calls for Medicare Physician Payment Overhaul
Medicare incentivizes physicians to improve patient outcomes and better manage chronic disease, and then punishes the doctors financially for doing just that. That's the Catch 22 at the crux of the American Medical Association's call for reform of Medicare physician payments.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
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