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internal medicine
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National Physicians Alliance calls for fewer tests, antibiotics
If primary care doctors want to improve the quality of care and save limited clinical resources, they need look no further than the top five treatment recommendations from the National Physicians
Med students still avoid internal medicine careers
Even though more medical students in 2007 than in 1990 reported better experiences with internal medicine during their training, and viewed IM as potentially meaningful career, they continue to shy
ABIM displays zero tolerance for physicians cheating on exams
On June 9, The American Board of Internal Medicine sanctioned 139 physicians for seeking out and sharing board exam questions with test-prep company Arora Board Review--and sought legal action
Poor retention, not just recruitment, contributes to primary care shortage
To resolve shortages, the primary care field not only needs to attract more recruits, but also do a better job retaining them, indicates a new survey published in Journal of General Internal
Increased primary-care interest not enough to affect physician-shortage trend
You can't blame the National Resident Matching Program for trying to make lemons out of lemonade, but Thursday's Match Day results weren't as much of a win for primary-care physicians as the NRMP
Pay-for-performance program pays doctors for patients' compliance
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Indiana is rolling out an interesting pay-for-performance program that pays doctors for their patients' performance. Doctors will be rated on how many of their
