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Private practices leak 15% of profits
For the 50 percent of U.S. physicians currently running private practices, making payroll each month, let alone keeping their doors open, has become a widespread struggle. As a recent column from
Medical home model improves hospitalization rates, care delivery
Although supporters of the concept have touted the patient-centered medical home as a way to help pull together a fragmented system of delivering primary care in the United States, a report in the
Few physicians refer patients to clinical trials
Among 1,533 surveyed physicians caring for colorectal and lung cancer patients, 56.7 percent said they had referred or enrolled at least one person in a clinical trial during the past year, reports a
Talk to terminal cancer patients about end-of-life options early
Physicians struggling to initiate difficult conversations with advanced-stage cancer patients about their wishes for end-of-life care now have help in the form of a new guide from the American
