According to a study published in the latest issue of Health Services Research, blacks and lower income Hispanics are more likely to live in neighborhoods with few or no primary care physicians. Lead author Darrell J. Gaskin, Ph.D., deputy director of …
According to a study in The American Journal of Bioethics, physicians and patients need assistance in order to deal with complex moral issues. Physicians often have the tendency to label their patients as ‘difficult’ when things become difficult, howe…
A University of Leicester study has provided clear evidence that allowing a patient to see a particular doctor in the GP surgery has an important impact on reducing hospital admissions. Between 1999-2000 and 2009-2010 elective (non-emergency) hospital …
According to a study conducted by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, research studies will be significantly more helpful in clinical decision-making if patients, clinicians and others in the health care community are more involved in dev…
The Chairman of the BMA’s Consultants Committee stated that even though hospital consultants’ top priority is to improve patient care, they have been forced to fight two battles at the same time, namely England’s Health and Social Care Bill and the bre…
A significant minority of physicians responding to a national survey disagreed with or admitted not upholding accepted standards of professionalism for open and honest communication with patients. In the February issue of Health Affairs, investigators …
According to MDDUS, serious concerns are being raised for doctors regarding accountability and continuity of patient care, as a result of a government pilot scheme to eliminate practice boundaries in an attempt to increase patient choice. The plan allo…
According to an investigation of GPs (general practitioners) in one region of South East England, burnout levels in UK general practice are high. The study is published in BMJ Open. The article reveals that primary care physicians (GPs, general practit…
According to an analysis of complaints in the latest edition of inpractice, the Medical Defense Union’s journal that appears twice a year and is aimed at GP practice manager members covering topics like complaints, RCN indemnity changes and dealing wit…
After a Pulse investigation uncovered several safety alerts within the Government’s NHS 111 pilots, as well as expressing concern that GP commissioners are being excluded from the rollout – the GPC has been prompted to call for the program to be put on…
