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AMA Delegates Respond to President Obama's Speech
https://reachmd.com/programs/conference-coverage/ama-delegates-respond-to-president-obamas-speech/4636/President Barack Obama delivered a lengthy address on his vision for health system reform to delegates of the American Medical Association (AMA) at their 158th annual meeting in Chicago. The speech generated a range of reactions from physicians in the audience. Host Dr. John Armstrong captures theirComparative Effectiveness and the Economic Stimulus Package
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/comparative-effectiveness-and-the-economic-stimulus-package/4372/Comparative effectiveness is gaining momentum as a way to decide what drugs and devices should be used by doctors. But why was it part of the economic stimulus approved by Congress and pushed by President Obama? Dr. Les Paul, vice president of clinical and scientific affairs at the National PharmacePAs in Primary Care: A Case Study From Tennessee
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/pas-in-primary-care-a-case-study-from-tennessee/4367/Primary care is as short of physician assistants as it is doctors. More than half of all graduating PAs go into specialty medicine. But the goal of the newest physician assistant training program at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee, is to keep PAs in primary care. They also hope gAdvantages and Pitfalls of Real-Time Claims Adjudication
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/advantages-and-pitfalls-of-real-time-claims-adjudication/4337/Should you be asking your patients for more than just their co-pay at the time of their visit? With an assist from computer software, a patient's share of their health care costs can be estimated at or prior to the visit. Some experts believe this appraisal, known as real-time claims adjudication, wAvoiding Unnecessary Delays in Diagnosing Bladder Cancer
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-cancer/avoiding-unnecessary-delays-in-diagnosing-bladder-cancer/4315/Early diagnosis of bladder cancer is a significant step toward survival. Over the years, findings have suggested that women and African-Americans are particularly vulnerable to the disease, and often times, we are delayed in our diagnosis and subsequent treatment of these more highly susceptible popChanging the Paradigm of Valve Surgery: Repair or Replace?
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-heart-health/changing-the-paradigm-of-valve-surgery-repair-or-replace/4214/The most pressing question facing cardiac valve surgery is whether to undergo a replacement or repair procedure. Though outcomes of valve reconstruction are, in many cases, proving notably better than valve replacement, it is estimated that only a small majority of potential candidates are undergoinExtraesophageal GERD: Fact or Fiction?
https://reachmd.com/programs/gi-insights/extraesophageal-gerd-fact-or-fiction/4157/Non-cardiac chest pain and chronic cough are just two of the extraesophageal manifestations of gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD. What other symptoms should we look for? If a patient displays characteristics of GERD, such as esophogeal regurgitation, is that patient also likely to experienceBreath-Analyzing Laser Technologies to Assess Health: the Optical Frequency Comb
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-future-medicine-and-genetics/breath-analyzing-laser-technologies-to-assess-health-optical-frequency-comb/4122/Diagnosing life threatening diseases and other medical conditions could soon be as easy as breathing. June Ye, a physics professor at the University of Colorado-Boulder and his graduate student, Michael Thorpe, discuss their research on a technique that uses lasers to detect specific chemical compouRN's For Hire: 500,000 By the Year 2025
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-future-medicine-and-genetics/rns-for-hire-500000-by-the-year-2025/4119/The nursing shortage is nothing new: it began as a supply side shortage in the 1990s Join host Susan Dolan and her guest, Dr. Peter Buerhaus, healthcare economist and professor of nursing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, as they explore the history of the nursing shortage. Where we are todaNothing but the Truth? Brain Scans and Lie Detection
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-future-medicine-and-genetics/nothing-but-the-truth-brain-scans-and-lie-detection/4101/In some ways, it sounds like a modern-day witch trial: using brain scans to detect a suspect’s first-hand recollection of an act they stand accused of committing. Some experts around the world have suggested that a test like this could hamper the efforts of those who attempt to lie their way out of