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12 hrs ago | The Globe and Mail

New Brunswick discouraging new family doctors from practising: medical residents

New Brunswick is discouraging family physicians from practising in the province despite a growing need for care, a number of doctors in the Maritimes say.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Canada

Mon May 20, 2013

Daily Mail

Health minister Jeremy Hunt to launch attack on failings of inaccessible family GPs

Jeremy Hunt is to launch a wide-ranging attack on GPs, claiming some do not even know their patients' names.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Nursing

Scoop

College of GPs celebrates World Family Doctor Day

The fourth World Family Doctor Day was celebrated around the globe on Sunday 19 May, providing an opportunity to recognise the importance of family doctors and the work they do.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Oceania, New Zealand, World News

Fri May 17, 2013

American Academy of Family Physicians

Growing Influence of Primary Care Recognized at Congressional Conference

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Related Topix: Medicine, US News, Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Max Baucus, Orrin Hatch, Republican

American Academy of Family Physicians

H7N9 Case Numbers Stalled, But Pandemic Potential Remains

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Related Topix: Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Medicine, Influenza, Health, Bird Flu, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Infectious Diseases

Thu May 16, 2013

SanLuisObispo.com

Doctoring in a family way

Jennifer was one of my first patients as a new doctor, and she came to see me about an unintended pregnancy.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, ADHD

Wed May 15, 2013

TCPalm

Family Health Matters: Unleash the power of age

The theme for 2013 is Unleash the Power of Age - a powerful and vital tribute to our active older citizens everywhere.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Life, Food, Nutrition

Huntington News

Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine picks up national award for family medicine

Dr. W. Mitchel Shaver accepts an award for the number of graduates who enter family practice residencies from Jeff Cain, M.D., president of the American Academy of Family Physicians.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Huntington, WV, Marshall University, Best of 2007

Tue May 14, 2013

American Academy of Family Physicians

Family Physicians, Patients Embrace Direct Primary Care

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Related Topix: Medicine, Wichita, KS

Yorkton This Week & Enterprise

Damages upheld in medical liability case; man's deadly infection not detected

Neither the doctors, nor the nurses, nor the paramedics could see that a bacterial infection that was ravaging Ken Wilson's body until it was too late.

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Related Topix: Nursing, Canada,

The Yadkin Ripple Incorporated

Healthcare Costs: what you can do to make a difference

The cost of healthcare has certainly dominated the news in recent years with much finger pointing and blame to go around.

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Related Topix: Medicine, North Carolina

Mon May 13, 2013

American Academy of Family Physicians

Lack of Information on Medicaid Parity Provision Prompts Query From AAFP

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Medicaid, Health, Medicine, Medicare

The Winnipeg Free Press

Task force advises against family doctors routinely screening for depression

Family doctors are being advised against routine screening for depression among patients who have an average risk of the mental health disorder or no apparent symptoms.

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Related Topix: Depression, Health, Medicine, North America, Canada, World News

York Dispatch

York doctor named Teacher of the Year

The Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians has named Dr. Gordon Zubrod its 2013 Exemplary Teacher of the Year.

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Related Topix: York, PA, Medicine, Penn State University Park

MLive.com

Saginaw and Midland doctors named to the Michigan Academy of Family Physicians board of directors

Edward A. Jackson of Saginaw elected to the board as one of six directors. Dr. Danny D. Greig and Dr.

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Related Topix: Medicine

The York Daily Record

Our take: Good idea - a doctor running a hospital

When WellSpan Health sought to replace its retiring president and CEO, Bruce M. Bartels, the health-care giant could have sought an outside perspective, perhaps a leader with connections to the insurance industry or from the political realm.

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Related Topix: Insurance, York County, PA, Medicine, Dallastown, PA, Opinion

Sun May 12, 2013

Daily Mail

One nurse for 250,000 patients: New out-of-hours crisis as...

Care provider Harmoni uses nurse practitioners to work eight-hour overnight shifts when they cannot recruit GPs to do the shifts Britain's biggest out-of-hours care provider is using senior nurses to cover up to a quarter of a million patients when they cannot recruit GPs to do the shifts.

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Related Topix: Nursing, Medicine, Somerset County, England, United Kingdom, World News, Cheshire County, England, Staffordshire County, England,

Sat May 11, 2013

The Guardian

P.E.I. turning to nurse practitioners to...

Gayle MacLean of Wheatley River, left, is sold on the value of nurse practitioners like Melinda Ells, who works at the Central Queens Family Health Centre in Hunter River.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Nursing

Fri May 10, 2013

Cambridge Times

What's up Doc? The quantity of physicians in Cambridge

"Today that has changed," said Donna Gravelle, recruiter for the Cambridge & North Dumfries Doctor Recruitment Committee.

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Related Topix: Cambridge, NE, Medicine

Baldwinsville Messenger

B'ville practice earns national distinction

Director of RMS Healthcare Practice Transformation Susan Maxsween, right, presents Family Practice Associates' Practice Administrator Jean Carnese, third from right, and the Baldwinsville team of physicians and providers with a certificate recognizing FPA's Level 3 Physician Practice Connections-Patient Centered Medical Home recognition.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Baldwinsville, NY, Liverpool, NY