Family Practice News

Teresa Morehead, coordinator of health services for Wood County Schools, said the free annual Preschool Assessment of Local Students Health and Developmental Screening, or P.A.L.S., will not take place this year in an effort to have more parents use family physicians.

When Arizona and New Mexico became states in 1912, Kansas became the geographic center of the United States.

Sudbury physician Dr. Tim Zmijowskyj has been appointed by the North East LHIN as their primary care lead.

Dr. Jon Henry, an orthopedic surgeon, is shown after repairing a child's webbed hand during a mission trip to Bolivia in January.

The group, which consists of seven board members and about 30 family doctors so far, intends to work with the Vancouver Island Health Authority, the Ministry of Health and the General Practice Services Committee - a partnership between the province, the B.C. Medical Association and the Society of General Practitioners of B.C. - to identify gaps in ... (more)

Drurys in Ghana3. As one of several physicians taking part in Northern Empowerment Association's 2011 medical mission in Ghana, Dr.

Serious mood and anxiety disorders, including depression and bipolar disorder, are being missed in troublingly high numbers, Canadian research suggests, leaving patients to go without treatment and suffer with symptoms for years.

Harbin Clinic Family Practice Physician Ken Howard has been named to the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians Board of Directors, it was announced by Board Chair Harry S. Strothers, III, MD.

A Belleville doctor has been named the new liaison between the region's physicians and the local arm of Ontario's health ministry.

A new family doctor, Dr. Shiv Sivapalan, has hung his shingle in Bowmanville, thanks in part to the work of the Clarington Physician Recruitment Committee.

Who:A Washington Academy of Family Physicians Position:A Director of Membership & Social Media Where: A Bellevue, Wa What: A The Washington Academy of Family Physicians is the largest specialty medical organization in Washington, representing more than 3,000 family physicians, Family Medicine residents and medical students throughout the state.

Regarding the Jan. 10 editorial " Improving medical services ": In order to achieve better medical services, Japan needs to create an effective family medicine system.

The Ottawa Senators fell deeper into uncharted territory on Tuesday night with their seventh consecutive loss, 3-1 to the St.

Dr. Alan Fark has 30 years under his belt as a family physician, but he's new to Yellow Springs.

Dr Malcolm Aylett, who was a single-handed GP at Glendale Surgery in Wooler from 1979 to 1996, died in Bristol on Saturday, January 14.

Doctors' salaries in Ontario increased by $4.3 billion over a 17-year span, according to a new report released just as the provinces doctors get ready to begin contract negotiations Ontario's 25,000 doctors received $8 billion - or 20 per cent of the health budget - in 2009-2010, an Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences study found.

The CEO of the Southwest Local Health Integration Network welcomes the increase responsibility announced last week by the provincial government whereby networks will now be responsible for family doctors and primary care.

Feb. 7, 2012-Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut today announced an innovative, patient-centered primary care program that will fundamentally change its relationship with primary care physicians by increasing its financial support of their practices and to help manage their patients' health.

Thanks to the efforts of the National Institute of Standards and Technology , a free toolkit now is available to help physicians understand and implement requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Security Rule .

Ontarians could soon learn exactly how long they have to wait to see their family doctors as the provincial government works to expand the number of patients who get after-hours or same-day appointments with primary-care providers, Health Minister Deb Matthews said.