New Year, fresh outlook
At the start of 2013, I am counting my blessings that I have a job that I love and that I work with amazing people every day.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
House joins Senate to avert Medicare cuts
The bill passed to avert the ‘fiscal cliff’ prevents a 27% cut in fees paid to doctors who treat Medicare patients.
Filling the primary-care gap in rural, low-income clinics
The realities of practicing rural medicine can be harsh, but the rewards are equally as compelling.
Increasing geriatric care needs prompt credentialing changes
As the healthcare community changes to meet the needs of aging baby boomers, primary care jobs will be in demand.
The healthcare we’ve inherited: Perspectives from a new graduate
As the healthcare crisis unfolds, make keeping a positive outlook a priority for the future.
Few internal medicine residents choosing primary care
Only about one in five graduating internal medicine residents in the United States plan to enter primary care.
National nurse practitioner organizations announce merger
The AANP and the ACNP will join forces as one consolidated national organization — the American Association of Nurse Practitioners — effective Jan. 1, 2013.
Advanced Practice Nursing: The future is now
It is time to upgrade our image, and unify our profession. Do not wait to be a part of health care’s evolution.
Determining when to consider the ‘zebra’
At what point should clinicians rule out stress and lifestyle factors as potential disease etiologies?
Coping with EHR implementation
During the transition to electronic health records patient face time may suffer, despite other benefits.
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