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“Because the ACO has become dominated by the most expensive care providers, hospitals, it’s unlikely to achieve significant cost reductions,” says health policy analyst Jeff Goldsmith. “ACOs are a fundamentally paternalistic model that marginalizes both of the key actors in medicine” – patients and physicians. » Full article
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Beginning at the age of 70, physicians' physical health, mental health, and cognition skills should be evaluated to determine whether they should continue practicing medicine, according to a paper recently published in the Journal of Medical Regulation. That’s not likely to sit well with many physicians who already feel fatigued by perceived government overreach.
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A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that doctors and nurses hold vastly divergent views on the quality of care that NPs provide, whether NPs should lead medical homes and whether physicians and NPs should be paid the same amount for providing the same services.
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A 613-physician survey from consulting firm Deloitte found that 57% of physicians do not use mobile technology for clinical purposes, such as accessing electronic health records, e-prescribing, or communicating to users. » Full article
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