For the last five years, CrowdMed has helped thousands get valuable information about rare and difficult to diagnose conditions. Written by Stephanie Booth on March 19, 2018 Using the site also results […]
Listen: Why Young Doctors Appear To Be Embracing Single-Payer
By Phil Galewitz August 9, 2018 | KAISER HEALTH NEWS Kaiser Health News correspondent Shefali Luthra talks with Susan Rinkunas, news editor for Tonic, about how a new generation of doctors within […]
National Poll: Gaps In Pharmacy Care, How Do Patients Receive Their Prescriptions Most?
(C) 2018 January | The Direct Primary Care Journal | Concierge Medicine Today
Cannabis for Concussion; Prodromal MS; Rising Parkinson’s Numbers ~MedPage Today
By Judy George, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today July 17, 2018 A cannabis-derived combination therapy to treat mild to moderate traumatic brain injury appeared to improve cognitive function in rodents, Canadian drugmaker Scythian […]
Dear Doctors, “There’s only one magical piece of paper in your office, and it’s not your Rx pad.”
By Michael Tetreault, editor-in-chief Dear Doctors, Every one of your Patients needs a small deposit of your time, over time, not a collection notice. Today, I want to briefly share a true […]
EP. 169 | DocPreneur Podcast | Meet Dr. John Kihm, Mission Medicine and Concierge Medicine Working Together
Interview with Dr. John Kihm, Concierge Physician, ACPP Fellowships in Clinical Excellence in Concierge Medicine Program Coordinator and Michael Tetreault, Editor-in-Chief | DocPreneur Podcast Hos MAY/JUNE 2018 – Today we catch up […]
JOB OPENING: Duke Health, Durham, North Carolina
Job Location Durham, North Carolina Type of Job Full Time Job Requirements Outstanding written and verbal skills Board certification in Internal Medicine Two or more years clinical Concierge and/or Executive Health primary […]
Fees for Missed Appts., Sports Physicals and Vaccination Letters
By Michael Tetreault, Editor-in-Chief | Ten (10) Medical Article Sources Listed Below [The Ten+ Sources We Used To Support This Story Are Located @ The End of Article] SUMMER 2018 / Atlanta, […]
Concierge Medicine: A trend that’s arrived in northern Michigan?
In Healthcare, Issue 2018 July | By Mary Bevans Gillett Lots of one-on-one time and same-day visits are the promises concierge medicine docs say have personalized patient care. So far, four area […]
Clif Cleaveland, M.D. | Storm clouds grow over clinical medicine
Published Aug. 13 2018 | By Dr. Clif Cleaveland Increasing numbers of physicians report symptoms of burnout — a combination of unrelenting, physical and mental fatigue that results from caring for sick […]
GENETICS: My Grandmother Was Italian. Why Aren’t My Genes Italian? | KHN
By Gisele Grayson, NPR | January 29, 2018 | KHN | Kaiser Health News Maybe you got one of those find-your-ancestry kits over the holidays. You’ve sent off your awkwardly collected saliva […]
NATIONAL | Hospitals are increasingly taking their cues from patients, both by listening to the advice from new patient and family advisory councils and by using the surveys to identify weak spots.
By Roni Caryn Rabin Kaiser Health News Two years ago, Inova Health System recruited a top executive who was not a physician, had never worked in hospital administration and barely knew the […]
CMT SPOTLIGHT: Crossover, One Medical … A perk that’s keeping Silicon Valley workers healthy — and on the job
For Google, Apple and Facebook employees, the doctor is always in — at work. … At LinkedIn’s Crossover clinic, for example, employees can make appointments with a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a certified […]
Policy and Ethics | Women Die More from Heart Attacks Than Men—Unless the ER Doc Is Female
Analyzing over 500,000 cases suggests having female physicians in the emergency room may save women’s lives By Angus Chen on August 6, 2018 Women make up a mere quarter of emergency doctors […]
Mistakes, Most Common Site Evaluation Deficiencies In Family & Primary Care Practices (2018-2019)
By Michael Tetreault, Editor Often times, we are asked by Concierge Medicine Doctors to evaluate and comment about our recent site visit and make common suggestions that would enhance the patient-doctor experience. […]
What Is Amazon’s ‘1492’ Project? ~American Spectator
New players from outside the ”Swamp” could save America yet from the insanity of our bloated healthcare spending. By Hunt Lawrence and Daniel J. Flynn The cure for the inefficiency that ails […]
DPC Burnout [YES, it is a thing] | Using your own definition of “burnout,” please answer this …
(C) The Direct Primary Care Journal (The DPC Journal) AUGUST 13, 2018 – Over a year ago we examined the industry and niche specific side of a DPC-burnout in a May 2017 […]
AMA Adopts Policy to Advance Gender Equity in Medicine
Source, HealthDay News | AUGUST 10, 2018 — The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates has adopted a new policy to study, act for, and advocate to advance gender equity in […]
Chicago Area Doctor Opens New MDVIP-Affiliated Primary Care Practice
Mary K. George, M.D., Provides Patient-Centered Care to Northwest Suburbs BOCA RATON, Fla., Aug. 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — MDVIP, the national leader in affordable personalized healthcare, announced today that Mary K. George, […]
BUSINESS and COLLECTIONS: Double your patient base by reaching “The Untapped Market of Concierge Patients” ~David S. Crooks
By David Crooks President, Easy Pay Solutions, Inc., CMT Special Contributor One of the uphill challenges of Concierge Medicine is attracting and maintaining an adequate, paying membership base. Marketing experts abound when […]
