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The Doctor Will Analyze You Now

A health center for native Alaskans brought mental and physical care under one roof, with impressive results. Why isn’t it more popular?

from Politico

As a child growing up in rural Alaska, Vera Starbard was diagnosed with major depression. She’d been sexually abused by her uncle and was plagued by thoughts of suicide. By the age of 10, she’d already spent time as an inpatient in a psychiatric hospital. “It was a really dark time,” she says. “And I didn’t feel like it was ever going to get better.”

But when she was 11, things changed. Her family moved to Anchorage, and they joined the Southcentral Foundation, a health care provider for native Alaskans. The foundation was launching a new approach to health care—one that wove mental health into the rest of its primary care.

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‘Battle Metaphors’ Affect Cancer Patients, Medical Experts Say

From fighting to winning, these words can be ‘detrimental’ to someone’s well-being, oncologist says.

from CBC News

Battle, fight, win — you hear these words describe cancer all the time, but medical experts are now re-thinking how we characterize the disease because of the emotional ramifications.

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Majority of Americans Have High Praise for Their Providers, Survey Finds

Over 80% of Americans have high praise for their providers, even as reported rates of physician burnout and other frustrations continue to rise.

from Becker’s Hospital Review

Of Americans who have seen a healthcare provider in the last year, 87 percent say they felt they were carefully listened to while 84 percent said they felt that their physician truly cared about their health and well being. Only 23 percent of patients reported feeling rushed and only 15 said they were confused about the instructions they received for treatments or at-home care.

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Physicians to Congress: Continue Funding Loan Repayment Program

The NHSC program was launched in 1972 and has grown steadily in recent decades, but its funding was extended for only two years in 2015.

from AAFP

The National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program helps fully trained family physicians pay off qualifying educational loans in exchange for service in a designated health professional shortage area. The program also offers scholarships and monthly living stipends to medical students committed to providing primary care in underserved communities. Annual funding is set at $310 million, but it will expire on Sept. 30 without congressional action.

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Physician Workforce Trends And Their Implications For Spending Growth

Areas with a higher concentration of primary care physicians have much lower spending per beneficiary, higher-quality care, better patient satisfaction, and lower mortality rates.

from Health Affairs Blog

Controlling the growth rate of health care spending is central to the success of the Affordable Care Act or any subsequent reform. Because labor represents more than 50 percent of health care costs and the clinical workforce drives use and prices, the size and composition of the health care workforce has important ramifications for spending growth. We set out to understand the trends underlying the growth in the clinical workforce and their potential implications for health care spending, health policy, and health system design.

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How Music Can Powerfully Heal a Physician’s Life

Physician Adam Kendall uses music not only to heal himself, but also to bring inspiration and purpose to those who also suffer.

from The Doctor Weighs In

My love for music began when I was a toddler, mesmerized while watching a television program that featured a violinist accompanied by a symphony orchestra. As a result of this inspiration, I began playing the violin at age 5 and, a few years later, took up the piano. Playing music to share emotion, love, happiness, and aid in consolation was a healthy ritual that had been passed on through my family’s generations, most notably by my grandmother, Edith, who also played the violin. However, it wasn’t until I became an adult that I found a clear understanding of how music could console and help bring hope.

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IT Expenses Per Physician Continue to Rise to Nearly $19,000

IT expenses per physician each year have increased $2K to $4K over the last year, leaving total IT expenses per physician between $14K to $19K.

from Healthcare Informatics

Information technology (IT) expenses for physician practices are on a slow and steady rise for most practices, and last year, physician-owned practices spent between nearly $2,000 to $4,000 more per FTE physician on IT operating expenses than they did the prior year, according to a recent Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) survey.

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Physicians: Stop Complaining and Start Leading

This Physician Executive admits physicians are unhappy, but wants to know what they’re going to do about it.

from The Vital Physician Executive

I’m intrigued by the number of bloggers writing about the frustrations of medical practice. It makes for good reading, because it resonates with many physicians. From Meg Edison complaining about Maintenance of Certification on Rebel.MD, to Matthew Hahn lamenting that regulations are destroying medical practice, to Maiysha Clairborne writing about physician burnout on Kevin MD, physicians are not shy about complaining. But maybe it’s time to stop complaining and start leading.

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Feds Announce Largest-Ever Crackdown on Opioid-Related Health Care Fraud

The crackdown on opioid-related cases was reported as part of the Justice Department’s annual announcement of health care fraud enforcement efforts.

from STAT

Federal law enforcement agencies announced today what they called “the largest opioid-related fraud takedown in history” with the arrest of 120 people across the country, including doctors allegedly running pill mills and the operators of fraudulent treatment centers.

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PODCAST: Road Warrior Physician – A How-To Guide for Locum Tenens

Dr. Noel Lumpkin discusses a practical how-to guide into the world of locum tenens.

from Your Career in Healthcare

Most doctors have heard of locum tenens, but very few actually know how it works. Dr. Noel Lumpkin, author of the book Road Warrior Physician, wants to change this awareness issue for physicians. Together with the host of Your Career in Healthcare, Tim Rush, she will discuss the necessary steps, benefits, and career landscape for this decision, both for doctors and hospital systems.

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