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While health care providers are sympathetic to immigrant women's requests for female obstetricians

Physicians Resist Requests From Immigrants for Female Ob-Gyns

Findings based on physician interviews regarding immigrant women's requests
Internet resources can be helpful for educating patients and include myhealthfinder

AMA: Two Internet Tools Can Help Educate Patients

Tools provide personalized recommendations for preventive services and diabetes prevention info
Behaviors that residents value in intensive care unit attending physicians include enjoyment of teaching and treatment of patients

Residents Rate Enjoyment of Teaching As Key for ICU Doctors

Behaviors of attending physicians rated as important include empathy to patients, ability to explain
Physicians spend roughly as many hours on computer work as they do meeting with patients

Physicians Are Spending Half Their Time on Computer Tasks

Researchers estimate physicians devote 3.08 hours a day to face-to-face office visits
Enhanced patient-centered communication positively impacts patients' psychological state during bad-news encounters

Doctor Communication Style Key During Bad-News Encounters

Enhanced patient-centered communication lessens anxiety during disclosure of cancer diagnosis
Implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act has made fundamental changes to the government's approach to physician payment

MACRA Changes Government Approach to Doctor Payment

New approach pays providers based on quality, value, and results delivered, but questions remain
One-fifth of patients who sought a second opinion recently at a single academic medical center had received a different diagnosis from their primary care providers

Second Opinion Yields Different Diagnosis for 1 in 5 Patients

In study, 21 percent of cases received final diagnoses that were distinctly different than referral diagnoses
Physicians should be aware that responding to a negative health care review could potentially expose personal medical information

Doctors Must Be Wary of HIPAA Violations With Online Reviews

Physicians should keep their replies to patient reviews short and simple
Patients with heart disease may fare better when they feel they can trust and talk to their doctor

Trust, Communication Key to Optimal Heart Disease Care

These factors linked to patients' greater use of aspirin, statins, hypertension meds

American College of Physicians, March 30 – April 1

The American College of Physicians' Internal Medicine Meeting 2017 The annual meeting of the American College of Physicians (ACP) was held from March...