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Electronic health records may be impairing the physician-patient relationship

A Doctor’s View: EHRs Impair Physician-Patient Relationship

Physician discusses impact of EHR on the physician-patient relationship
ACCESS Health System

How One Health System Is Shifting From Volume to Value

Health system provides continuum of care to underserved populations; providing help for doctors
Doctors can be involved in developing new payment models for their practices

Physicians Can Get Involved in Developing Payment Models

New payment models relating to bone metastases, breast cancer developed by ASTRO
Looking at a family medicine practice with fresh eyes can help address unsightly issues that patients notice

Article Offers Ways to Address Overlooked Details in Practice

Positive impression can be created in waiting room, front desk, hallway, examination room
The 2016 Match was the largest ever recorded by the National Resident Matching Program

2016 Match Marks Record Highs for Registrants, Matching

Total of 30,750 positions available; overall match rate 96.2%, with 96.3% of first-year positions filled
Two years into the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative

Progress Made in Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative

Practices have not yet shown savings in expenditures; limited improvement in quality of care
Staff at many outpatient health care facilities in New Mexico failed to follow recommendations for hand hygiene more than one-third of the time

Health Care Workers Skip Hand Washing One-Third of the Time

Outpatient facility staff also found to be lacking at safe injection practices
A radical proposal has been suggested for eliminating all Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers and outpatient facilities in the next 20 years

VA Commission on Care: Eliminate VA Medical Centers

Eight veterans organizations denounce document in letter to Commission Chairwoman
The elements of a team-based care model are described in a report published by the American Medical Association.

AMA Addresses Elements of Team-Based Care Model

New module from STEPS Forward collection describes how to bring these elements together
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants to ban most powdered medical gloves

FDA: Most Powdered Medical Gloves Should Be Banned in U.S.

Side effects include airway and wound inflammation, agency says