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A program that integrates clinical pharmacists into established primary care medical home practices helps patients achieve better disease management for high blood pressure and diabetes mellitus

Pharmacist Participation in Medical Homes Aids Outcomes

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Findings based on disease management goals for diabetes, blood pressure control
Physicians who report a social network member with a poor breast cancer prognosis are more likely to recommend routine breast cancer screening for younger and older age groups

Doctors’ Personal Experience of Breast Cancer May Impact Care

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Physicians with social network member with poor prognosis more likely to recommend screening
Overall 30-day mortality does not differ for patients treated by locum tenens and non-locum tenens internal medicine physicians

30-Day Mortality No Different for Treatment by Locum Tenens

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Findings among hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries treated by general internal medicine doctors
Higher dermatologist density is associated with increased use of dermatology procedures and billing to Medicare

Doctor Density Linked to Billing for Dermatology Procedures

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Increase of 10 dermatologists per 100,000 seniors linked to $14.81 increase in Medicare spending

November 2017 Briefing – Family Practice

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Family Practice for November 2017. This roundup includes the...

November 2017 Briefing – Internal Medicine

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Internal Medicine for November 2017. This roundup includes the...
Older ophthalmologists are less likely than younger ones to receive unsolicited patient complaints

Older Ophthalmologists Less Likely to Have Patient Complaints

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Risk for incurring unsolicited patient complaints higher for those aged 41 to 50, 31 to 40 versus ≥71
Australia's national education program improves general practitioner knowledge about radiation therapy (RT) and may influence patient referrals for RT

Education Program Builds GP’s Knowledge of Radiation Therapy

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Australia's national education program may improve patient referrals, cancer care
From 2012 to 2015 there was a relative increase in the number of nursing home specialists

Doctors Increasingly Becoming ‘Nursing Home Specialists’

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Number of generalist physicians billing for nursing home care up 15.6 percent from 2012 to 2015
The Value-Based Payment Modifier is not associated with performance differences between practices serving higher-risk and lower-risk patients

Value-Based Payment Modifier Not Tied to Practice Performance

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Performance differences between practices narrowed after adjustment for patient characteristics