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Medical help via Google and Skype? See the next generation of health care
Google is running a program for a limited trial where if you search a basic condition you can Skype an actual person rather than drive yourself crazy on WebMD. OCTOBER 22, 2013 – Clinics like ZoomCare...
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CMT CANADA: NDP candidate Bob Turner, an oncologist, said “concierge medicine...
By Dean Bennett The Canadian Press “I also agree (with critics) that there’s no place in our system for privatization. They (doctors) can be in or they can be out.” OCTOBER 23, 2014 – EDMONTON –...
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Goodman: How Should We Pay For Health Care? Government Or Markets?
By John C. Goodman Contributor SEPTEMBER 2014 - “Bundling” is one of those technical terms that is very much in vogue these days. But all of us have had personal experience with it. For example,...
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STAFF: Stop Hiring Like A Start-Up Concierge Practice
By Michael Tetreault, Editor-In-Chief JAN 23, 2014 – Over the past several years, Concierge Medicine Today has spent countless hours in interviews, conducting surveys and learning from all types of...
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INS. COMM. OFFICE REPORT: Washington State is at the forefront of national...
TRENDING TODAY on The DPC JOURNAL … Washington is at the forefront of national regulation of direct primary care practices . Since passage of the 2007 law, direct primary care practices have not gained...
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Highlights of the MDVIP Hospitalization Study include:
Highlights of the MDVIP Hospitalization Study include: By 2010, MDVIP hospital discharges for the Medicare population were 79% lower than the non-member Medicare population, and this difference was...
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Retajczyk, MD: ‘Pediatricians are also jumping on the concierge medicine...
By Dr. Chris Retajczyk OCTOBER 15, 2014 - Concierge medicine is undeniably a hot topic across the country – especially amongst parents. And as a physician and parent myself, this is definitely...
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Is “Concierge Medicine” a bad word?
By Sonja Horner, President at Private Medical Partners, CMT Contributor “The healthcare industry is morphing and the innovation that is surfacing can often times improve the delivery of care to...
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CALIFORNIA: Concierge health care comes to south Placer County
October 21, 2014 By Kevin Knauss Some folks are fortunate enough to have a long-time family physician that is always there to assist with their health care needs. But in our fractured world of health...
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“Small Pharma” by Walmart — #retailmedicine
OCTOBER 21, 2014 - Walmart’s smaller stores will all feature beauty and pharmacy sections, allowing local shoppers to stop in and grab must-have healthcare items they’d have to search for in larger...
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The Canada Health Act guarantees that essential physician and hospital...
Kathleen O’Grady and Noralou Roos, PhD | Policy | September 14, 2014 The Canadian health care system is often held up as an example to model or to avoid at all costs in the debates on health care in...
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SPECIALDOCS: Physicians at the Front Lines Increasingly Suffer from Burnout,...
By Specialdocs Consultants, Inc. October 24, 2014 - An article in the October 22 Chicago Tribune highlights a phenomenon physicians know all too well—burnout, a long-term reaction to stress that...
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BUSINESS and TECH.: Rock Health adds 8 more startups and 3 new partners,...
By Dan Verel August 18, 2014 10:00 am- Digital health incubator Rock Health is investing in eight new startups and teaming up with three new corporate entities – Blue Shield of California, Deloitte and...
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Helicopter emergency services: A disparity between aviation and medical...
Michael K. Abernethy, MD | Physician | October 25, 2014 As the helicopter emergency services (HEMS) industry enters its fifth decade, there is an 800-pound gorilla in the room and nobody is talking....
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The History of Concierge Medicine, Updated.
Last Updated: Sunday, October 29, 2014 By Staff Writer, Concierge Medicine Today GOT AN UPDATE? | ARE WE MISSING SOMETHING? | Contribute Your Thoughts … Brief And Abridged History Of Concierge...
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FORBES: Multi-Family Offices Embrace Critical Lifestyle Services
By Russ Alan Prince, Forbes Contributor OCTOBER 29, 2014 - To a large degree, the very wealthy are gravitating to multi-family offices including multi-family office practices that are embedded in...
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Jane Orient, MD, AAPS: “If You Want To Keep Your Doctor, Change the Senate.”
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. Oct 27, 2014 - My favorite bumper sticker for this campaign season is “Keep your doctor, change your senator.”Monica Wehby, M.D., pediatric neurosurgeon, is trying to unseat a...
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Assimilating independent physician practices: Is resistance futile?
Bob Doherty | Policy | October 24, 2014 Fans of Star Trek: The Next Generation will recall that the most disturbing aliens encountered by the Federation were the Borg, a part-cyber, part human...
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Premiums Set to Decline Slightly for Benchmark ACA Marketplace Insurance...
Analysis of 15 States and D.C. Also Finds Changes Vary Across States and Insurers Results Suggest Consumers Should Shop Carefully When Open Enrollment Begins November 15 MENLO PARK, Calif. – An early...
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2015 “Top Docs in Concierge Medicine” Nominations Coming In …
Nominate a Physician You Know, Today! Complete Form — Start Here. SEPTEMBER 22, 2014 - Concierge Medicine Today, LLC (CMT) America’s membership medicine trade publication and trusted resource for...
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