Casper Mahler was my great-grandfather, and in his search for freedom, safety, and opportunity, in the late 1800s, he left Germany and migrated to the United States. His choice proved to be a wise one, as he learned that "the land of opportunity" did, in fact, exist. In raising his family, he taught my grandfather using the same principles: 'Dream … [Read more...]
Current Physicians Stupefied over Government’s Physician Shortage “Solution”
Electronic Health Records Becoming More Commonplace in Healthcare Forum
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, American Diabetes Association, and American Cancer Society, have launched a program called the Guidelines Advantage, which fine-tunes data produced in Electronic Health Records. Physician service providers are utilizing this technology more, a March 31 edition of Modern Physician … [Read more...]
Hospital-acquired Infections Cause Concern for Americans
In a story published in today's edition of Modern Healthcare, a recent poll released by Consumer Reports, proved that the public is concerned with hospital errors, and furthermore, the public is not aware of how to go about reporting such errors, should they occur to a patient or family member. More than 75-percent of 1,000 people, contacted via … [Read more...]
Florida’s New Surgeon General Appointed
Florida Governor Rick Scott named Dr. Frank Farmer, the Florida Medical Association's former president, the Sunshine State's new Surgeon General, this past Monday. He served as President of the FMA, in 2001 and 2002, and Chairman of the Florid Board of Medicine, in 2006 and 2007. “Dr. Farmer brings an impressive track record of medical … [Read more...]
Number of Primary Care Physicians Predicted to Plummet, by 2020
The health reform, without doubt, will affect each and every one of us, at some point, or another. But that is not the only factor that will determine the future of healthcare. A key piece of the puzzle, and the media has been touching upon this more frequently, questions where the physician will fit into this varying equation. With a growing … [Read more...]