Healthcare experts are saying that today’s healthcare environment might be the most challenging that it's been in the past 100 years. Fayetteville Medical Associate's Dr. J. Fred Ralston Jr., who also is a former president of the American College of Physicians, told the “New York Times,” in a recent interview that “in today’s changing world of … [Read more...]
Overcome Obstacles in Today’s Challenging Healthcare Environment
Experts Express Conflicting Opinions on Medicare Cuts
A hospital representative commented that, “President Barack Obama's recommended Medicare and Medicaid cuts issued today to the congressional deficit reduction super-committee will reduce beneficiaries' access to care and eliminate at least 200,000 jobs over the coming decade," as reported in ModernHealthcare.com’s recently published article, … [Read more...]
Specialty Physicians’ and Primary Care Physicians’ Jobs Equally Difficult
“Although society’s perception might be that surgeons endure greater mental challenges and stress in their work duties than those providing primary care physician services, new research from a study conducted by experts at the University of Cincinnati shows that this isn’t necessarily the case” as reported in a recent news article, published in a … [Read more...]
American Hospital Physicians Paid Higher than Worldwide Counterparts
While hospital physicians in America reportedly get higher pay than worldwide counterparts, a recent article says they won’t be apologizing any time soon. According to several leaders in the medical community who responded to the recent “Health Affairs” study, “higher pay is necessary to draw the best and brightest in physicians services to … [Read more...]
Hospital Physicians and LEP Patients
Dangerous instances of miscommunication are not uncommon when it comes to LEP (limited English proficiency) patients and healthcare. As recently reported in “FierceHealthcare,” “a staggering 90 percent of clinicians say language barriers have compromised care in LEP patients, and 86 percent said cultural barriers compromised care.” In today’s … [Read more...]