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In my mind, we are already focusing as a country on improving the quality of the medical care system--the hospitals, doctors, etc.
FORBES: Elizabeth H. Bradley
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Mr Barclay, a smart member of the Public Accounts Committee, wants to explore why more doctors, nurses, specialists, etc, are not disciplined or struck off in the wake of scandals like that in Mid Staffordshire.
BBC: Week ahead
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Read your policy thoroughly to see what the rules are for seeing out-of-network doctors, getting preapproval for procedures, etc.
CNN: How to prevent a medical bill disaster
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The depth of data that these systems could deliver (unbroken streams of heart rate readings etc.) would give doctors a fuller picture of the patient's situation, as well as suggest environmental issues that potentially affect our health.
ENGADGET: Alt-week 9.8.12: Moon farming, self powered health monitors and bringing a 50,000 year-old girl to life
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"In exactly the same way that a GP might pick up the first signs of an outbreak of bird flu etc, so the plant doctors can be there on the ground to pick up the first signs of a new pest, or something that has not been picked up previously, " Dr Nicholls explained.
BBC: Plant clinics scheme to boost food security
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Over 90% of Family Medicine residents will remain in primary care, although their scope continues to decrease due to a number of factors and the addition of new fellowships for Family Doctors (sports medicine, obstetrics, adolescent medicine, hospitalist training, etc.).
FORBES: Doctor Shortage Isn't Going Away
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Without market reforms, including more transparent pricing for consumers but also for doctors and hospitals themselves (medical equipment, drugs, hospital beds, etc. are all badly sheltered from competition, for instance) universal insurance could become far too expensive and lead to supply shortages.
FORBES: The Healthcare Market is Broken and Needs to Be Fixed
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Companies hire staff doctors whose main role is to use advanced technology (scanning, molecular, etc.) to diagnose employee ills.
FORBES: How To Contain Health Care Costs
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The doctors go online and get the patient's data (medical history, drug allergies, etc), which happens to be stored on the computer of a clinic on the other side of the world.
ECONOMIST: The future of computing
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These doctors are used to easy communication in the rest of their life with email, text, Facebook, etc.
FORBES: Healthcare's Trillion-Dollar Disruption