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Issue Date: December 2003
States Battle to Retain Existing Tort Reforms
This article discusses the steps physicians are taking in a number of states to address the issue of escalating medical malpractice insurance premiums. In many states, physicians are lobbying state legislators in an effort to effect tort reform.
Physicians, Hospitals Can Share New Ventures
This editorial discusses the advantages of hospital administrators and physicians engaging in collaborative efforts to address the current market dynamics.
Health Systems in Other Countries Offer Strategies for U.S., Author Says
This article discusses many of the arguments proposed in Epidemic of Care, by coauthors George Halvorson, chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente, and George isham, MD, medical director and CHO of HealthPartners, to change the current health care system.
Risks Seen in Asset-Protection Plans
This article discusses asset protection strategies that physicians can use to protect their accounts receivable from being taken in a lawsuit and to protect themselves from costly tax consequences as a result of improperly planned financing strategies.
New Methods of Chronic Care Needed
This article discusses a model of care that provides coordination and quality care for people living with chronic conditions, which is advocated by the Partnership for Solutions program at Johns Hopkins University.
Battles Brewing as Physicians Build Specialty Centers, Consultant Says
In this interview, Daniel Beckham, president of The Beckham Company, a health care consulting firm in Bluffton, S.C., discusses the changing relationships between physicians and hospitals.
Information Therapy Helps Improve Care
This article discusses how information therapy (that is, prescribing specific, evidence-based medical information to a specific patient to help the patient make a specific health decision) may be gaining ground among physicians, patients, and insurers. Information therapy supports the growing emphasis on patient self-management and shared decisionmaking, often using online communication in many doctor-patient encounters.
The Time Has Come for Pay for Performance
This editorial argues that offering physicians financial rewards for following best practices (pay for performance) may be a way to narrow the quality gaps in the health care system that have been identified in the National Committee for Quality Assurance's annual State of Health Quality report.
Study: Doctors See Barriers to E-Health
This article discusses the benefits of, but impediments to, quick and widespread adoption of electronic technology by physicians in medical practice.
Best Practices Save Lives, Group Says
This article discusses two recent studies showing that patients are dying because of medically caused injuries and inappropriate care.
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