A doctor you can text, call, and see within a day? Inside the growing model of ‘direct primary care.’
Proponents herald the practice as a free-market approach to providing medical care, while critics say it could widen health ...
Miss Manners: What’s the etiquette for a patient who is a physician addressing the doctor providing care?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m a physician, so I am used to people addressing me as “Dr. Jones.” That includes both patients and ...
Need treatment your doctor doesn’t support? Under new Idaho law, they can deny it
The bill protects health care workers from being “forced” to participate in treatment that violates their beliefs.
Sen. Rosen proposes bill to bring more doctors to underserved areas
Nevada, has proposed the Physicians for Underserved Areas Act, which aims to bring more doctors to regions in need. The bill, ...
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The Wright Medicine: National Doctors Day a prime opportunity to recognize local physicians
March 30 is National Doctors’ Day — a perfect opportunity to celebrate all the great physicians out there, including those ...
Health care workers are at high risk of violence in emergency rooms
Doctors, nurses and other health care workers need better security and other protections against violent crime in ER spaces, ...
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RI is in dire need of primary care doctors. Could foreign-trained physicians help?
Rhode Island has a shortage of primary care doctors Foreign-trained doctors cannot practice in the U.S. without completing a residency at a U.S.-accredited medical institution, which can be ...
Geriatric care improvements needed immediately in New York, doctors say
As Americans live longer, there's a dire need to create an age-friendly health care system. But right now, there aren't ...