Taking The Pulse Of Health Care
In the 1967 film "The Graduate," Dustin Hoffman plays Benjamin, a young man who returns home after college somewhat adrift, and is given some well-meaning career advice from a family friend, Mr. Maguire.
Mr. Maguire: I just want to say one word to you. Just one word.
Benjamin: Yes, sir.
Mr. Maguire: Are you listening?
Benjamin: Yes, I am.
Mr. Maguire: Plastics.
Benjamin: Exactly how do you mean?
Mr. Maguire: There's a great future in plastics. Think about it. Will you think about it?
Fast forward. It's now fifty years later, and while the plastics industry has become the third largest manufacturin...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
BWH Development Office Receives AAMC Award
BWH’s Development Office recently received the Premiere Performance: Development Award at the annual Group on Institutional Advancement (GIA) of the American Medical Colleges (AAMC) conference for the Gillian Reny Stepping Strong Fund. (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - June 23, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
BWH Development Office Receives AAMC Award
BWH ’s Development Office recently received the Premiere Performance: Development Award at the annual Group on Institutional Advancement (GIA) of the American Medical Colleges (AAMC) conference for the Gillian Reny Stepping Strong Fund. (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - June 23, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
40 years of shaping medical education
In 1976, the average cost of a new home was $43,400, Apple Computer Inc. was established, and an important group in medical education was just getting started.
A notable history
The AMA Academic Physicians Section (APS) is celebrating its 40th anniversary this month, and physicians who were a part of the group in its early years can tell of its strong history in shaping medical education and the practice of medicine.
From its beginning as the AMA Section on Medical Schools, this group of physician educators had high aspirations.
Within a few years of its founding, the section had played an important role in contrib...
Source: AMA Wire - June 20, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Amy Farouk Source Type: news
AMA Academic Physicians Section: 2016 AMA Annual Meeting highlights
AMA policy review, educational sessions and networking opportunities with academic physician colleagues were part of the historic 40th anniversary meeting of the AMA Academic Physicians Section (APS), June 10-11 in Chicago.
Meeting participants—comprising deans and faculty from a wide range of medical schools, graduate medical education programs, and academic health systems nationwide—voiced their opinions and reached decisions on recommendations for several reports and resolutions to be acted upon by delegates at the Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates, June 10-15. Their work guides the section delegate and...
Source: AMA Wire - June 12, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Troy Parks Source Type: news
By the numbers: Specialty preferences before and after med school
Do you know how many of your peers end up in the field they picked when they began medical school? Which specialties are students most likely to stick with, and which ones attract students along the way? We break down the statistics.
The odds
Chances are you will end up in a different medical specialty than the one you had picked out when you first set foot on campus.
Just 1 in 4 medical school graduates ended up in the same specialty they picked the summer before they started medical school, according to a recent report from the Association of American Medical Colleges. That statistic is based on information from 10...
Source: AMA Wire - June 7, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Troy Parks Source Type: news
Examining the Science Behind the Looming Doc Shortage
We know there will be a physician shortage, but do we know how many? AAMC's Janis Orlowski talks with us about the science behind their projections. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - May 13, 2016 Category: Practice Management Authors: Gabriel Perna Tags: Healthcare Careers Operations Physician Productivity Source Type: news
Concierge Medicine Increases in Popularity as More Consumers Opt for This Care Model; Will Clinical Laboratories Exploit This Business Opportunity?
Patients using a concierge medicine practice expect to pay cash at the time of service, but few medical laboratories are equipped to collect from patients at time of service One big challenge for clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups is how to adapt to the changing role of the consumer in healthcare. It a major […] (Source: Dark Daily)
Source: Dark Daily - May 6, 2016 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: jude Tags: Laboratory Pathology AAMC AAPP Affordable Care Act American Academy of Private Physicians Association of American Medical Colleges boutique medicine clinical laboratory concierge medicine Concierge Medicine Today Dark Daily Dark Repo Source Type: news
In med school, students’ perceptions matter
One of the keys to student success in medical school is a positive perception of the learning environment—it’s linked to academic performance as well as higher scores on the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE). A new study has found that student perceptions aren’t shaped as much by individual student backgrounds as they are by campus cultures.
Evaluating campus perceptions
After just one year of medical school, a student’s perception about his or her learning environment is shaped by the culture at the campus where they are taking classes, according to a recent AMA-authored study in Academic Medicine.
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Source: AMA Wire - April 21, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Troy Parks Source Type: news
2016 Match by the numbers
The 2016 Match was the largest ever recorded by the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) and resulted in a higher overall match rate than the year prior.
With 42,370 total registrants, this year’s Match eclipsed the record set in 2015 by 1,036 registrants, according to 2016 Match data released by the NRMP.
A total of 30,750 positions were available, an increase of 538 positions from 2015, which was another record. Available first-year (PGY-1) positions reached 27,860, a year-over-year increase of 567.
The overall match rate hit 96.2 percent in 2016, with 96.3 percent of first-year positions filled. Both those ...
Source: AMA Wire - April 11, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Troy Parks Source Type: news
UAMS Fears More Red Ink
As bad as the financial picture at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is now, it could be a lot worse if the state’s hybrid Medicaid expansion plan isn’t continued by the state Legislature.
The state’s only academic medical campus is projecting a loss of $13 million for the fiscal year that ends June 30, and that number is projected to grow to $34.2 million in the next fiscal year. Dreams of a hospital expansion have bumped up against financial reality.
If the Medicaid expansion isn’t funded, losses could increase by tens of millions of dollars.
“We would have to cut programs&rdqu...
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - April 11, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news
UAMS Fears More Red Ink, Eyes $34M Shortfall in Fiscal 2017
As bad as the financial picture at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is now, it could be a lot worse if the state’s hybrid Medicaid expansion plan isn’t continued by the state Legislature.
The state’s only academic medical campus is projecting a loss of $13 million for the fiscal year that ends June 30, and that number is projected to grow to $34.2 million in the next fiscal year. Dreams of a hospital expansion have bumped up against financial reality.
If the Medicaid expansion isn’t funded, losses could increase by tens of millions of dollars.
“We would have to cut programs&rdqu...
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - April 11, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Ashfield Healthcare Communications is attending the 12th Annual Meeting of ISMPP, National Harbor, Maryland
Ensuring quality and transparency in scientific communications in today’s global, multichannel environment is a challenge!
The theme of this year’s annual meeting is: Medical Publications in a Data-Rich World: Enhancing Quality and Transparency, and will include sessions highlighting increasing demands for transparency, and avenues to ensure quality of data reporting in scientific communications in a fast-paced, global environment.
In response to increased demand for transparency in scientific communications, ICMJE member journals have proposed a new plan for data sharing, and the AAMC has developed a new global disclo...
Source: Ashfield Healthcare News - April 8, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sarah Edwards Tags: Ashfield Source Type: news
Vital fetal tissue research threatened by House of Representatives subpoenas
Subpoenas issued by a special US House panel could create a chilling effect for medical research, as the targets balk at the investigation’s wide dragnetSubpoenas issued by a special House panel convened to investigate the world of fetal tissue research has sparked complaints that the probe could create a chilling effect for vital medical research, as the targets of the investigation balk at what they characterize as an unbelievably wide dragnet.“The information that was requested from our institution is so voluminous and so broad that in some cases it extends far beyond fetal tissue research,” said David Moore, the ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 1, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Molly Redden in New York Tags: Medical research House of Representatives US news Planned Parenthood New Mexico California Wisconsin Science Source Type: news
AMA-APS now member of Commission to End Health Care Disparities
The AMA Academic Physicians Section (APS) is now a member of the Commission to End Health Care Disparities. This will help ensure the section’s role in addressing disparities and increasing diversity in medicine.
On a related note, AMA-APS chair Alma Littles, MD, was invited to participate, along with Patrice Harris, MD, chair-elect of the AMA Board of Trustees, in a Feb. 4 webinar, “Attracting Black Men to Medicine: Physicians’ Call to Action,” sponsored by the AMA, the Association of American Medical Colleges and the National Medical Association.
(Source: AMA Wire)
Source: AMA Wire - February 16, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Troy Parks Source Type: news
