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Project Puts Records in the Patients’ Hands

Posted on: Friday, January 13, 2012

A new idea is being toss around in the medical field; this idea is to allow patients to have access to their medical charts. The patient would take their own medical charts home and go over every word their physician has wrote in it. The point of this would be to better educate patients about [...]

Physicians going broke because the health care system doesn’t work

Posted on: Thursday, January 12, 2012

It is hard to believe that physicians in our country are actually being forced into bankruptcy. When one thinks of the salary of a physician the number thought of is usually much higher than that of an average American. Doctors are thought to be a part of the affluent community so how is it that [...]

Is Our Healthcare System Prepared for an Aging Nation?

Posted on: Tuesday, October 11, 2011

With the aging Baby Boomer population and a lack of incentive for physicians to practice geriatric medicine, a lot of people will not be able to receive the care they need.

Tags: Aging Population and Healthcare, Baby Boomers, Geriatrics, healthcare, Medicare, Palliative Medicine

Hospitals Use Social Networks to Provide Superior Care

Posted on: Friday, August 26, 2011

Hospitals forming an accountable care organization (ACO) want the organization to be as cohesive and efficient as possible. Providers within an ACO must be compatible, and social network analysis can help reveal physicians’ relationships and affiliations in the community.

Tags: ACO, physician ACO, physician social network, social networks in medicine

Primary Care Sees a Hike in Compensation

Posted on: Thursday, August 11, 2011

Health care reform to motivate physicians to practice primary care by increasing compensation and reimbursement.

Tags: family medicine compensation, health care legislation, health care reform, internal medicine compensation, primary care, primary care compensation, primary care compensation increase

iPhone Apps for Physicians

Posted on: Thursday, August 4, 2011

We live in a world where there is an app for just about everything under the sun. The medical industry is no exception! There is a wide selection of medical apps available for download that will help physicians practice medicine in a more efficient manner. Yes, your phone can now help you be a better [...]

Tags: Medical apps, Physician iPhone Apps, Physician Smart Phone

Physician Advocate Program

Posted on: Thursday, March 17, 2011

NEW: Physician Advocate Program. eMatchPhysicians acts as an advocate on your behalf to help you find the job of your dreams in the area of your choice!

Tags: Jobs by Location, Physician Advocate Program, physician job, physician jobs

Hospitals and the Lingering Effects of Recession

Posted on: Monday, March 7, 2011

It’s all over the news. Experts have been announcing for some time now that the recession is over and the U.S. economy is showing signs of recovery. Unfortunately, the medical industry is still dealing with the lingering, adverse effects caused by the recession. Survey data reveals that patients continue to delay or forego medical care [...]

Tags: healthcare, Hospitals, Medical Industry, Patient Care, recession, Recruitment

Medicare Freeze through 2011- Good For Physicians

Posted on: Thursday, December 30, 2010

Congress has voted to pass an important piece of legislation that would effectively stop a 25% pay cut for physicians treating Medicare patients. This Congressional “doc fix” provides a one year fix to the payment formula. Included alongside the freeze are extensions for several Medicare programs, including an extension of the therapy caps exception process. [...]

Tags: Medicare Reimbursement, Physician Compensation, Physician Reimbursement, physicians

eMatchPhysicians celebrates 2,000 physician members with Referral Rewards Program

Posted on: Thursday, July 15, 2010

18 months after its launch, the nation’s largest physician job matching platform celebrates its rapid success with a brand new referral program.

Tags: doctor jobs, eMatchphysicians, physician jobs, Refer-A-Friend

eMatchPhysicians.com Partners with HOWARD | NASSIRI to Help Medical Doctor Get Work Visas

Posted on: Monday, April 26, 2010

eMatchPhysicians.com is proud to announce our new partnership with renowned immigration and nationality law firm, HOWARD | NASSIRI, P.C. (http://www.howardnassiri.com/), to provide immigration services to physicians of all specialties who desire to work or train in the United States. HOWARD | NASSIRI specializes in the unique immigration issues that physicians face, and skillfully counsels medical [...]

Tags: doctor work visas, h1-b visas for doctors, physician work visas

Impact of ARRA Legislation on Providers – Part 2

Posted on: Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Billian’s HealthDATA and Porter Research partnered to conduct a survey of hospital executives’ understanding of the HITECH Act.  In 2009, their research revealed that only 67% of the respondents described the impact of the new legislation to be moderate to significant.  However, in 2010 that number escalated to more than 80%. Many of the hospitals [...]

Tags: ARRA, EHR, HITECH Act, physicians, Technology

ARRA Legislation and EHR Technology – Part 1

Posted on: Friday, April 16, 2010

In order to modernize our health system, physicians have to adopt and USE technology.  The HITECH Act, which involves the incorporation of electronic health records (EHR) is a major part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) legislation. Billian’s HealthDATA and Porter Research conducted a 2 phased research program aimed at understanding providers’ perceptions of [...]

Tags: ARRA, EHR, HITECH Act, physicians, Technology

Physician Shortage Worsens with New Healthcare Bill

Posted on: Monday, April 5, 2010

The US is facing a predicted shortage of 40,000 primary care physicians over the next decade.  In fact, 65 million Americans live in areas that don’t have enough internists and family practitioners to meet the demand of patients presently.  Only 30% of physicians practice primary care, as more and more residents of internal medicine and [...]

Tags: healthcare bill, physician jobs, physician recruitment, physician shortage, primary care

Hospitals Acquiring Physician Practices

Posted on: Friday, March 19, 2010

There is a trend among physicians and hosptials that has become more and more prevalent since the 1990′s.  Physician groups are selling their practices to hospital systems more now than ever before.  According to the MGMA’s annual Physician Compensation and Production Survey, hospital-owned group practices grew from 25.6% in 2005 to 49.5% in 2008. In [...]

Tags: healthcare reform, Hospital System, Physician Practice

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