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Do Policies That Target Physicians Who Make Medical Malpractice Payments Reduce Negligent Injuries? — Aug 23, 2007

This fact sheet describes a study that found that policies targeting physicians' medical malpractice payment histories as a way to deter medical malpractice are ineffective, mainly because paying physicians are not the negligent ones.

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Rates and Types of Events Reported to Established Incident Reporting Systems in Two US Hospitals — Jun 1, 2007

US hospitals have had voluntary incident reporting systems for many years, but the effectiveness of these systems is unknown.

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Reducing Medical Malpractice By Targeting Physicians Making Medical Malpractice Payments — Mar 1, 2007

Some states use physicians' histories of medical malpractice payments to try to reduce the incidence of medical malpractice (and for other reasons).

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Identifying Malpractice-Prone Physicians — Mar 1, 2007

Easily gathered physician characteristics can be helpful in designing targeted quality of care improvement policies.

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Teaching Systems-Based Practice to Primary Care Physicians to Foster Routine Implementation of Evidence-Based Depression Care — Jan 1, 2007

The authors believe the best way to enhance effectiveness is to build education into the system rather than rely on a separate system for education.

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Organizational Culture and Physician Satisfaction with Dimensions of Group Practice — Jan 1, 2007

Male physicians were less satisfied with data capabilities. Primary care physicians (versus specialists) were less satisfied with price competition.

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International Migration Patterns of Physicians to the United States: A Cross-National Panel Analysis — Jan 1, 2007

Many of the most powerful factors associated with physician migration are difficult or impossible for countries to change through public policy.

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A Test of Knowledge About Prostate Cancer Screening: Online Pilot Evaluation Among Southern California Physicians — Jan 1, 2006

The knowledge scale developed in this study holds promise for measuring the effects of professional education on prostate cancer screening.

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Physician Communication When Prescribing New Medications — Jan 1, 2006

When initiating new medications, physicians often fail to communicate critical elements of medication use.

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Will Financial Incentives Stimulate Quality Improvement? Reactions from Frontline Physicians — Jan 1, 2006

Many support increased pay for delivering high-quality care but question measurement accuracy, bonus payment financing, and health plan involvement.

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Effect of a Multidisciplinary Intervention on Communication and Collaboration Among Physicians and Nurses — Jan 1, 2005

The multidisciplinary intervention resulted in better communication and collaboration among the participants.

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Patients' Preferences for Technical Versus Interpersonal Quality When Selecting a Primary Care Physician — Jan 1, 2005

Individual physician report cards should contain ample information in both domains to be most useful to patients.

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Terrorism's Psychologic Effects and Their Implications for Primary Care Policy, Research, and Education — Jan 1, 2005

This paper examines PCP roles in helping the nation prepare for, respond to, and recover from the psychologic consequences of CBRN terrorism.

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An Evaluation of an Intervention to Assist Primary Care Physicians in Screening and Educating Older Patients Who Use Alcohol — Jan 1, 2005

Older primary care patients can reduce their alcohol consumption and other risks when given personalized information about their drinking and health.

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Increased Medicare Expenditures for Physicians' Services: What Are the Causes? — Jan 1, 2004

The authors identified the sources of change in the volume and intensity of Medicare physicians' services.

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Detection and Management of Falls and Instability in Vulnerable Elders By Community Physicians — Jan 1, 2004

To investigate quality of care for falls and instability provided to vulnerable elders.

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Physicians' Religiosity and End-of-Life Care Attitudes and Behaviors — Jan 1, 2004

Physicians play the central role in decisions to initiate, withhold and withdraw life-sustaining medical care.

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Does Racial Concordance Between HIV-positive Patients and Their Physicians Affect the Time to Receipt of Protease Inhibitors? — Jan 1, 2004

Patient-provider racial concordance was associated with time to receipt of protease inhibitor therapy for persons with HIV.

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A Bitter Pill: Formulary Variability and the Challenge to Prescribing Physicians — Jan 1, 2004

Multitiered, incentive-based formularies have been increasingly used as a mechanism to control prescription drug expenditures

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A Single Mathematical Model Predicts Physicians' Recommendations and Postmenopausal Women's Decisions to Participate in a Clinical Trial to Prevent Breast Cancer or Coronary Heart Disease — Jan 1, 2004

Develops a model that predicts physicians' recommendations and postmenopausal women's decisions to participate in a clinical trial to prevent breast cancer or coronary heart disease.

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