General Practice Medical Animation

Rectal Cancer Patients May Not Be Receiving Treatment Consistent With Guidelines
Research from the University of Alberta provides new insight into treatment patterns for people with stage two and three rectal cancer - information that ultimately will help physicians improve care strategies for patients province-wide...

News From The Annals Of Family Medicine: May/June 2012
Reinvigorating the 1967 Folsom Report's 'Communities of Solution' to Address Today's Fragmented U.S. Health Care System In the wake of federal efforts to reform the U.S. health care system, a group of rising family medicine leaders call for a reinvigoration of community-centered health systems, as originally outlined in the landmark 1967 Folsom Report...

Helping Primary Care Physicians To Counsel Obese Patients With Obesity
Managing adult obesity is challenging for primary care physicians, but a new review published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) aims to provide an evidence-based approach to counselling patients to help them lose weight and maintain weight loss...

Children's Emergency Department Treatment Varies According To Insurance Status
A new study reveals that in 2009, children with private insurance were significantly more likely than those with public insurance or no insurance to have a primary care physician. The Emergency Department (ED) is often the place those without a primary care physician go for diagnoses and treatment...

Introduction Of Bipartisan Bill To Eliminate Medicare SGR Formula Applauded By ACP
The American College of Physicians (ACP) has applauded Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.) and Rep. Joe Heck (R-Nev.) for their bipartisan introduction of the Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012. The bill is designed to eliminate the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula and the turmoil brought by its resulting scheduled cuts...

The Insurance Status Of Children In The Emergency Department May Lead To Disparities In Treatment
In 2009, children with public insurance were three times more likely and children with no insurance were eleven time more likely not to have a primary care physician, compared with children with private insurance. Without a primary care physician, the Emergency Department (ED) often becomes the primary point of contact for treatments and diagnoses...

Heart Attack Victims Need Guidance From Their Doctor Regarding A Return To Sexual Activity
Patients who were sexually active before suffering a heart attack were one and a half times more likely to recapture their sex lives if they received guidance on the topic before leaving the hospital, a new study finds...

Patients Benefit From Brief Training Program To Improve Resident Physicians' Empathy
Resident physicians' participation in a brief training program designed to increase empathy with their patients produced significant improvement in how patients perceived their interactions with the residents. This contrasts with several studies showing that empathy with patients usually drops during medical school and residency training...

Recommendations By AMA Committee On Doctor Fees Set By Medicare Are Followed 9 Times Out Of 10
To calculate physicians' fees under Medicare - which in turn influence some state and private payers' decisions on how they will pay doctors -- the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) relies on the recommendations of an American Medical Association advisory panel...

Updated Clinical Indicators Released By The American Academy Of Otolaryngology - Head And Neck Surgery
The American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) has released updated Clinical Indicators for the public and physicians. Clinical indicators for otolaryngology serve as a checklist for practitioners and a quality care review tool for clinical departments. The Clinical Indicators are created by the AAO-HNS and its clinical committees...

School-Based Health Centers Boost Vaccination Rates
New research from the University of Colorado School of Medicine shows that school-based health centers are highly effective in delivering comprehensive care, especially vaccines to adolescents. The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, highlights the value of a `captive audience' in a school setting where students can be easily reminded to get recommended vaccinations...

Poorer Neighborhoods More Likely To Have Scarce Primary Health Services
According to a study published in the latest issue of Health Services Research, blacks and lower income Hispanics are more likely to live in neighborhoods with few or no primary care physicians. Lead author Darrell J. Gaskin, Ph.D...

Depressed Patients Should Be Regularly Assessed For Suicide Risk
After receiving a small number of complaints that criticized GPs for failing to appreciate that a patient represented a suicide risk, GPs are being advised to ensure they regularly assess patients with depression for risk of suicide...

Patients' Complex Moral Issues - Doctors Need Mediators
According to a study in The American Journal of Bioethics, physicians and patients need assistance in order to deal with complex moral issues. Physicians often have the tendency to label their patients as 'difficult' when things become difficult, however, according to the author of the new study it actually the system that is at fault and not the patients...

Low Cost, Lifesaving Services Missing From Most Older Patients' Health Care: National Poll
Large majorities of older Americans experience significant and troubling gaps in their primary care, according to a new national survey, "How Does It Feel? The Older Adult Health Care Experience," released by the John A. Hartford Foundation, a champion for improved geriatric care and longtime partner of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at New York University's College of Nursing...