Credit:WSJ.comTuesday, November 10, 2009
Dissident Docs Fail to Dislodge AMA’s Backing of House Health Bill
By Barbara Martinez, The Wall Street Journal
Doctors unhappy with provisions missing or included in the current health legislation failed to get the American Medical Association to rescind its support for the House version of the overhaul bill.
After spirited debate in Houston at an interim policy-making meeting, the AMA’s House of Delegates yesterday voted to “reaffirm 
Filed under: Doctors, Health Reform, Healthcare Providers, Obama Administration, Proposed Legislation, Weekly Round Up
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Credit:Newdirectionira.comTuesday, November 03, 2009
The U.S. healthcare system wastes almost one-third of the nation’s healthcare bill
Report finds that the American healthcare system wastes an estimated $700 billion annually.
-37% of healthcare waste includes unnecessary care such as the overuse of antibiotics and lab tests to protect against malpractice exposure
-22% of waste is due to fraudulent Medicare claims and other scams
-18% of healthcare waste is due to administrative inefficiency and redundant paperwork
-11%
Filed under: Doctors, Health Costs, Healthcare Providers, Hospital Finances, Hospitals, Insights, Patient money
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Credit:Randstad.comTuesday, November 03, 2009
Medical professionals feel out of the loop as the healthcare debate continues
An overwhelming number of doctors and nurses feel medical expertise has been excluded from the debate.
-88% of physicians and 90% of nurses describe news coverage of healthcare debate as being too focused on politics instead of policy
-66% of physicians and 53% of nurses believe their expertise was barely considered in the debate
-43% of doctors and
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Credit:Zenhabits.netFriday, October 16, 2009
Senate Finance Bill: Drug Industry Likes It, Unions Don’t
By Jacob Goldstein, The Wall Street Journal
You know it’s an odd moment in Washington when a Democratic health-care bill is supported by the drug industry and opposed by several big unions. Among those taking positions (and strenuously avoiding positions) on the Senate Finance Committee’s health care bill: insurers, the drug industry, unions, the American Medical
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
APQ: U.S. Pharmaceutical Company Executive
It’s a matter of perspective, but for pharmaceutical companies, patients continue to be the primary focus, because successfully impacting patient outcomes is the objective of pharmaceutical research and development. Physicians, of course, are central to successful patient care and, as such, have been – and will continue to be – important stakeholders moving forward.
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