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Anti-mandate doctors ‘do not speak for the mainstream of health care’

February 27, 2022 Sharika Soukup

As the Shasta County Board of Supervisors prepares to consider a 10-point COVID-19 declaration brought by a group of physicians opposed to vaccine mandates, another group of doctors supports a different approach. In a letter sent to the supervisors on Wednesday, executives representing Redding’s two main hospitals, major nonprofit medical center and other health facilities…

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Doctors trained in ‘Connecticut mostly leave Connecticut’, State Medical Society wants this and health insurance issues addressed by lawmakers

February 9, 2022 Sharika Soukup

With Connecticut’s 2022 legislative session fast approaching, physicians at the helm of the Connecticut State Medical Society drew attention Friday to the state’s inability to retain medical students and the need to reduce the burdens placed on physicians by health insurance companies. “We have great medical schools,” Dr. Bob Russo, CSMS chief medical officer, said…

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Colorado doctors say health care system is at a ‘breaking point’

January 18, 2022 Sharika Soukup

The Colorado chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians is asking state leaders for help. COLORADO, USA — Doctors in Colorado say the current state of hospitals is nothing like they have seen before. The state’s chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) sent a letter last week to Gov. Jared Polis’…

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Doctors sue Envision Healthcare, say private equity-backed firm shouldn’t run ERs in California

December 31, 2021 Sharika Soukup

An emergency medicine physicians group has sued Envision Healthcare, the giant health care services company, alleging that it violated California laws barring corporations from practicing medicine when it took over staffing of the emergency department at Placentia-Linda Hospital in Placentia, California, in August. The lawsuit was filed by the American Academy of Emergency Medicine Physician Group, a…

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R.I. health care system ‘is currently collapsing,’ emergency doctors warn

December 21, 2021 Sharika Soukup

In an interview, Himelfarb, a practicing emergency physician, told the Globe she wrote the letter to spur the state to more drastic action than it has taken so far. The letter serves as a sobering warning to a pandemic-weary public about the scale of a towering crisis. Nearly two years from the start of the…

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Watchdog group calls on FDA to disqualify HCMC doctors from clinical research

November 21, 2021 Sharika Soukup

A consumer watchdog group is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to take harsh enforcement action against Hennepin Healthcare doctors and a review board that approves studies for the hospital, saying they failed to protect people enrolled in controversial sedative research. Public Citizen, a nonprofit based in Washington, planned to file a petition with…

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AHA News: How Doctors Can Help Their Patients Make Heart-Healthy Lifestyle Changes | Health News

November 16, 2021 Sharika Soukup

By American Heart Association News, HealthDay Reporter (HealthDay) THURSDAY, Nov. 4, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Lifestyle change is a powerful, proven way for a person to prevent heart disease. But to make healthy changes stick, people often need a little help. Primary care doctors could offer crucial assistance in connecting patients with counseling…

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AHA News: How Doctors Can Help Their Patients Make Heart-Healthy Lifestyle Changes – Consumer Health News

November 9, 2021 Sharika Soukup

THURSDAY, Nov. 4, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — Lifestyle change is a powerful, proven way for a person to prevent heart disease. But to make healthy changes stick, people often need a little help. Primary care doctors could offer crucial assistance in connecting patients with counseling that’s been shown to make a difference. But…

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