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Association of American Medical Colleges

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Name: Association of American Medical Colleges

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Doc shortages have UA feeding hungry market

U.S. medical schools are on track to increase their enrollment 30 percent by 2017, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges Center for Workforce Studies.Dr. Darrell Kirch, president and CEO of AAMC, said this will help address a projected ... [Published New York Business Journal - May 16 2013]

Entities: Association of American Medical Colleges, United States

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

When Private Hospitals Cherry-Pick, Teaching Hospitals Pay the Price

By Joanne Conroy, MD I always believed that, if we could harness the entrepreneurial spirit of the American physician, we could be capable of great things. Physician decisions drive much of what is good and bad about our health care system. Their ... [Published The Health Care Blog - May 16 2013]

Entities: Teaching, Patient, Medicare, Appointment

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Where Have the Doctors Gone?

The approach most favored by experts at Harvard and elsewhere is to reshape traditional primary care: from a stream of patients waiting to see one harried doctor to a more efficient team practice in which patients with routine problems are seen by nurse-practitioners ... [Published AARP - May 14 2013]

Entities: Patient, Internal Medicine, Association of American Medical Colleges, gastroenterologist

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Most doctors still reject Medicaid as program expansion nears

BONIFAY, Fla. -- Sandra Duck thinks she?s the victim of an undeclared Medicaid boycott. And she?s probably right.When her artificial right hip became infected with the superbug MRSA in late 2009, Dr. Dale Mitchum, a general surgeon, drained, cleaned and ... [Published Miami Herald - May 13 2013]

Entities: Medicaid, Bonifay (United States), Health Care, Surgeon

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

University aims to end doctor shortage

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Indiana is offering students in Marian Universityâs new College of Osteopathic Medicine extra incentive to stay here once they graduate.The university says the new state budget includes up to $1 million in primary care scholarships ... [Published WISH-TV - May 11 2013]

Entities: Osteopathic Medicine, Paul Evans, Association of American Medical Colleges

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Allyson Schwartz

Bottleneck in medical education

It's a season of joyous firsts for the founding class of the Commonwealth Medical College. Students were matched with residencies a few weeks ago and this Saturday, the students will become the school's first M.D. graduates.That's good news on a broader ... [Published Scranton Times-Tribune - May 06 2013]

Entities: Association of American Medical Colleges, Education, Allyson Schwartz, Aaron Schock, Affordable Health Care

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 3 reports

Med school growth on track

U.S. medical schools are on track to increase their enrollment 30 percent by 2017, according to results of the annual Medical School Enrollment Survey conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Center for Workforce Studies, released ... [Published Healthcare Finance News - May 03 2013]

Entities: Association of American Medical Colleges, Liaison, Education

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 2 reports

Doctor and Patient: The Changing Face of Medical School Admissions

Mount Sinai Medical Center Students attend an anesthesiology grand rounds lecture at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.At an assembly during my first week of medical school, one of the institution’s venerable deans took to the ... [Published New York Times - May 02 2013]

Entities: Admission, Association of American Medical Colleges, Boston University School of Medicine

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

U.S. medical schools expect to increase enrollment 30% by 2017

Responding to the projected shortage of physicians, medical schools in the United States are on track to increase their enrollment 30% by 2017, according to results of an annual survey by the AAMC Center for Workforce Studies.The response can be seen ... [Published Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - May 02 2013]

Entities: Association of American Medical Colleges, Medical College of Wisconsin, United States, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and ..., Osteopathic Medicine

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 2 reports

Experts call for medical leaders to establish guidelines, embed honesty in academic cultures

Unethical behavior among physicians-in-training threatens to erode public trust and confidence in the medical profession, say two academic physicians in the current issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Reacting to CNN reports last year about the widespread ... [Published News-Medical.Net - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: guidelines, Certification, American Board of Medical Specialties, Reproduction, American Board of Internal Medicine

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

Expect longer waits for a doctor as shortage looms

Matt ConnollyHealth care overhaul, aging population prompt deficit of 90,000 doctors in U.S.Washington-area residents are facing longer lines at the doctor's office and hard-to-find health care in the inner city as the U.S. stares down the barrel of a ... [Published Washington Examiner - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: Health Care, Association of American Medical Colleges, United States, Health Insurance

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 2 reports

22 years after lifting quota, girls outnumber boys at medical schools

KARACHI In a lecture hall of one of Pakistans most prestigious medical schools, a handful of male students sit in the far corner, clearly outnumbered by the rows and rows of female students listening intently to the doctor lecturing about insulin.In a ... [Published Oman Tribune - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan Medical Association, Mirza Ali, Association of American Medical Colleges

Quotes

"Clearly, there's less physicians available than the demand would suggest" Murray said

Hospital hopes to bring 25 new physicians to area in 5 years [Published Individual.com - May 17 2013]

"Physicians don't have time to write up research," Ibata said. "They don't become doctors because they're enamored with working with the English language."

Proposals sought for EVMS/W&M collaborative research [Published College of William and Mary - May 16 2013]

"If the current Medicaid acceptance rates hold true for 2014, timely access to care for those relying on Medicaid is likely to become more difficult as enrollees compete for an already inadequate pool of doctors" said Kev Coleman, the head of research and data at HealthPocket

Most doctors still reject Medicaid as program expansion nears [Published Ashland Daily Tidings - May 16 2013]

"It is unsettling that primary care physicians and nurse practitioners, who have been practicing together for several decades, seem so far apart in their perceptions of each other's contributions. I am concerned that these large gaps in perceptions will inhibit efforts to redesign care delivery and to improve the productivity and configuration of the primary care workforce, Buerhaus said in a statement."

Doctors dismiss nurses' skills, survey finds [Published NBCNews.com - May 15 2013]

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Blogs

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When Private Hospitals Cherry-Pick, Teaching Ho... [Published The Health Care Blog - May 16 2013] By Joanne Conroy, MD I always believed that, if we could harness the entrepreneurial spirit of the American physician, we could be capable of great things. Physician decisions drive much of what is good and bad about our health care system. Their ...
Thursday Afternoon Cheat Sheet: 3 Stories That ... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - Apr 11 2013] U.S. equity markets posted modest gains on Thursday, pushing the S&P 500 into the fourth day of a rally. DJIA: +0.42% to 14,865.10 S&P 500: +0.36% to 1,593.37 NASDAQ: +0.09% to 3,300.16 Gold: +$6.10 to $1,564.90 per ounce WTI Crude: -1.28% to $93.43 ...
Would Obama’s Budget Make a Healthcare Workforc... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - Apr 11 2013] “America’s medical schools and teaching hospitals see good news and bad news in President Obama’s proposed budget,” begins a statement issued by the Association of American Medical Colleges on Wednesday. “We are encouraged by the president’s continued ...
Heed patient, industry calls for compassionate ... [Published Hospital Impact - Apr 11 2013] by Thomas Dahlborg Mr. Roberts was in the hospital being prepped for an angiogram. When Sally (the hospital chaplain) met with Mr. Roberts, he shared that his wife had passed away two months earlier; he was struggling to cope and recently had a heart ...
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Audio/Video

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New family doctors in short supply [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - Dec 09 2012]

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