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One out of three Dallas-area physicians cited on the 2007-2008 Best Doctors in America listing are UT Southwestern Medical Center faculty. More than 200 physicians affiliated with UT Southwestern appear on the list, which is published every two years and includes just 5 percent of U.S. doctors. Created by Best Doctors, Inc., the list is [...]

The Board of Directors of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) approved changes to its Policy on Licensure Standards for Certification and Maintenance of Certification at its recent Annual Assembly Meeting which update and clarify the expectations for medical licensure by physicians who wish to become board certified by an ABMS Member Board or [...]

The American Board of Medical Specialties(R) (ABMS) has redefined terms associated with a physician’s clinical active status to better indicate a physician’s participation in patient care activities. This change also includes guidelines for physician reentry and procedures for public reporting. Following the recommendations of the Maintenance of Certification Task Force, a designation of “clinically active” [...]

Responding to the news that the government is imposing draconian contract terms on GP´s to force them to extend opening hours in a way that will hit patient care, Dr Laurence Buckman, Chairman of the BMA’s GP Committee said: “The government seems hell bent on tearing up a quality based contract designed to improve the [...]

Hospital emergency departments nationwide are “increasingly unable” to find and retain specialists to help treat seriously injured and ill patients at a time when EDs are “already struggling with overcrowding and growing patient loads,” the Washington Post reports. A nationwide survey by the American College of Emergency Physicians in 2005, the most recent available, found [...]

While finding a physician is “relatively simple, finding one who understands the patient — and who can be understood by the patient in return — is the tougher task when language and culture stand in the way,” an East Brunswick Home News Tribune editorial states. The editorial adds, “Familiarity breeds comfort, comfort creates trust, and [...]

As the number of Hispanics in rural areas increases, care providers are re-examining how they deliver health services and trying to find ways to overcome cultural and language barriers, the AP/High Plains Journal reports. The Hispanic population in rural areas increased from 1.4 million in 1980 to 2.7 million in 2000, when the latest census [...]

Disease management programs that help guide the care of patients with chronic health problems appear to improve the quality of health care, but there is little evidence that such efforts actually save money, according to a study issued by the RAND Corporation. The RAND Health study reviewed all past research on disease management programs, which [...]

Newspapers recently covered efforts to boost the number of minorities in health professions. Summaries of the articles appear below. New York City About 700 black and Hispanic students on Saturday attended a conference in Harlem, N.Y., that aimed to increase the number of minorities who become doctors and other health care professionals, the New York [...]

Researchers at the Peninsula Medical School in the South West of England have completed research suggesting that patients feel that doctors providing out of hours services in primary care are reluctant to do home visits. Researchers held group discussions and carried out telephone interviews with 27 patients who had recently used one of three services [...]