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A major trash-talking “FAIL”

Scrubs

Here are some snippets: “After five minutes of talking to you in pre-op, I wanted to punch you in the face and man you up a little bit.” Followed by “It’s probably tuberculosis in the penis, so you’ll be all right.” Needless to say, the comments were less than flattering. Said the anesthesiologist to the patient.) What do you think?

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Doctor’s Failure to Follow Up on Medical Test Leads to Large Settlement

Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon for physicians to order tests and then fail to follow up on results — often due to the sheer volume of patients that the physician sees. However, Dr P, who had an extremely high caseload at the medical center, failed to follow up on this finding. Some follow up on results.

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Primary care news round-up (4th April to 11th April 2024)

Practice Index

It follows the national drive to diversify primary care teams, introducing a range of professions to support GPs. Boost for MMR catch-up campaign Parents have responded overwhelmingly to the campaign to revive MMR vaccination and halt the spread of measles, flocking to practices to protect their children.

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Primary care news round-up (7th to 13th March 2024)

Practice Index

Practices urged to sign up as veteran friendly A drive has been launched to encourage practices to become “veterans friendly”. They say it’s likely this is because the problems resolved following the visit, but warn it could also indicate that a minority are not getting the help they need.

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Primary care news round-up (29th August to 5th September 2024)

Practice Index

According to the IGPM, the Department of Health should follow suit. Over the 14 years that led up to 2019, the number of appointments per patient remained much the same, but the length of time per consultation increased by nearly half. The proposal comes after the Government decision to end one-word Ofsted gradings for schools.

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Trust My Doctor and Fear the Office: The Telehealth Opportunity in and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic

Health Populi

Patients’ concerns of COVID-19 risks have led them to self-ration care in the following ways: 41% have delayed health care services. Health Populi’s Hot Points: It’s interesting to note that one of the investors in this round of Amwell financing was Takeda, the biopharmaceutical company.

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Primary care news round-up (16th to 22nd February 2024)

Practice Index

The practice serves 16,000 people and the latest project followed their installation of new phone systems. It follows the decision to enable pharmacies to advise patients on treatments for sinusitis, sore throat, earache, infected insect bites, impetigo, shingles and uncomplicated urinary tract infections.