EHR devours MD time
A new AMA-supported study found that physicians spend far more time working on electronic health records (EHRs) and desk work than they do meeting face to face with their patients. Published online Sept. 6 by Annals of Internal Medicine, the study, “Allocation of Physician Time in Ambulatory Practice: A Time and Motion Study in 4 Specialties,” involved observations of 57 U.S. physicians in family medicine, internal medicine, cardiology, and orthopedics who were observed for a total of 430 hours, with 21 of them also completing after-hours diaries. Click here to read the study...
Read MoreNHSC Opportunities
New NHSC Poster Available! The NHSC has created a new poster to highlight its scholarship and loan repayment programs for potential applicants. Please feel free to display the poster in various settings to raise awareness about available opportunities to primary health care students and practicing clinicians. We also encourage you to share the poster with relevant networks through your outreach channels. Thank you. National Health Service Corps Students pursuing primary care careers: The Scholarship Program pays for tuition and fees of future primary care providers, including physicians,...
Read MoreZika Virus Update
What You Need to Know Click here to read an updated 2016 flyer from the Medical Society of the State of New York about the Zika virus with lots of information and links for you. After reading the flyer you can learn more by visiting our Zika webpage here or spending the time to listen to this Zika virus...
Read MoreObesity on the rise
Americans are fatter than ever, CDC survey finds The results are in from the one of the largest and broadest surveys of health in the United States. And although many of the findings are encouraging — more Americans had health insurance and fewer smoked cigarettes in 2015 than in previous years — the gains were overshadowed by rising rates of obesity and diabetes. Every year since 1957, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been asking Americans 18 and older about their health and the health of their family members as part of the National Health Interview Survey. The...
Read MoreLGBTQ?
L stands for lesbians – women whose primary emotional, romantic, sexual, or affectional attractions are to other women. G stands for gay men – men whose primary emotional, romantic, sexual, or affectional attractions are to other men. B stands for bisexuals – men or women whose primary emotional, romantic, sexual, or affectional attractions are to both women and men. T stands for transgendered – a broad term that includes cross-dressers, transsexuals, transvestites, and people who live substantial portions of their lives as other than their birth gender. A transgendered person is someone...
Read MoreToo many ER visits?
Too many ER visits? A new study shows millions of New Yorkers are overusing hospital emergency rooms and driving up everyone’s insurance premiums. Using data reported to the NYS Health Department, Excellus BlueCross Blue Shield estimates that out of the 6.4 million visits to hospital emergency rooms in New York State in 2013, two million of them were for preventable conditions that could and should have been treated by primary care physicians. In Monroe County alone, out of every 100 ER visits, 20-30 of them were not significant enough to warrant emergency services. “Many of the visits are...
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