Cross Post – Super Macranomics
From time to time on Neurosurgery Blog, you will see us cross-posting or linking to items from other places when we believe they hit the mark on an issue. Since we are smack dab in the middle of our focus on topics related to regulatory relief we wanted to bring attention to an article series […]
Vital Signs: Physicians Keep the Economy Healthy
David O. Barbe, MD President, American Medical Association Mountain Grove, MO As physicians, we carry tremendous responsibility as trusted confidants, patient advocates and leaders of the health care team. But our positive impact extends far beyond the exam room. We keep the economy healthy too. This year, the American Medical Association (AMA) published a study […]
King Arthur or Don Quixote: What Kind of Knight are EHR Systems?
Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Vice Chair, Neurosurgery Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH Electronic Health Records (EHRs) danced into the medical arena like a knight in shining armor. Promised were the magical stuff of legends, like King Arthur and Excalibur including: Legibility; Speed; Cost […]
Cross Post – Bipartisan Payment System Improvements Mean More Physician Participation and Better Patient Care
Since we are smack dab in the middle of our focus-month on physician regulatory relief, we wanted to highlight an opinion piece published by The Hill featuring the Alliance of Specialty Medicine and neurosurgery’s own Alex B. Valadka, MD, FAANS, FACS, president of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. The article, “Bipartisan payment system improvements […]
Narrow Networks and Neurosurgical Care
Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS (left) Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Mount Kismo Medical Group Columbia University Medical Center Mt Kisco, New York Guest Post from Clemens M. Schirmer, MD, PhD, FAANS, FAHA (right) Vice-Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Geisinger Health System Wilkes Barre, PA We are […]
Cross Post – Why Neurosurgeons Tweet
It’s no secret that the social media revolution has dramatically impacted the way we communicate. Social media is a powerful tool, and when used effectively it can add valuable knowledge to a physician’s toolbox. Today’s post originally appeared in the Congress Quarterly and is authored by Nathan Selden, MD, PhD, FAANS; and Jordan Amadio, MD. […]
Cross Post – New Health Policy Brief: Medicare’s New Physician Payment System
From time to time on Neurosurgery Blog, you will see us cross-posting or linking to items from other publications when we believe they hit the mark on an issue. Today’s post originally appeared on the Health Affairs blog and it highlights a new policy brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), […]
Match Day and the Looming Shortage of Doctors
Most people aren’t aware that by 2025 the nation faces a huge shortfall of doctors — including 37,000 to 60,000 specialists. Since Neurosurgery Blog has spent the last month focusing on graduate medical education (GME), we wanted to take a moment to highlight medical resident “Match Day” and the looming shortage of doctors. Complicating this […]
Increasing Residency Slots is Key to Preventing Doctor Shortage
Guest post from Representative Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus and a member of the powerful Ways and Means Committee. He is the author of the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act (H.R. 2124). The past several years have seen tremendous attention paid to rethinking and improving our nation’s health care system. […]
Achieving Accountability for Graduate Medical Education
Atul Grover, MD, PhD Executive Vice President Association of American Medical Colleges Washington, DC “Accountability” is a word that comes up often in all aspects of my professional endeavors, whether it is the emergence of accountable care organizations (ACOs) — which have eclipsed the health maintenance organizations (HMOs) of a generation ago — or the […]