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		<title>Summit Healthcare wrestles with shortage of doctors (AZ)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Show Low, AZ - Summit Healthcare is short 32 physicians]]></description>
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		<title>Significant Gap in Physician Wages Across Specialties</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Physician News Digest Online Edition October 26, 2010 A national study of physician wages conducted by UC Davis Health System has found that specialists are paid as much as 52 percent more than primary-care doctors, even though primary-care doctors see far more patients. As efforts to implement health-care reform evolve, the study is important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oklahoma&#8217;s Doctor Shortage Could Mean A New Program For Recruits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From KTUL NewsChannel 8 &#8211; Tulsa, Oklahoma Posted October 20, 2010 Oklahoma ranks last when it comes to primary physicians. And now it seems like the Sooner State has to compete with the state of Texas, for doctors. Last year Texas started a physicians retention program.Newschannel 8&#8242;s Kim Jackson says Oklahoma&#8211;could soon have one as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modern Healthcare&#8217;s Best Places to Work in Healthcare 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Modern Healthcare's Best Places to Work in Healthcare recognizes outstanding employers in the healthcare industry on a national level. From economic development to employee retention, this program will benefit individuals, organizations and the healthcare industry.]]></description>
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		<title>Why the Independent Hospitalist Practice is Here to Stay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Written by Patrick G. Hays, FACHE and C. Thomas Smith Posted on Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review In response to a myriad of pressures, many hospitals once again have chosen to hire their own physicians. Although not a prime target, hospital medicine, still coming into its own as a medical specialty, has been swept into the current [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The HealthLeaders Media Industry Survey 2010 report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[About this Survey The HealthLeaders Media Industry Survey 2010 report is based on seven concurrent surveys sent to healthcare leaders in seven segments across the industry: CEO, finance, technology, physician, health plan, marketing, and quality leaders. In addition, data has been extracted based on community and rural status. The surveys included some common questions for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AAMC Releases New Physician Shortage Estimates Post-Reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) Center for Workforce Studies has released new physician shortage estimates that, beginning in 2015, are 50 percent worse than originally anticipated prior to health care reform. The United States already was struggling with a critical physician shortage and the problem will only be exacerbated as 32 million Americans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Medical Specialties Most Pursued for Employment by Hospitals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hospitals today are increasingly employing physicians for a variety of reasons, including the desire to gain more control over referrals and to be prepared for movement towards the accountable care model.  However, some specialties are markedly more sought after than others. Primary care, cardiology and surgical specialties such as neurosurgery and orthopedics are particularly attractive. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.physicianfuture.com/careers/3-medical-specialties-most-pursued-for-employment-by-hospitals/</link>
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		<title>Meaningful Use: A Patient Perspective</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From &#60;a href=&#8221;http://www.mdnews.com&#8221;&#62;MDNEWS.com&#60;/a&#62; By: Newt Gingrich and Jeffrey Kao Monday, September 13 2010 As health care providers prepare to meet meaningful use guidelines defined for EHR adoption, health care consumers seek providers who approach “meaningful use,” from the patient perspective. Electronic Health Records (EHR) have been in the news a lot lately. With the goal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.physicianfuture.com/news/physician-news/meaningful-use-a-patient-perspective/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in the Future for the Primary Care Physician?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Special Report: Primary Care Doctors—Unsung Heroes? By Jackson &#38; Coker Research Associates The primary care physician is the gatekeeper of the health care experience, typically serving as a patient’s first and most constant contact with the health care industry. Considering the linchpin nature of the field, one would think its practitioners would occupy something of [...]]]></description>
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