Bryn Nelson, PhD
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Debate Rages Over Hospitalists’ Role in ICU Physician Shortage
October 2, 2012
As provider shortages plague ICUs nationwide, the spotlight turns to hospitalists' training and willingness to bridge the gap
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Alternative Healthcare Models Aim to Boost Sagging Critical-Care Workforce
October 1, 2012
Experts most commonly propose creating tiered, regionalized care structures, tele-ICU services, and augmenting the role of midlevel providers
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Budget Cuts Threaten Doctor-Aid Programs
August 9, 2012
As new programs to promote recruitment, training, and placement of more PCPs move forward, others are threatened with funding decreases or elimination
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Elbert Huang discusses primary care’s role in providing access and value
August 7, 2012
Dr. Huang, associate professor of medicine at the University of Chicago, suggests medical schools aren't selecting students that best meet society's needs
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Workforce Shortages, Increased Patient Populations, and Funding Woes Pressure U.S. Primary-Care System
July 31, 2012
The primary-care workforce has been on a downward slide that is sounding alarm bells throughout the country.
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Replenishing the Primary Care Physician Pipeline
July 31, 2012
A recent survey of nearly 1,000 students from three medical schools found that just 15% planned to become primary-care physicians, including 11.2% of first-year students.
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Vineet Arora discusses primary-care workforce challenges
July 31, 2012
Dr. Arora outlines the factors to consider to entice medical students to choose a primary-care career
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: L.A. Care Health Plan’s Z. Joseph Wanski discusses efforts to prevent 30-day readmissions
July 31, 2012
Dr. Wanski, a hospitalist, endocrinologist, and medical director of the L.A. Health Care Plan, chats about Southern California hospitalists' efforts to prevent avoidable 30-day readmissions
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Early Returns: ACOs Improve Management of Patient Populations, Offer Short-Term Savings
June 12, 2012
Opportunities to be more efficient are largely under care of hospitalists, ACO director says
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: A neurohospitalist fellowship program director talks about the rise of the neurohospitalist model.
June 2, 2012
Kevin Barrett, MD, the director of the neurohospitalist fellowship program at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., talks about the rise of the neurohospitalist model.
