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Double-Booking the Doctor is Half-Booking the Patient

A Country Doctor Writes

We also sometimes double book them. The term “double booking” and the way it looks in an ordinary doctor’s scheduling grid suggest that the physician might possibly be expected to be in two places at the same time. Government. Double booking is sometimes used as a strategy to manage no-shows.

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Book Review: Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? by Dr. Robert C. Smith

Common Sense Family Doctor

The second part of the book traces the history of the "mind-body split" in medicine, starting with Hippocrates, through the Flexner Report (1910) to the present day. This is not to say that this book is not worth reading - far from it. But I fear that it is too far ahead of its time.

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Scientist calls the disappearance of federal health data a 'digital book burning'

NPR Health

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Nancy Krieger, a social epidemiologist at Harvard University, about her efforts to preserve federal health data that recently disappeared from government websites.

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HP&M Seeks Attorney with Significant Experience in Government Discount Programs and Price Reporting

FDA Law Blog

HP&M) seeks to add an experienced attorney (7+ years) to our government discount program and price reporting practice. The ideal candidate will have a book of business. Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C. (HP&M) Strong verbal and writing skills are required. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience.

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Maria Ansari, MD, FACC, named to Modern Healthcare’s list of 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives

Permanente Medicine

Improving access in adult and family medicine at TPMG by reducing appointment booking times by more than 33%. About the Permanente Medical Groups The Permanente Medical Groups are self-governed, physician-led, prepaid, multispecialty medical groups composed of more than 25,000 physicians.

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ACI’s 23rd Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents

FDA Law Blog

Karst will speak at a session, titled Hitting the Books: Examining Orange and Purple Book Delisting from a Patent Prosecutorial Perspective, along with co-presenters Kim Braslow (Senior Director, IP and Government Affairs, AstraZeneca) and Nicole Woods (Associate Vice President, Assistant General Patent Counsel, Eli Lilly and Company).

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Medicine or Madness?

Blood, Sweat, and Tears

You have to be able to laugh at situations, the system, the government, people and especially yourself (Mostly yourself). signed the barely carbonated EMS book, always wondering who can read the illegible writing which never reaches page 2 or 3. We booked a follow up appointment and he was on his way home. “Sharp doc.