Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
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Before The Prescription, Ask About Your Doctor's Finances
At the dawn of managed care, worried patients wanted to know whether their doctors were getting paid more to do less. Now, as many doctors' salaries depend on how many procedures they perform, patients want to know whether their doctors are paid more to do more. Read More »
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First Teach No Harm
The U.S. spends $13 billion a year subsidizing graduate medical education. Yet almost all of this money winds up producing the wrong kinds of doctors in the wrong places, with America’s most elite teaching hospitals being the worst offenders. Read More »
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IBM's Watson Wants To Fix America's Doctor Shortage
The supercomputer's greatest opponent may be the American healthcare system Read More »
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McConnell: Wake Forest Baptist Cuts Necessary For Future Success
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is cutting 950 positions over the next eight months as a way to ensure its success as revenue from patient services and research grants dries up in the future, according to medical center CEO Dr. John McConnell. Read More »
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The Association Of American Medical Colleges Responds To Phillip Longman’s “First Teach No Harm”
The AAMC is very disappointed that Mr. Longman did not contact the AAMC for information or comment when he was writing his article. We are writing to clarify a number of important points that his article fails to reflect. Read More »
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The Salaries Of Health Executives: What Can Doctors Do?
... Health care costs in the U.S. remain above those of all other industrialized countries while physician salaries continue to fall. Even though the U.S. spends more dollars per capita on health care than any other country on earth, our outcomes, when compared to other nations, remain mediocre at best...
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