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Faces of the uninsured Four of the 46 million personal stories

Mandating cultural competency Should physicians be required to take courses?

Ownership loses its luster Physicians less likely to go solo

Comprehensive coverage

• Health system reform »
  Higher hospital spending linked to better outcomes
• H1N1 »
  H1N1 vaccine shortage leaves doctors managing crowds, anxieties
• The uninsured »
  Health reform review: The Massachusetts experience
• Pay for performance »
  Ending unequal treatment
• Obesity epidemic »
  What editorial writers are saying about a tax on soft drinks
• Electronic medical records »
  EMR packages being bundled as single product
• Liability crisis »
  Litigation stress: Being sued is personal as well as professional
• Medicare payment »
  Failed Senate vote clouds future of SGR reform

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• 850,000 doctors could be hit by potential data breach from insurer's stolen laptop
• H1N1 vaccination of children can require reasoning with concerned parents
• How to code, bill for H1N1 flu vaccine
• H1N1 vaccine to be tracked for safety concerns
• Social media behavior could threaten your reputation, job prospects

Nov. 2 issue

H1N1 vaccine shortage leaves doctors managing crowds, anxieties
Many physicians are struggling, often in vain, to find H1N1 vaccine or locate alternative sources for patients.

Failed Senate vote clouds future of SGR reform
Doctors hope the House will have more success with a Medicare pay bill and put pressure on the Senate to revisit the issue.

• Government »
  Health system reform bills light on tort reform
• Profession »
  Disciplinary records relevant in liability case
• Opinion »
  H1N1 resources
• Business »
  Plans owned by doctors, hospitals disappearing

Complete issue   Columns   Letters   News briefs

Columns and series

• Book Excerpt »
  Smallpox -- The Death of a Disease (book excerpt)
• Contract Language »
  Plan to advertise? Be mindful of ethical, legal rules
• Ethics Forum »
  H1N1 vaccination of children can require reasoning with concerned parents
• Geriatric Consult »
  Delirium in hospitalized patients may be preventable
• In the Courts »
  Disciplinary records relevant in liability case
• Leader Commentary »
  AMA's 7 guiding principles for health system reform
• Meetings (business) »
  'Gently' manged care (America's Health Insurance Plans annual meeting)
• Physician Entrepreneurs »
  Okla. ob-gyn grows grapes of wine, not wrath
• Practice Management »
  Review what expanded ADA means for your practice
• Practice Pointers »
  How to calculate the right staffing for a smaller practice
• Technically Speaking »
  Smartphone use pushed by hospitals

From the vault: 5 years ago

Challenges in state courts: New tort reforms under fire    Nov. 1, 2004