Roundtable in Primary Care

The Pros and Cons of Patient Satisfaction Three family physicians discuss the good and bad of patient satisfaction measures.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 08, 2014
The ACA at 2 Months: The View From Across the Country Predictions about the impact of the ACA on primary care varied widely. But now the reality is here. Does it look like what we expected?
March 13, 2014
Teaching Patients About Insurance: Should Docs Get Involved? Three experienced family medicine physicians discuss their perspectives on teaching patients about insurance exchanges and the changes coming to a healthcare setting near you.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 25, 2013
Screen All Boomers for Hep C? Two Docs Disagree Charles Vega and Robert Morrow, 2 practicing family physicians, argue whether screening all baby boomers for hepatitis C is worth the trouble and cost.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 16, 2013
Fat Equals Sick: Is This About the Money? In this primary care roundtable, physicians talk about the recent AMA statement declaring obesity a disease. Not all are in agreement.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 15, 2013
Stuck in the RUC This Medscape primary care roundtable discussion addresses the AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (known as the RUC) and, more important, how physicians should be paid.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 05, 2013
Doc Burnout -- Worse Than Other Workers' In this primary care roundtable, internists and family physicians dig into the problem of burnout with suggestions on causes and solutions.
November 13, 2012
PCPs Weigh in on SCOTUS: Primary Care Roundtable Medscape advisors from internal and family medicine comment on the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 09, 2012
The Year of Living Apprehensively: A PCP Roundtable on 2011 The primary care roundtable talks about the changes that affected practice this year -- positive, negative, and personal.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 05, 2012
Yes, Alex, There Are Smart Primary Care Doctors Our Primary Care Roundtable Members offer advice to a young medical student who has encountered opposition to his choice of primary care.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 16, 2011
Giving Statins or Aspirin for Primary Prevention: Would You? The members of our primary care roundtable discuss whether they would ever use a statin or aspirin for primary prevention.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 28, 2011
When the Doc Fix Is in, Will Everything Be Ok? Three members of the primary care roundtable discuss the doc fix and its importance in healthcare reform -- but is it enough?
Experts And Viewpoints, March 21, 2011
Questions That Expert Docs Want to Ask the White House Medscape polled some of its advisors to find out what they would ask the Obama administration about changes in healthcare reform.
January 27, 2011
The HCR Frankenstein vs Zombie -- Which Monster Wins? Some of the primary care advisors offer their ideas on what the future holds for healthcare reform after the election.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 09, 2010
Affordable Care Act: The First Wave -- Tsunami or Ripple? On September 23, seven initiatives from the Affordable Care Act will be enacted. A few Medscape advisors have weighed in on its effects.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 21, 2010
Should Internists Leave Primary Care to FPs and Serve as Consultants? The members of Medscape's primary care roundtable engage in a lively discussion about whether internists should leave the primary care field to family physicians.
September 02, 2010
The Didact Is Dead: Long Live CME Interactivity? Our primary care roundtable argues the issue of whether substance follows CME format. If so, what's the best way to learn?
March 26, 2010
Funding CME -- As Pharma Retreats Who Pays the Price? The primary care roundtable battles over CME funding and if industry is backing out, who should pay for it?
March 18, 2010
Comparative Effectiveness Research and the Medical Home Does comparative effectiveness research mean the end of individualized medicine, or is it an ideal partner with the medical home for reforming primary care?
September 23, 2009
Should Internal Medicine and Family Medicine Be Merged as a Single Specialty? How do the roles of internal medicine and family medicine differ in healthcare? Is there a need to merge the 2 specialties?
Experts And Viewpoints, March 25, 2009

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