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		<title>The Pennsylvania Health Care Crisis: No Farm Team</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By PA State Rep. Josh Shapiro

When the 2008 World Series Champions Philadelphia Phillies needed a player to strengthen their lineup, the coaches often turned to the minor leagues to scout for the next best thing. On the farm team, players train and practice before moving up the ranks to the major league. 
Smart government should also look toward the future to anticipate problems before they become crises, training the farm team today to solve the challenges of tomorrow. 
Pennsylvanians of all ages will face sharply higher health care costs in a ...]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform Must Also Benefit Physicians</title>
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By Congressman John Adler (NJ-03)
America’s health care system is broken.  This year, the total of all health care spending will reach $2.3 trillion, which equals more than $7,500 per American.  The system is strained to its limits, and unless bold action is taken, health care costs will continue to increase, while middle class families’ access to quality health care declines.
  
We need to ensure that our country continues the tradition of keeping the best and brightest individuals in the field of medicine.  Too many doctors are leaving the health care field ...]]></description>
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		<title>Coping with the Financial Downturn: Why Investing in IT Now Makes More Sense than Ever</title>
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By Michael Nissenbaum, CPA.

Once seen as impervious to the global financial crisis, physicians have now begun to feel the brunt of the economic downturn.  Many primary care physicians and specialists report seeing fewer patients today, as compared to one year ago. 
 
Parents defer optional pediatric visits, while other patients postpone or cancel procedures typically used to exhaust remaining deductibles at year’s end.  For example, gastroenterologists who previously had end-of-year waiting lists for colonoscopies report having immediate availability at the close of 2008.  Healthcare consumers are choosing not to move ahead with ...]]></description>
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		<title>A Lawyer&#8217;s Guide to Legalese: Clauses that Can Cost you Money</title>
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In our personal lives we are accustomed to signing contracts full of “fine print” and “legalese”: technical legal language that is not readily understood or appreciated except with the aid of an attorney such as credit card agreements, software licenses, insurance contracts, home closing documents.  Much of the time these contracts are mass produced and cannot be altered, so we don’t waste time reading them. 
However, in professional medical practice, there are documents that are “made to order” – drafted by an attorney upon request.  These include: physician employment agreements; shareholders’ ...]]></description>
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		<title>Take on Your Role as a Champion of Health Information Technology</title>
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By Jonathan Teich, M.D.
Physicians can do much to facilitate the selection and adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) and e-prescribing systems, including clinical decision support (CDS) technologies that bring important information to the physician’s attention just when it is most needed. 
 
CDS has been shown to produce very significant improvements in quality, safety, efficiency and cost when properly implemented; however, sometimes it is not utilized to its full effectiveness, due to barriers related to design and communication.   The physician champion participates in design, selection, testing, and communication to others, and plays a vital role ...]]></description>
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