Compared to compensation in the specialties and surgery, primary care is generally seen as the poorer step-child. But expect even less in the way of compensation if you’re a female PCP, especially one in family practice, says a new survey by Jackson & Coker, the Georgia-based physician staffing firm. Among other things, that income disparity has prompted some female PCPs to think seriously about leaving the profession down the not-too-distant road. To learn more about the trend and the survey generally, read Jackson & Coker’s press release.

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Poll after poll shows that patients want an online relationship with doctors, but that doctors aren’t obliging. The latest one from Harris Interactive is no exception. continues…

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A new year, a fresh start. Perhaps 2008 will be the year for real progress in resolving the malpractice crisis. The public is slowly getting the message that stratospheric malpractice premiums ultimately harm them too, as good doctors flee certain states and drop important procedures. One alternative, health courts, makes a lot of sense, but its forward momentum rivals that of Sisyphus. With health courts, compensation judgments would be made outside the regular tort system. Specially trained judges would make decisions on an avoidability standard. Injuries would be compensated if they could have been avoided with best practice care. Negligence, by contrast, focuses on whether care fell below customary practice. continues…

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