Friday, November 13, 2009
QD: News Every Day--flu's growing tally
ACP Internist's daily digest of news and events continues with the latest numbers on H1N1 infections, more respect for primary care and a boot-strap approach to health care reform in Kentucky.
H1N1 influenza
Swine flu has killed 4,000 people and sickened 22 million, according to new estimates released this week. More vaccine is on the way; the Food and Drug Administration approved GlaxoSmithKline's vaccines and the drugmaker expects to deliver 7.6 million doses by the end of the year. (Philadelphia Inquirer, AP/The Washington Post)
Evidence-based medicine
One path to less expensive health care is to look at the common tests and procedures that really don't work, or may have adverse effects in patient care. Meanwhile, drugs that were shown to reduce some forms of cancer go largely unused. (Forbes, New York Times)
Primary care shortage
Pauline Chen, MD, (a surgeon) writes that the first way to cure the primary care shortage is to improve its image problem. (New York Times)
In case you missed it ...
Rural Kentucky has high rates of some of the worst health in America. But it also has leading facilities and residents who took a boot-strap approach to health care reform. (Kaiser Health News)
Smoking rates are (slightly) rising again. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Labels: evidence-based medicine, H1N1, primary care shortage, QD, rural medicine, smoking cessation
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