Overwhelmingly, respondents view improved access of minority patients to health insurance as a priority. Ninety percent of physicians surveyed indicate disparities in healthcare access as being "extremely important" for the medical profession to address, followed closely by tort reform (88 percent) and reimbursement (83 percent). These issues accounted for the top- three areas of professional disaffection experienced by physicians surveyed. Seventy-three percent indicated no satisfaction with their medical liability coverage, and nearly one-fifth (18 percent) reported that obtaining professional medical liability insurance was "the biggest problem I've faced this year." Indeed, almost half (46 percent) of the respondents said they had some degree of difficulty in getting such insu...
On March 26, female African-American physicians, scientists, math professors, engineers, healthcare specialists and technology experts plan to say "Look at me. You can do it, too" to young black girls from middle and high schools in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange and San Diego counties. Modeling excellence, stirring hope and stimulating interest are the multiple goals of Sacred SISTAHS' first Math and Science Conference at Harvey Mudd College. "Envisioning A World of New Possibilities" is the theme of the 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. conference in Platt Student Center's Green Room.
One of the leading causes of death among African-American men is relatively unknown to them, according to results of a recent survey. Roughly 5,300 African-American men died from prostate cancer, and more than 27,000 were diagnosed with the disease, in 2003. Yet more than half of African-American men surveyed did not consider themselves at risk for prostate cancer. In general, prostate cancer is very curable, if it's caught early enough. Going to your doctor for annual check-ups could save your life," said Gerald Hoke, M.D., a urologist and member of the National Medical Association, an organization of African-American physicians. "Unfortunately, in the African-American community there's not enough of the awareness that tends to lead to early diagnosis. Knowing the risk factors and sym...
SILVER SPRING, Md., July 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's oldest and largest association of African American physicians, the National Medical Association (NMA) is alarmed by the recent budget negotiations which now potentially target Medicare and other healthcare programs. "Any spending cuts that reduce access to care or compromise the quality of the care delivered will not help patients and indeed will potentially harm many of our most vulnerable fellow Americans," remarked Dr. Leonard Weather, a practicing gynecologist and President of the NMA. Reduction in payments to teaching hospitals which train doctors may result in fewer training positions for young doctors. Subsequently, we will have fewer well trained physicians when we actually need more physicians to take care of an agi...
The low representation and the stagnation of the numbers of Black and Hispanic faculty in U.S. medical schools is troubling," said Juanita Merchant, a physician and professor of internal medicine and molecular and integrative physiology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. "Academic medical faculty who are training the next generation of physicians, as well as those delivering health care, should reflect the diverse populations they will be serving. For [Christopher Phang], who primarily treats children, parents frequently make incorrect assumptions when it comes to health care and practitioners - a trait that often trickles down to their children. "During my residency training, when I walked into a room dressed in a shirt and tie and with a stethoscope around my neck, parents ...
... government initiatives, the number of African-Americans on staff at some of the nation's largest...
Physician Group to discuss the impact of health care reform legislation on health disparities WASHINGTON, March 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the passage of the historic health care legislation, the National Medical Association (NMA), the nation's oldest and largest organization representing the interests of 30,000 African American physicians will hold a press conference to address health care reform implementation and its impact on health disparities.
For example, Dr. Thomas Rudolph Vickers falls into this category. He was born in 1879 in Key West, Fla., and was educated at Howard University. He landed in West Palm Beach between 1912 and 1916 and began his medical practice. He was one of seven African-American pioneer physicians to practice in West Palm Beach. A round 1912, Dr. Vickers started a medical practice on Rosemary A venue, one of seven Black pioneer physicians in West Palm Beach. He later married Altee W. Vickers, who was an opera singer and together they were known for their community service, education, culture and sincerity, as well as their professional status. Dr. Moses Johnson, DDS, who has practiced dentistry sincfe 1995, educated at the University of Florida and is now the Dental Director at the Glades Correctional ...
Physician Group to discuss the impact of health care reform legislation on health disparities WASHINGTON, March 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the passage of the historic health care legislation, the National Medical Association (NMA), the nation's oldest and largest organization representing the interests of 30,000 African American physicians will hold a press conference to address health care reform implementation and its impact on health disparities.
Physician Group to discuss the impact of health care reform on health disparities WASHINGTON, March 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Medical Association (NMA), the nation's oldest and largest organization representing the interests of 30,000 African American physicians will hold a press conference to address health care reform legislation and its impact on health disparities.
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