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InternetNews
February 27, 2006
Roy Mark
Rural America Closing Broadband Gap According to a new study, 24 percent of adult rural Americans went online with a high-speed connection by end of 2005, compared to 39 percent of home broadband users in urban and suburban areas. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
February 23, 2004
Robyn Greenspan
The Digital Dirt Road Divide Internet penetration among U.S. rural residents has risen, but the community still lags behind its suburban and urban counterparts. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
March 2001
Physician income trends vary by specialty In tracking the salaries of primary care physicians and specialists over a decade, the Medical Group Management Association has documented similarities and differences in trends based on specialty... mark for My Articles similar articles
Finance & Development
September 1, 2007
Martin Ravallion
Urban Poverty Yes, the poor are gravitating to towns and cities, but more rapid poverty reduction will probably require a faster pace of urbanization, not a slower one -- and development policymakers will need to facilitate this process, not hinder it. mark for My Articles similar articles
American Family Physician
July 1, 2000
Policy Center One-Pager The Effect of Accredited Rural Training Tracks on Physician Placement mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi
Unhealthy Rural Trees? Common sense would say that urban trees are more stressed than their rural counterparts and grow more slowly. However, recent research in New York City is questioning this widespread belief. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
April 6, 2010
Fundraising Tips: A Snapshot of Rural Donors Although people from rural communities are less likely to donate to charity, those that do give donate a higher percentage of their income than urban donors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
May 2002
Radiologists, anesthesiologists in demand Radiology is the name of the game in physician recruitment today. Studies have also seen increased demand for another traditionally hospital-based specialty -- anesthesiology mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
November 2006
Compensation Monitor Doctors say they're busy but underpaid. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
July 2006
Physicians' Real Income Continues to Fall Adjusted for inflation, physicians' net income from the practice of medicine declined 7% between 1995 and 2003, according to a national study. mark for My Articles similar articles
Finance & Development
September 1, 2007
Salyer & Bloom
The March of the Cities The coming year marks a dramatic milestone: the world's urban population will outstrip its rural population, albeit with big regional variations. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
July 2002
Money isn't everything Physicians are fairly happy with their incomes, but unhappy with the number of hours they have to work, as well as with the ancillary duties involved in practicing medicine, according to a survey. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
May 2001
Demand's cool for primary care physicians Although they're not quite an endangered species, primary care physicians aren't exactly in high demand these days, either. That's been the experience of a national physician search and recruitment firm... mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
February 2007
Quality is Important, But Productivity Rules Despite a rise in the use of quality incentives to determine physician compensation, productivity remains the predominant determinant. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
January 2006
Compensation Monitor A recent poll reveals that doctors distrust pay for performance programs. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
July 2007
Managed Care Outlook The future holds too few docs. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
January 2005
Private Practice Physicians Find Dual Role Challenging When it comes to balancing the role of business owner and practicing physician, many private practice doctors are having a tough time of it. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
May 2006
Physician Disclosure Strengthens Patients' Trust Patients who received a disclosure felt more competent to judge the effect of their physician's compensation on their health care, and nearly a quarter of patients who remembered receiving a disclosure reported that it had increased their trust in their primary care physician. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
June 2007
MargaretAnn Cross
What the Primary Care Physician Shortage Means for Health Plans Insurers fear rising costs and poorer outcomes if members are less able to get appointments with family physicians and general internists. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
August 2000
Internet revolution not yet impressing most physicians For all the potential of the Internet to erase old physician doubts about integrating information technology into everyday practice, scant few doctors have embraced it. mark for My Articles similar articles
Inc.
October 2004
Jess McCuan
Seed Capital for Farm Communities Looking for venture capital? Depending on where you live, the U.S. Department of Agriculture may be just the ticket. mark for My Articles similar articles
IDB America
May/Jun 2000
A fresh look at rural development Years after it went out of vogue, the rural economy is again emerging as a priority for boosting national performance and reducing poverty, according to experts at a seminar held in New Orleans in March during the IDB's annual meeting.... mark for My Articles similar articles
Finance & Development
December 1, 2000
Mahmood Hasan Khan
Rural Poverty in Developing Countries How does rural poverty develop, what accounts for its persistence, and what specific measures can be taken to eliminate or mitigate it? mark for My Articles similar articles
Finance & Development
September 1, 2002
Shang-Jin Wei
Is Globalization Good for the Poor in China? Developing countries worry that opening up to trade with the rest of the world may make the poor poorer and the rich richer, with China sometimes cited as an example of growing income inequality. A recent IMF study, however, finds that the reality is far more complex. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
December 2007
John Carroll
How Doctors Are Paid Now, And Why It Has to Change Everyone knows about the perverse incentive of fee-for-service medicine, but that hasn't had much effect on its use. mark for My Articles similar articles
AFP eWire
March 21, 2005
Research to Benefit Social and Economic Health of Rural Canadian Communities The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, is investing $1 million to help rural women improve the economic health and viability of their communities. mark for My Articles similar articles
AskMen.com
April 15, 2001
Joshua Levine
Choosing The Right Doctor Choosing a doctor is one of the most important decisions you can make. It's probably best made when you are healthy and have some time to think about a number of possibilities. If you don't have a doctor or are thinking about changing doctors, now may be the best time to look... mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
February 12, 2010
Tim Hanson
This Is Still a Great Place to Invest I've said it before, and I'll say it again. When I tell people I'm buying stocks in China, I get shocked stares. mark for My Articles similar articles
Finance & Development
September 1, 2007
Bloom & Khanna
The Urban Revolution Rapid urbanization may prove a blessing, provided the world takes notice and plans accordingly. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
June 3, 2005
Roy Mark
Deep Tax Breaks Offered For Broadband Access The rollout of national broadband picked up some speed from two lawmakers seeking tax incentives for service providers. mark for My Articles similar articles
IDB America Innovative schools The news about public education in Latin America often seems unremittingly bleak, particularly in the poorest rural and urban areas. Yet in every country, a few public schools stand out for their ability to provide a good education in even the most difficult settings. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
August 1, 2008
David A. Twibell
House Calls Working with physicians can be rewarding, but to be successful, advisors need to develop the skills to tackle the unique problems facing doctors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
August 2001
GAO: Consultants Point Docs Toward Federal Law Violations The General Accounting Office has found that some health care consultants have been advising physicians to do things that conflict with federal laws and that may be unethical... mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
October 2000
Maureen Glabman
Giving Some Ground to Physicians Helped Turn Health System Around One hospital system accepted the general wisdom a few years ago by acquiring physician practices. Now it bucks the new wisdom by holding on to them... mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
March 2006
Standard Measures In Works For P4P Push Uncle Sam has decided to get behind the pay-for-performance effort in a big way, something some physician associations are less than thrilled about. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
August 23, 2010
David Meier
Urban Outfitters Knows How to Grow Urban Outfitters' track record of creating value as it grows makes it well worth considering. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
February 26, 2004
Rich Smith
Rural Cellular Goes to Town A report card on Rural Cellular's profits. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
November 2005
Frank Diamond
Physicians and Plans Can Get Along Hill Physicians Medical Group, one of the largest IPAs in the country, has learned to deliver what managed care plans want mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
October 11, 2007
Frontier Boldly Goes to the Countryside Here's an interview with the CEO of this rural telecom play about customer service, the competitive landscape, and the company's stock price.. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
April 2000
Karen L. Trespacz, J.D.
League of Their Own: What Makes a Winning IPA? In a familiar cartoon, a professor writes long, learned equations on a blackboard. To connect the profundities on either end, he writes in the middle, "Then a miracle occurs." IPAs, done well, are the miracles that connect the ends of health care. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
July 2001
Harry L. Leider
HMOs Need To Share Gains of DM Programs Physicians are more likely to buy in if they see better outcomes -- and financial rewards that go with them... mark for My Articles similar articles
Pharmaceutical Executive
January 1, 2007
Jeffrey Zornitsky
Sales Management: Get Committed By better managing relationships with physicians, pharma companies can develop a base of dedicated prescribers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
August 2001
In Calif., Bonuses Based on Quality, Not Cost Savings Blue Cross of California has decided to move away from the traditional managed care incentive of rewarding physicians for controlling medical costs, and instead will implement a program in which physicians receive bonuses for quality of care and patient satisfaction... mark for My Articles similar articles
IDB America
April 2004
IDB Supports Mexican Rural Financial System The IDB and Mexico signed a contract for a $300 million policy-based loan to support the consolidation of a reform of the Mexican rural financial system. mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
July 5, 2007
Roy Mark
Broadband Growth Slowing in U.S. Latest Pew report shows 47 percent of American consumers have a high-speed Internet connections. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
June 2006
Fewer Doctors Contract with Managed Care Although it was stable in the mid-1990s, the proportion of physicians without any managed care contracts rose from 9.2 percent in 2000-2001 to 11.5 percent in 2004-2005, according to a report. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
July 2003
Arthur Lazarus
Physician Executives Don't Have To Go It Alone Mentors and support groups can help you avoid being fired. And if the worst does happen, they can facilitate your comeback. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
April 2007
Physicians Oppose Public Disclosure of Quality Although 3 out of 4 primary care physicians support the use of financial rewards as an incentive for better medical care, the majority would rather not make quality assessments readily available to the public, according to a recent survey. mark for My Articles similar articles
Managed Care
July 2006
Physician Satisfaction Study Surprises A new study suggests that physicians working in areas where there is an extensive medical infrastructure are less happy with the quality of the care they provide than doctors working elsewhere. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
December 15, 2003
Gene G. Marcial
High Tech At The Hospital Little-known Computer Programs & Systems, which designs information systems for rural hospitals, has been under the weather -- till lately. mark for My Articles similar articles