The ratio varies from state to state and by medical specialty but runs as high as 12-to-1.
Watson, since being trained in this medical specialty, can make accurate decisions 90% of the time.
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Access to her medical specialty is virtually impossible for the uninsured.
Some equipment makers hope for a faster path in which doctors practicing a new medical specialty emerge to evaluate and interpret gene scans, as radiologists do with X-rays.
"Oncology is really a field of medical specialty, " Chan says.
These are examples of potentially needless care that not only can waste money and time, but sometimes can harm, says the warning being issued Thursday from medical specialty groups that represent more than 350, 000 doctors.
Sometimes the challenge is to match a Piccolo application to a medical specialty--oncologists, say, who need lots of lab work before administering chemotherapy, or cardiologists, who might buy a machine for its quick lipid readings.
In an effort to contribute to the solution, nine physician specialty groups, each representing the interests of their respective physician members while serving to advance the quality of practice in their medical specialty, have issued lists of medical tests that they consider overused and often unnecessary.
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Beyond this, the secretary of health and human services will determine the number of training positions (internships, residencies) in each medical specialty, ensure that at least half of all new doctors are trained in primary care, and increase the diversity of the health care work force by giving special incentives to minorities.
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WellPoint is the largest health benefits company in the U.S. and offers a wide variety of medical and specialty products.
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Some experts argue that rather than fund additional residencies, Medicare should find ways to channel more U.S. medical students away from specialty fields and into primary-care medicine in rural areas.
Priority Healthcare, in Altamonte Springs, Florida, is a national distributor of specialty pharmaceuticals and medical supplies to oncologists, outpatient dialysis centers and home care markets.
Many of the best medical students turn towards a specialty because the compensation is so much better, as a result of the way insurance companies reimburse doctors for services.
The records show Mr. Thorkelson's company also does business as Clinical Care, Quality Specialty Products and Bridgewater Medical, which are other distributors identified by the FDA in the Avastin case.
There are plans to change that, by adding relevant content such as medical databases related to that field or specialty.
In 1969, family medicine officially became the 20th specialty under the American Board of Medical Specialties.
After graduating from Cornell Medical College in 1941, Dr. Koop opted for the then-unusual specialty of pediatric surgery.
Generally, people who have mild acne can be treated with topical treatments, and those with moderate acne through a combination of topical and systemic treatments such as isotretinoin, says David Pariser, dermatology professor at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk and principal investigator of clinical trials with Oslo-based specialty drug maker Photocure, which is developing a photodynamic treatment for moderate-to-severe acne.
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Participating medical societies were asked to identify five tests or treatments that are commonly overused in their specialty.
"Physicians like to do things that work, that make money and promote their specialty, " says Frank Veith, a vascular surgeon at New York University Medical Center who is critical of newfangled neck stents.
Specialty hospitals are only a more dramatic step in the long-term expansion of medical services beyond hospital walls.
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