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HEALTHBEAT When the doctor doesn't like the patient
It was one of those honest admissions that usually go unvoiced: The doctor didn't like the patient and felt pretty sure the patient didn't like him either. Their introduction didn't go well and the r...
Posted on 4/19/13 at 11:11 AM
NEW PLATEAUS The Snap Heard 'Round the World
The human body is a mystery. Phenomena occur all the time that have doctors scratching their heads. A friend of mine recently had a golf ball-sized tumor in his brain dissolve after plaguing him for s...
Posted on 4/2/13 at 8:43 AM
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NORTH DAKOTA Putting patients at the center of care
By Ryan Schuster The medical home model of care has been gaining steam in recent years for the promise it has shown in improving care coordination, bringing patients closer to their doctors and helpi...
Posted on 10/23/12 at 4:21 PM
THE NEW FORTY Trust, but verify...
I understand and appreciate the notion that we should not treat doctors as demigods. They are, after all, just human beings-well-educated and trained human beings in medical science, but human beings ...
Posted on 12/10/11 at 11:12 AM
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA NEWS UND’s next ‘Great Conversation’ is Wednesday with James Orbinski of Doctors Without Borders
In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the UND Honors Program is hosting a Great Conversation with James Orbinski Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. at the Chester Fritz Auditorium. The event is free and ...
Posted on 10/24/11 at 12:23 PM
U of M program for immigrant doctors loses funding 
Lawmakers eliminated funding for the $150,000 program during the last-minute negotiations.
By Associated Press , August 08, 2011
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Report: Minnesota medical board disciplines doctors about half the time
There's been a similar lack of discipline against doctors across the country, according to the consumer group Public Citizen, which contrasted the number of medical board actions with those by hospitals as reported in a national data bank.
By Christopher Snowbeck , March 16, 2011
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Dr. Erik Holten, Fargo, column: Med school expansion won’t solve problem
The greatest need is for primary care physicians in smaller towns and cities, and the current request will not come close to fulfilling this.
By Erik Holten , October 20, 2010
Study: Many doctors don’t blow whistle on impaired, incompetent colleagues
17 percent surveyed say they’ve known of troubled co-workersYour doctor could be drunk, addicted to drugs or outright incompetent, but other physicians may not blow the whistle.
By Carla K. Johnson , July 13, 2010
Want more face time with doctors? Better pay up
Primary care physicians are increasingly offering exclusivity to those willing to pay for it. These practices, known as concierge, boutique or retainer practices, typically charge annual fees that range from $1,500 to $10,000 or more. The fee allows the businesses to prosper with a far smaller roll of patients than has become the norm under the traditional system.
By Tom Murphy , January 12, 2010
Minnesota now tracks often-abused prescription drugs
Beginning Monday, pharmacies were required to report data on addictive drugs to the Minnesota Prescription Monitoring Program. By late March, doctors, dentists and pharmacists will be able to tap into the system to identify patients who get too many habit-forming medicines.
By Martiga Lohn , January 05, 2010
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MINNESOTA POLITICS: Peterson beats Oberstar in obtaining pork
A respected nonpartisan blog reports Collin Peterson gets more pork than Jim Oberstar when it comes to the battle of Minnesota’s two powerful U.S. House chairmen.
By Don Davis , December 13, 2009
Happiest doctors caring for children, elderly, study finds
A new University of California Davis study on physician job satisfaction found differences among medical specialties, with the happiest doctors caring for children and the elderly.
By Anna Tong , November 26, 2009
Medical, nursing schools teach alternative remedies
Future doctors and nurses are learning about acupuncture and herbs along with anatomy and physiology at a growing number of medical schools. It’s another example of how alternative medicine has become mainstream. And it’s often done with Uncle Sam’s help.
By Marilynn Marchione , November 01, 2009
N.D. docs don’t want public option tied to Medicare reimbursement schedules
Many doctors want to see a public option in the health care reform bill, two North Dakota physicians said in a Thursday news conference, in part because of how private health insurance companies increasingly “interfere” with the doctor-patient relationship and deny coverage for pre-existing conditions.
By Chuck Haga , October 29, 2009
Bigger health care savings seen from limiting medical malpractice lawsuits
Limits on medical malpractice lawsuits would lead doctors to order up fewer unneeded tests and save taxpayers billions more than previously thought, budget umpires for Congress said Friday in a reversal that puts the issue back in the middle of the health care debate.
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar , October 09, 2009
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Judge: Aurora can oust kidney doctor
Rabadi has 30 days to vacate unless he can work out a dealA Grand Forks nephrologist who owes more than $288,000 in back rent will have to vacate his suites in the Aurora Medical Park at the end of the month unless he and his landlord can reach an agreement.
October 01, 2009
Health interests fund senators
Conrad receives $1.6 million in health contributions since 1989Sen. Max Baucus, a leader in the troubled effort in Congress to write a health care overhaul bill, has received more campaign donations from the health industry than any elected federal official except President Barack Obama and three other senators.
By Alan Fram , September 16, 2009
MINNESOTA NEWS: Falls kills window-washer ... Teen charged in murder try ... Guilty plea in crash death ... more
Two window-washers fell three stories at a hospital in St. Louis Park, Minn., and one of them has died. City spokesman Jamie Zwilling said rescue workers arrived Thursday afternoon to Methodist Hospital. They found one man dead. The other window-washer was injured but alert and talking.
By Herald Wire Reports , September 04, 2009
UND med students to take on high-tech dummies
About a year from now, UND’s medical students will be learning from a dozen dummies. Don’t laugh. They will be some of finest dummies that money can buy, each worth about as much as a BMW, plastic people wired up the wazoo with electronics. Their eyes blink, and their hearts beat.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , August 29, 2009
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