As the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education seeks to improve patient care by further limiting the hours worked by medical residents, the Journal of Surgical Research will published a new study online on Monday reporting that outcomes in two common surgeries – appendectomy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy – were similar among residents who had worked less than 16 hours and those who had worked more than 16 hours… (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

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2 Common Surgeries Unlikely To Be Affected By Guidance For Medical Training Requirements

The public radio program Marketplace has a piece today about how “medical students learn the cost of care, outside the classroom” of Jefferson University in Philadelphia. The students run a free clinic for homeless patients, and they “decide which drugs to stock and what lab tests they’ll pay for.” “[Student director Christine] Feldmeier: Wounds on his feet, vision problems, a documented history of uncontrolled diabetes for years… (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

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Med School Students Make Different Decisions When They Consider Health Costs

The Society for Vascular Surgery® (SVS) announced the launch of its redesigned Web site, http://www.VascularWeb.org . The most significant upgrade is the improved navigation. It features vascular health resources for the public, medical professionals, medical students, residents, and the media.

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Redesigned VascularWeb.org Launched

Los Angeles Times: Although some hospitals are feeling the pinch of the recession on their budgets, 400 low-income and unemployed residents are receiving job-training and placement at local hospitals to tap into the need for workers. “The Youth Policy Institute, a local nonprofit managing the program, opened its doors to applicants in March and has already enrolled about 400 trainees.

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Hospital Jobs Hurt In Some Places, Expand In Others, As Recession Pinches

Tomah Journal, (WI) article tells of the Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine (WARM) program, dedicated to increasing the number of physicians in rural Wisconsin and improving the health of its communities.

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Program Attracts Medical Students to Rural Health Care

AAMC: Washington Highlights reports that the House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee on July 15 approved (11-5) its FY 2011 spending bill that provides $176.4 billion in discretionary spending for the coming year, an increase of $12.7 billion (7.7 percent) but $1.5 billion less than President Obama’s request. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center) MedWorm Message: Register for MedMatcha, MedWorm’s medical advertising network , and receive $5 free advertising

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House HHS Subcommittee Approves FY 2001 Bill, Boosts NIH, Health Professions Funding

AAMC: Washington Highlights reports that the House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee on July 15 approved (11-5) its FY 2011 spending bill that provides $176.4 billion in discretionary spending for the coming year, an increase of $12.7 billion (7.7 percent) but $1.5 billion less than President Obama’s request. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)

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House HHS Subcommittee Approves FY 2011 Bill, Boosts NIH, Health Professions Funding

Graphic novels and medical comics are proving powerful communication tools for patients and medical professionalsBrian Fies started drawing his webcomic Mom’s Cancer when his mother was diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer. “I wanted to share my family’s story,” he told me.

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Comics put patients in the picture

The AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) issued the following statement on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) final rules for meaningful use of health information technology: “The AAMC is pleased by the Obama administration’s commitment to promoting health information technology (HIT) through the Medicare and Medicaid incentive program for providers implementing electronic health record systems… (Source: Health News from Medical News Today) MedWorm Message: Register for MedMatcha, MedWorm’s medical advertising network , and receive $5 free advertising.

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AAMC Responds To Meaningful Use Rules For HIT

Conclusions  Regionalization was associated with improved operative mortality in Ontario but not in Quebec, undermining the volume-outcome hypothesis. The Ontario quality improvement interventions likely were of little influence since patterns in regionalization and operative mortality were similar before and after year 1999

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Assessing the Volume-Outcome Hypothesis and Region-Level Quality Improvement Interventions: Pancreas Cancer Surgery in Two Canadian Provinces