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Minorities, Poor Find Communicating With Doctors More Difficult
Patient-provider communication influences quality of care, but black and Asian patients were more likely than white patients to report communication difficulties with their doctors in 2005, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released new data from the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample - the largest, all-payer emergency department database in the United States. The Nationwide Emergency Department Sample is designed to help public health experts, policymakers, health care administrators, researchers, journalists and others find the data they need to answer questions about care that occurs in U.S. hospital emergency departments.
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AMSA Supports Call To Drop 10-Year Moratorium On Provider Numbers

The Australian Medical Students" Association commends the announcement made by The Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) to withdraw support from the 10-year moratorium imposed on overseas doctors by the government in an attempt to improve patient access to doctors in rural areas. President Tiffany Fulde commented, "The 10 year moratorium has failed to establish a stable health workforce in areas of need. We now have to look for a new solution to get doctors into rural areas." Overseas doctors have been the heartbeat for rural and remote health practices in recent years, with 50% of rural doctors being trained overseas. Yet, a proportion of these doctors are recruited from poor, developing nations and the recruitment of these professionals often deprives their country of origin, which has invested in their education and training. "The government must focus on recruiting and retaining Australian-trained doctors in these areas of shortage. Providing quality education for students and incentives to go to rural communities are much more effective solutions that could be implemented or extended to improve the situation, particularly at a student level," said Tiffany Fulde. AMSA hopes that The RDAAs move will highlight the need for new and improved incentives to attract suitably trained and supported doctors for the long-term to these areas of desperate need. AMSA


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