Physicians Practice - April 2008 - (Page 20) NOTE WORTHY DOCS FOR POT Last month we told you about a California inventor who plans to roll out vending machines that dispense marijuana to people who have permission (under state law) to use pot for medicinal purposes, even as the federal government said it would likely shutter weed dispensers wherever it found them. The debate continues, and now a national physician group is getting in on the action. The 124,000-member American College of Physicians is asking the federal government to drop marijuana from its classification as a substance considered to have no medicinal value and a high chance of abuse, reports the Baltimore Sun. The ACP , which represents internists, is the largest physician group to date to ask for such a classification change. The ACP’s position is unlikely to have any immediate impact on policy. But it offers some legitimacy to proponents of the medicinal use of marijuana, who have long been easy to dismiss as hippies looking for an excuse to legalize their recreation. (Cancer? Marijuana! Hangnail? Marijuana!) We’re agnostic on the scientific question of pot’s medical efficacy. But surely we can agree that more science is called for, and less politics. Read the ACP’s position paper online here: www.acponline.org/advocacy/ where_we_stand/other_issues/ medmarijuana.pdf THIS MONTH’S … WEIRD MEDICAL FACT The average human body has about 5 million hair follicles. RECOMMENDED WEB SITE Thinking of going cash only? Check out this informative blog from Steve Horvitz, a doc who’s making the transition: http://doctorsh.blogspot.com/ MOST LURIDLY MISLEADING HEADLINE “A One-Eyed Invader in the Bedroom” In The New York Times, concerning an article about the health dangers associated with kids having televisions in their rooms. http://doctorsh.blogspot.com/ http://www.acponline.org/advocacy/where_we_stand/other_issues/medmarijuana.pdf
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Physicians Practice - April 2008 Physicians Practice - April 2008 Contents The Bigger Picture: Medicare Decision Time Letters Physicians Practice Pearls: Outsource Your Pain Noteworthy Cover Story: Trial Lawyers Tell All Management: When It’s Time to Change Ask the Experts Technology: Do You Know Where Your Data Is? The Tech Doctor: Are Your Discarded PCs Really Clean? 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(Page 49) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Technology: Do You Know Where Your Data Is? (Page 50) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Technology: Do You Know Where Your Data Is? (Page 51) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Technology: Do You Know Where Your Data Is? (Page 52) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Technology: Do You Know Where Your Data Is? (Page 53) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Technology: Do You Know Where Your Data Is? (Page 54) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - The Tech Doctor: Are Your Discarded PCs Really Clean? (Page 55) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - The Tech Doctor: Are Your Discarded PCs Really Clean? (Page 56) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Billing & Collections: Playing Hardball (Page 57) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Billing & Collections: Playing Hardball (Page 58) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Billing & Collections: Playing Hardball (Page 59) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Billing & Collections: Playing Hardball (Page 60) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Billing & Collections: Playing Hardball (Page 61) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Billing & Collections: Playing Hardball (Page 62) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - The Administrator's Desk: Recruiting for Patient Satisfaction (Page 63) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - The Administrator's Desk: Recruiting for Patient Satisfaction (Page 64) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Start It Up: Finance - Mastering the Numbers Game (Page 65) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Start It Up: Finance - Mastering the Numbers Game (Page 66) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Start It Up: Finance - Mastering the Numbers Game (Page 67) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Start It Up: Finance - Mastering the Numbers Game (Page 68) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Start It Up: Finance - Mastering the Numbers Game (Page 69) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Start It Up: Finance - Mastering the Numbers Game (Page 70) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Coding (Page 71) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Coding (Page 72) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - The Great Practice Makeover: Taking Care of Business Associates (Page 73) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - The Great Practice Makeover: Taking Care of Business Associates (Page 74) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - The Great Practice Makeover: Taking Care of Business Associates (Page 75) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Classifieds (Page 76) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Classifieds (Page 77) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Classifieds (Page 78) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Classifieds (Page 79) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Advertiser Index (Page 80) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Advertiser Index (Page Cover3) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Advertiser Index (Page Cover4)
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