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Study’s solution to no-shows: overbooking

January 28th, 2008    Posted by: Dr. Dobson

Just as airlines routinely overbook flights to ensure all seats on the planes are filled, some physicians could overbook their schedules to ensure that all the time slots in their schedules are filled, according to a recent study.

Two University of Colorado researchers published a study that shows how overbooking patients could increase practice productivity and reduce idle time caused when patients don’t keep appointments. In January, the study won the 2007 Best Paper Award from Read the rest of this entry »

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Rielle Hunter Shows the Real John Edwards

October 12th, 2007    Posted by: Dr. Dobson

Rielle Hunter Shows the Real John Edwards

Meet Rielle Hunter! The National Enquirer today officially breaks the John Edwards cheating scandal that a handful of bloggers have been buzzing about since Huffington Post’s Sam Stein posted an almost comically insinuating item two weeks ago (followed by an even more over-the-top one today) about some mysteriously disappearing web videos.
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New Survey Shows Uninsured Californians Pay Higher Prices for Prescription Drugs (Sacramento)

March 10th, 2007    Posted by: Dr. Dobson

Uninsured Sacramento Residents Pay 68 Percent More than the Federal Government

SACRAMENTO—Uninsured consumers in Sacramento pay 68 percent more for common prescription drugs than the federal government does for the same medications, according to, “Paying the Price: The High Cost of Prescription Drugs for Uninsured Californians” a new California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) Education Fund report released today.

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