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Contents | Feb/March14
Concerns About the Future of Medicine:
Latest Survey Reveals Physician Fears
by Fiona Young-Brown
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Use of Telemedicine Technology in
Monitoring Compliance Patients
by Thomas W. Miller, Ph.D. ABPP, Staff Writer
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The SMART Medical Home:
Futuristic Home Health Care
by Thomas W. Miller, Ph.D. ABPP, Staff Writer
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New Technology Allows for
Personalized Knee Replacements
by Dr. Jenny Wheeler
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POLITICS AND MEDICINE
Pursuing the opportunity:
Physicians lead as coverage expands
by Steven J. Stack, MD, Immediate Past Chair, Board
of Trustees American Medical Association
PROFILE IN COMPASSION
Compassion is what sustains me
by John A. Patterson MD, MSPH, FAAFP
MAKING HISTORY
James A. Thomson: Stem Cell Research
by Frank Kourt, Staff Writer
Dr. Thomas F. Coburn: Servant/Physician
to Wilmore and Wesley Village
by Martha Evans Sparks, Staff Writer
It’s Not “Just a Sprain”
by Nicholas A. Viens, MD
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Serum Protein Thiols
Putting DNA Repair into Practice
by Clay Campbell
FROMTHEEDITOR
Comments? Questions? Ideas? E-mail Fiona at [email protected]
Fiona Young-Brown
Editor, Kentucky
Doc Magazine
It may already be February but
here at Kentucky Doc, we are kicking off the first issue of the year by
looking forward to see what the future of medicine
may bring. We begin by looking at key findings from
a recent survey among physicians. Among the topics
dealt with are job satisfaction, the impact of healthcare
reform, and possibilities for adopting new technologies. Although many of those surveyed express strong
concern about the future of the profession and a need
for widespread change, I am pleased to report that they
also felt satisfaction in their jobs and looked forward to
some potential new technologies that might allow them
to better interact with patients.
We look at a number of these new technologies in
this issue. Dr. Jenny Wheeler speaks with Dr. Wallace
Huff about a new type of knee implant, while Dr.
Thomas Miller explores telemedicine and the SMART
medical home of the future, where basic testing and
communicating with your medical care team are only
the push of a button away. Meanwhile, I share the current research being done by a local company and the
UK College of Dentistry. All of these articles share
exciting new developments which will hopefully make
patients’ lives easier and offer physicians a broader
range of treatment options.
In addition to our other regular features—doctor
spotlights, history, travel, and business advice—we have
a new guest editorial. In each iss Ք