8 Statistics About Physician Assistant Compensation
Many healthcare experts predict that physician shortages and increased patient load will mean increased use of physician assistants, nurse practitioners and other allied health professionals. Here are eight statistics about compensation of physician assistants based on May 2009 data, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Click to continue »4 Ways Emergency Departments Will Change Over The Next Five Years
Many of the 32 million Americans set to receive health insurance for the first time have historically used the emergency department in place of a primary care provider. John Fontanetta, MD, chairman of the emergency department at Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, N.J., and chief medical officer for Emergency Department Information Management Solutions, discusses four ways EDs are changing to accommodate health reform laws and increased patient load.
Click to continue »ONC Names Two Health Information Technology Review Bodies
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has named the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology and the Drummond Group as the first healthcare information technology review bodies, according to a U.S. Department of Health & Human Services news release. Click to continue »Research Suggests EHR Market Will Double to $2.6B by 2012
An report by research firm Frost & Sullivan shows that the U.S. ambulatory electronic health records market is projected to reach $2.6 billion in 2012, according to a Healthcare IT News report. Click to continue »3 Tips to Position Your Hospital as a Technology Leader
Cathy Crowley, CIO of Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, N.Y., offers three key tips in positioning a hospital as a leader in information technology. Click to continue »Spending on Health IT Projected to Increase 19% over Next Five Years
Market research firm INPUT has published a new report that says spending on state and local health information technology systems will increase 19 percent over the next five years, according to a Healthcare IT News report. Click to continue »Washington Post Article Questions Status of Non-Profit Hospitals
Non-profit hospitals like Adventist Health System in Orlando actually make substantial profits and get to keep them in return for providing a "community benefit," according to the Washington Post, in an article originally published in the Orlando Sentinel. Click to continue »Demand for Nurse Executives Outweighs Supply of Qualified RNs
The current demand for nurses educated for advanced practice, clinical specialties, teaching and research roles far outweighs the supply of RNs with master's degrees and doctorates, according to a Benzinga report. Click to continue »What Makes or Breaks A Successful ACO: Q&A With Dartmouth Brookings Pilot Participant Monarch Healthcare's COO Ray Chicoine
Ray Chicoine, COO of Monarch Healthcare, a 2,500-physician independent practice organization (IPA) in Orange County, Calif., discusses Monarch's efforts to develop an accountable care organization in Orange County as part of the ACO pilot project spearheaded by the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at the Brookings Institution and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. Monarch is one of five participants in the pilot program and is currently working closely with HealthCare Partners, a Torrance, Calif.-based physician organization and Anthem Blue Cross on the project. Click to continue »More than 50M Americans on Medicaid, 16M More Due under Reform Law
More than 50 million Americans are on Medicaid, up at least 17 percent since the recession began in Dec. 2007, according to a survey of state data by USA Today. Click to continue »Channels
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