A recent study has found diagnostic physicians may face increased risk for medical malpractice claims given the rapid growth of diagnostic testing, according to a news release from SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Brian D. Gale, MD, MBA, assistant professor of…
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The demand for healthcare practitioners and technical workers dropped in October, with 25,000 fewer online job postings during the month compared to September, according to a report by The Conference Board.
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A recent study analyzed data from federal medical surveys and found that 12 of treatments and screenings deemed “unnecessary” accounted for $6.8 billion in medical costs in 2009, according to a Washington Post report. The study was led by physicians…
Researchers from Duke University in Durham, N.C., found physicians can learn to be more expressive of empathy through interacting training tools, according to a Duke news release. James A. Tulsky, MD, director of the Duke Center for Palliative Care and…
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A plan by Miami-based Jackson Health System to sell its struggling Medicaid insurance business, part of the system's JMH Health Plan's managed care offerings, to Simply Healthcare has fallen apart, according to a Miami Herald report.
Fremont, Calif.-based Washington Hospital is facing several different charges of retaliations, as former employees and physicians claim administrators manage the facility through fear and intimidation, according to an Oakland Tribune report. Within the past year, three former staff members have…
Bob Hawley, former CEO of Slidell (La.) Memorial Hospital, is suing the hospital for allegedly unduly dismissing him following his arrest for an alleged DWI in July, according to a Times-Picayune report.
Nurses at MidState Medical Center in Meriden, Conn., picketed outside the hospital last week to protest pensions and pay, according to a Record Journal news release.
Nurses at Long Beach (Calif.) Medical Center and Miller Children's Hospital, also in Long Beach, have authorized a strike in the midst of contract negotiations between the nurses' union and hospital administration, according to a Press-Telegram report.