Kaiser Permanente is launching a family physician residency at its Santa Rosa Medical Center to respond to looming primary-care physician shortages, according to a Press Democrat report.
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Although overall physician engagement took a slight hit last year, more physicians in 2011 believed their organizations would be successful in the coming years compared with 2010, according to results from "The State of Staff Physician Engagement: 2011 in Review."
Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center will provide pediatric hospitalists to Lancaster (Pa.) General Hospital, according to an Intelligencer Journal report.
Manchester, Md.-based multispecialty physician group the Carroll Health Group has received patient-centered medical home recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance, according to a Carroll County Times report.
Salem (Ohio) Community Hospital announced plans to begin construction of a $42.5 million patient bed tower this summer.
Trinity Muscatine (Iowa) has broken ground on an $18.5 million expansion project, according to a Quad-City Times report.
GOP Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney says President Obama has no workable plan to prevent Medicare from falling into bankruptcy; President Obama says he will "never allow Medicare to be turned into a voucher that would end the program as we…
Hospitals in Tampa, Fla., are increasingly looking to expand to the suburbs to ensure long-term growth, according to a Tampa Tribune report.
A New York hospital's new heart attack policy has sparked opposition from a neighboring facility, according to a LoHud.com report.
Ochsner Medical Center-Baton Rouge (La.) is planning a $15 million cancer treatment center, according to an Advocate report.