Gainesville-based Northeast Georgia Health System, a system known in the state for its heart hospital, is losing 12 cardiologists to Atlanta-based Northside Hospital, according to a report from the Gainesville Times.
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Troy, Mich.-based Wayne State University Physician Group emerged from bankruptcy protection June 3, seven months after it filed for Chapter 11 reorganization.
Healogics team members across the country will dedicate their time to raising awareness of chronic wounds and the advanced care available.
Anesthesiology residents in uncivil environments performed worse across all metrics, though they were unaware their performance was suffering, according to a study published May 31 in BMJ Quality & Safety.
Sixteen of 40 primary care providers left or are leaving Glens Falls (N.Y.) Hospital's network this year, causing some of the providers who remain to be booked until November, according to local newspaper The Post-Star.
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Surgeons increasingly lack the manual dexterity to do their jobs — and it may stem from the decline of hands-on hobbies among children, according to The New York Times.
The core discretionary benefits for physicians remained largely unchanged from 2014 to 2018, according to the latest provider benefits survey from medical trade group AMGA.
Beaumont Care Partners, the clinically integrated network of Southfield, Mich.-based Beaumont Health, will end its agreement with United Physicians, a roughly 2,500-member group also based in Michigan, according to Crain's Detroit Business.
Direct expenses tied to physician burnout cost the U.S. more than $4 billion annually, according to a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
The healthcare industry needs to address physician suicides and burnout, according to Edward Ellison, MD, executive medical director and chairman of Southern California Permanente Medical Group, based in Pasadena.