Integration & Physician Issues

A recent article from CareCulture Health Partners discusses how to shift physician mindsets around quality and efficiency metrics. 

A recent blog post by Allscripts reviews five principles to imporve the design of safety systems. 

A former nurse of Stephen Hawking, PhD, had her license revoked during a hearing March 12 for failing to provide adequate care to the physicist, The Guardian reports.

While physicians and surgeons typically earn salaries of more than $100,000 per year, one economist questions whether physicians' salaries and the barriers to entry into the field play a role in the skyrocketing healthcare costs nationwide.

Incidents of workplace violence in the healthcare space between 2002 and 2013 were four times more common, on average, than in private industry overall, according to data from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited by Crain's Cleveland Business.

Winona (Minn.) Health announced a referral agreement with the Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse, Wis., on March 11, according to the Winona Daily Times.

A Vanderbilt University School of Medicine professor filed a complaint against the Nashville, Tenn.-based institution in November 2017, claiming the university retaliated against her and denied her tenure, Science reports.

A Palo Alto, Calif.-based radiologist and his wife were among the 50 people charged March 12 in connection to a massive operation designed to help them get their children into elite universities around the U.S., according to the San Francisco…

Male emergency room physicians make 18 percent more than women in the field, equating to a roughly $12,000 gender salary gap, according to a recent study to be published in a special issue of Academic Emergency Medicine.

During Patient Safety Awareness Week, I reflect on the many outstanding teams I’ve worked with at client sites.