Integration & Physician Issues

Sitka (Alaska) Community Hospital will suspend all major surgeries, effective Feb. 28, the Daily Sitka Sentinel reports.

U.S. physician burnout has dropped below 50 percent for the first time since 2011, according to a recent joint study by the American Medical Association, Stanford (Calif.) University School of Medicine and the Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic.

A recent blog post by TeamHealth discusses the importance of signing charts within the specified timeframe. 

A recent blog post by LogicStream reviews a report that shows how drug shortages are impacting drug pricing this year. 

In a recent press release, KLAS Research named Shift Admin a 2019 Category Leader for Scheduling: Physician in their annual "Best in KLAS” report, confirming Shift Admin’s position as the No. 1 web-based scheduling software on the market.

Some studies suggest that using Twitter may have a positive effect on medical students' educational and career development, according to the American Medical Association.

Clinicians such as nurses and physician assistants appear more likely than physicians to want to use chronic-care management services developed by health plans, according to The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions' recent survey.

A group of physicians that planned to leave Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health will now do so two months earlier than expected, according to the Charlotte Observer.

The New Haven, Conn.-based Yale School of Medicine is making strides to reduce the amount of debt students incur while pursuing their medical degree, according to Yale News.

A six-member physician group ended a decadeslong agreement to provide pediatric care services to newborn patients at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, according to the Bangor Daily News.