To successfully transition to value-based care, health systems must engage their physicians in the process.
Integration & Physician Issues
Physicians employed through religious hospital systems often sign contracts that limit what they can express politically, what they post on social media and whether they can take on part-time work performing abortions, according to NPR.
The editorial board of Naples Daily News wants Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare System to pump the brakes on a new admissions policy in which hospitalists embedded in inpatient units are responsible for admitting patients and caring for them throughout their…
Saint Anthony Hospital (Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.) uses technology to help prioritize the needs of communities it serves.
New clinic services address crucial gaps found nationwide in diabetes care
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Officials at Yakima, Wash.-based Astria Regional Medical Center — previously Yakima Regional — said the hospital may end funding for its residency programs by June 30, 2019, according to the Yakima Herald.
Despite spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on medical school, physicians are increasingly forgoing medical practice in favor of other health-related ventures, claiming they can do more to improve care delivery worldwide as entrepreneurs, The Boston Globe reports.
Beacon Health Options, a clinical mental health and substance use disorder management company in Boston, aims to bring affordable mental healthcare to patients across the U.S. through the creation of a new retail health clinic, The Boston Globe reports.
After a shooting at Chicago-based Mercy Hospital & Medical Center, hospital staff and medical professionals across the country shared their condolences and emotional messages about the victims.
Roughly 95 percent of U.S. medical school seniors matched for PGY-1 residency positions in 2018. However, the competition for several specialties proved higher than most, according to data cited by the American Medical Association.