Detroit Medical Center and Troy, Mich.-based Wayne State University Physician Group agreed to a six-month contract extension May 7, tentatively reversing their joint decision to end partnership negotiations, The Detroit News reports.
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Rising death rates, high levels of obesity and gaps in care represent pressing challenges for states across the U.S., according to a recent analysis from the Commonwealth Fund published this month.
When asked what role they think off-the-clock physicians and medical students should play during a medical emergency, 80 percent of clinicians feel morally obligated to act despite a number of clinicians who do not feel entirely comfortable with responding, according…
A laser that treats both anterior and posterior segment diseases is a cost-effective investment.
Lightning struck a building in Slovenia with such intensity that it not only burned electrical appliances in a woman's apartment, but it shut down a brain implant meant to control neck spasms, according to Fortune.
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Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences suspended its cardiac surgery program as it works to replace retired lead surgeon Gareth Tobler, MD, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
Gallatin County, Mont., search and rescue teams uncovered the remains of a 74-year-old North Dakota physician April 28, nearly three years after he was declared missing, according to NBC Montana.
Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health revealed plans May 3 to acquire Berks Cardiologists, which maintains locations in Wyomissing, Pa., and Pottsville, Pa.
Healthcare organizations are focused on recruitment and retainment as they face a projected physician shortage and a maldistribution of physicians geographically.
Family Physician Danielle Roberts, DO, who is accused of branding women in a New York-based "sex cult," previously worked at Milwaukee-based Columbia St. Mary's Hospital and two of its affiliates as recently as last summer, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.