Direct primary care practices, which charge a monthly membership fee for medical visits and access to wholesale drugs, are cropping up nationwide, according to Business Insider.
Integration & Physician Issues
Georgia senators approved a bill that will let microhospitals operate in the state, according to House Bill 769.
More than 100 "house officers," including resident physicians and fellows in their final year of training, sent an open letter to Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine executives expressing their concern about a concierge medicine pilot program, according to MLive.
Police reportedly discovered an Augusta (Ga.) University Medical Center physician tied up, gagged and injured in her apartment March 15, according to CBS News 12.
Heather Young, PhD, RN, founding dean, professor and associate vice chancellor of nursing for the UC Davis Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing in Sacramento, Calif., revealed plans March 15 to step down from her leadership position.
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When asked to name the biggest threats to advancing cancer care, 68 percent of providers said drug expenses and new treatments represented the largest barriers, according to an Association of Community Cancer Centers survey.
Medical schools fall short when accommodating students, residents with disabilities, report suggests
Approximately 2.7 percent of, or 1,547, medical students with disabilities enrolled in a U.S. MD program self-reported their disability to their institution, compared with the 11.1 percent of people with disabilities in undergraduate and 7.6 percent of those in graduate…
The Engelstad Foundation, which maintains ties to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, reportedly pulled its $14 million donation to the university's medical school March 13 following speculation UNLV's president will no longer lead the institution, according to the Las…
From July 2015 to July 2016, 5,000 physician practices were acquired by hospitals, according to an updated study from the nonprofit Physicians Advocacy Institute and Avalere.
Physicians and medical students from Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital and Boston Medical Center reportedly joined hundreds of thousands of students and teachers in a nationwide walkout March 14 to protest gun violence, the Boston Herald reports.