While many healthcare organizations agree patients should be able to voice their concerns, hospitals and health systems have begun looking for ways to mitigate the effect of negative provider reviews on various online physician rating platforms such as Yelp or…
Integration & Physician Issues
Internal surveillance videos from Hill Crest Behavioral Health Services, a behavioral health facility in Birmingham, Ala., reportedly show several instances of Hill Crest healthcare professionals violently assaulting young hospital patients, according to a BuzzFeed News investigation.
Ten years ago, researchers and medical professionals headed to Cleveland to find and employ the workers and space they needed to pursue their healthcare passions. Cleveland has since become home to the Cleveland Clinic, one of the United States' largest…
Like most employees, physicians benefit from a supportive environment. Unfortunately, many hospitals and health systems rush right past creating such an environment, instead immediately asking newly employed physicians to increase production, optimize in-house referrals, reduce emergency department use, pay more…
AMITA Health and “a fairly sizable number” of its physicians have joined an online marketplace that allows consumers paying out of pocket to shop for discounts on services such as diagnostic imaging and colonoscopies, according to Thor Thordarson, AMITA Health…
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RoseMarie Reno, RN, chairwoman of the San Diego-based Tri-City Healthcare District board, is suing the board for allegedly excluding her from closed-door meetings she says she had a right to attend, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.
In 2016, Massachusetts had the highest percentage of female physicians, in comparison to Utah, which had the lowest percentage of female physicians, according to data from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Two Chicago health systems are suspending plans to further engage with Outcome Health in light of recent allegations employees at the Chicago-based technology and advertising startup manipulated pricing and sales information and that the company engaged in fraud and breach…
California retained 70.4 percent of the physicians that completed residency in the state, in comparison to New Hampshire, which retained only 28.1 percent of residents in 2016, according to data from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is partnering with Meharry Medical College, also in Nashville, to allow Meharry medical students to train at an HCA facility in Tennessee.