Integration & Physician Issues

Spending on urine screening and related genetic tests quadrupled from 2011 to 2014 to roughly $8.5 billion annually — which is more than the entire annual budget of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to an investigation by Kaiser Health…

The supply of physicians has increased slightly in recent years, according to data from the Association of American Medical Colleges. Last year, 271.6 physicians per 100,000 population were actively practicing in the U.S., up from 265.5 in 2014.

John T. Harrington, MD, dean emeritus of Boston-based Tufts University School of Medicine and leading kidney specialist, died Oct. 31 at the age of 80, TuftsNow reports.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., MD, broke five ribs and sustained other injuries Friday after he was allegedly attacked by his neighbor, Rene Boucher, DO.

New Brunswick, N.J.-based Robert Wood Johnson Medical School opened its new Adult Clinical Research Center Nov. 2, according to New Jersey Biz.

Nearly 1,600 Kansas City, Mo. area physicians across the University of Kansas Health System, North Kansas City Hospital, Merriam-based Shawnee Mission Health and Kansas City Metropolitan Physician Association banded together to form a clinical integration network called Centrus Health Kansas…

Medical students can improve quality of life and alleviate stress better by working out in a group, rather than hitting the gym solo, according to a recent study published by The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.

Scott Scherr, MD, emergency department director at Las Vegas-based Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center and regional medical director of Knoxville, Tenn.-based TeamHealth, told Becker's Hospital Review he was nearly asleep when his phone started "blowing up" with calls to come…

Atul Gawande, MD, a surgeon at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital and writer for The New Yorker, claims physicians should incorporate a simple checklist into their pre-surgery routine because it may mean the difference between life and death for the…

Here are the top five most-read hospital-physician issues stories for October.