Walk-in medical clinics are filling out deflating brick-and-mortar shopping malls in place of vanishing businesses like Sears, Blockbuster, Borders and RadioShack, according to Bloomberg Businessweek.
Integration & Physician Issues
Optimism is wearing thin in New Jersey medical offices and physicians are searching for better ways to manage their practices this year, according to an annual survey from Roseland, N.J.-based law firm Brach Eichler.
Here are the top eight specialty groups most likely to perform a procedure that may not be medically warranted because of malpractice fears, according to the Medscape Ethics Report 2014, Part 2: Money, Romance and Patients.
Athens, Ga.-based St. Mary's Health Care System plans to admit 10 medical residents in July to its new three-year internal medicine residency program, according to the Athens Banner-Herald.
Nearly half of all Americans have at least one chronic illness, and for people over the age of 65, the proportion is 85 percent. Providing care for people with chronic illnesses represents a vast share of national healthcare expenditures, so…
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Continuously challenged by complex reform policies and the goal of ensuring high quality care at low costs while still maintaining profitability, healthcare providers must also continuously look for ways to improve productivity.
Primary care physicians are more likely to recommend a career as a nurse practitioner than as a physician to qualified college students.
Retirement savings are a top concern for physicians across all specialties and age groups, according to the "2014 Report on Work/Life Profiles of Today's U.S. Physician," from AMA Insurance Agency.
Oakland, Calif.-based Council of Accountable Physician Practices announced Tuesday the addition of two new members: Chicago-based Advocate Health Care and North Shore – Long Island Jewish Health System in New York.
Expanded clinical support was ranked highest among physicians' needs as they shift to value-based care and seek new resources and capabilities to support the change, according to a recent survey from Deloitte Center for Health Solutions.