Physicians now are two times more likely to take time off from their career than previous generations of physicians, according to the Center for Personalized Education for Physicians. However, as the demand for clinicians rises nationally, many of those physicians…
Integration & Physician Issues
At the Becker's Hospital Review CEO Strategy Roundtable in Chicago on Nov. 5, Lindsey Dunn, editor with Becker's Hospital Review, moderated a panel discussing best ideas for community hospitals today.
The Florida House of Representatives introduced legislation this year to lift restrictions on nurse practitioners in order to address their growing healthcare shortage, according to an op-ed published in The Daytona Beach News-Journal.
The American Medical Association launched the first geospatial resource to map the distribution and specialty of healthcare workers across the nation last week.
Physicians feeling the afternoon slump are more likely to prescribe unnecessary antibiotics, according to The New York Times.
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Dallas-based Merritt Hawkins, a nationwide physician recruiting firm, has opened an Anchorage, Alaska, branch to aid recruitment and retention efforts in a state where barriers are high, according to Alaska Dispatch News.
Hospital employment is costing the healthcare system, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, and with rapid consolidation in the industry, this could be a bad sign going forward.
The Medical College of Wisconsin unveiled a new technology-centered campus at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wis., where students can graduate in three years, according to USA Today.
The Department of Veterans Affairs' Southeast Network, which serves veterans in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, is now recruiting nationally due to high executive turnover and physician and nurse shortages, according to The Augusta Chronicle.
Representatives from Sparrow Health System and affiliated Carson Health have signed a letter of intent to reach a formal integration agreement by the end of the year, according to the Ionia Sentinel-Standard.