In a letter to the Lawrence + Memorial Hospital board, dozens of physicians have said L+M is "not [a] doctor friendly hospital" and has lost many quality physicians to other organizations lately, according to a report from The Day.
Integration & Physician Issues
Hospital-physician alignment arrangements are becoming an increasingly sought-after integration model as health organizations are redesigning their approaches to care in the pay-for-performance environment.
Concentration of clinicians varies state to state, which can lead to variation in healthcare costs and access throughout the nation.
In the Becker's Hospital Review 5th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Jerome Levine, MD, senior physician executive, consultant, Coors Healthcare Solutions and Phillip Wright, CEO of Santa Rosa Medical Center in Milton, Fla., discussed the importance of creating physician leadership and…
As healthcare changes, so must hospital growth strategies.
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In 2011, hospitals and health systems accounted for more than half of all physician practice acquisition deals — but by 2013 they only accounted for 14 percent, according to new analysis by PwC.
Hospitals and health systems need much more from their physicians, and especially their physician leaders, these days.
In the Becker's Hospital Review 5th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Ronald Riner, MD, president and CEO of The Riner Group, discussed the challenges of integrating previously self-employed physicians into the hospital setting as well as how alignment between hospitals and…
In the Becker's Hospital Review 5th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Gary Wainer, DO, former CMO of Chicago Health System and current medical director at Winfield, Ill.-based Cadence Medical Partners; Joane Goodroe, RN, independent consultant, Joane Goodroe Healthcare Services; and Gail…
Many healthcare leaders have acknowledged that outpatient is the new inpatient — so how do ambulatory surgery centers affect the evolving strategies of hospitals and health systems?