Integration & Physician Issues

The majority (74 percent) of physicians would choose their specialty again if they had to start their medical careers over, according to a physician survey conducted by Sermo, an online community exclusively for physicians.

The country's demand for oncologists is slated to nearly double and lead to a shortage of nearly 1,500 cancer specialists by 2025, according to a report from the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Demand for primary care and behavioral health locum tenens physicians dropped in 2013, while it grew for nurse practitioners, according to a survey conducted by Staff Care, a national temporary healthcare staffing firm.

State legislators should carefully consider proposals that limit the scope of practice for advanced practice registered nurses, as limiting their range of independent practice can reduce competition, according to an FTC staff paper.

North Hollywood, Calif.-based IPC The Hospitalist Company, a national hospitalist physician group practice company, has acquired CAP Medical Group, a New Hartford, N.Y.-based post-acute hospitalist practice.

Nearly all (90 percent) of hospitals and other healthcare facilities reported using locum tenens physicians at some point in 2013, up from 73.6 percent in 2012, according to a survey conducted by Staff Care, a national temporary healthcare staffing firm.

Bethesda, Md.-based de Beaumont Foundation, Durham, N.C.-based Duke Community and Family Medicine and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have collaborated to create the Practical Playbook, an online resource to guide and support partnerships between public health organizations and…

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the American Osteopathic Association and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine have, after a two-year effort, agreed to a single accreditation system for the nation's graduate medical education programs. The single…

Physician employment does not automatically lead to physician integration, a new American College of Physician Executives survey found.

Whittier Independent Practice Association, a large physician group that was wooed by Boston-based Steward Health Care in 2011, is defecting back to the physician organization at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, according to a Boston Globe report.