The new Las Cruces-based New Mexico State University osteopathic medical school secured 300 residency slots across 13 hospitals in New Mexico, according to an Albuquerque Business First report.
Integration & Physician Issues
Nearly a quarter of physicians (23 percent) would not choose to become a physician again if they could turn back time, according to a survey by The Medicus Firm.
As the healthcare industry becomes increasingly integrated in pursuit of achieving the triple aim, hospitals and physicians are beginning to work more closely to reduce redundancies in care, increase communication and decrease costs.
According to a recent survey by The Medicus Firm, a physicians staffing solutions firm, government employment is unsurprisingly physicians' least favorite practice setting.
According to an article in U.S News University, medical school selectivity and a lack of residency options is worsening the ongoing physician shortage.
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The American Medical Association voted Wednesday to support innovative education models to address physician shortages in specialties that are undersupplied and areas that are underserved.
As the business models of providers and health insurers increasingly converge, could insurers’ use their ability to acquire physicians at above fair market value to their competitive advantage?
The American College of Physician Executives and The Joint Commission have created a four-day course that covers the skills needed to be effective as a CMO.
Mission Health, the Mountain Area Health Education Center and a group of independent physicians have formed Mission Health Partners, a patient-centric and physician-governed network of clinicians, hospitals and other providers based in Asheville, N.C.
Gwinnett Medical Center of Lawrenceville, Ga., has announced the opening of the Strickland Family Medicine Center where its first class of five medical residents will begin seeing patients.