Physicians just want to be physicians. Their goal is to provide best-practice care that leads to best-practice outcomes. But idealism and reality are beginning to clash. Increasing complexity, the introduction of new technologies, growing metric-based performance accountability and a changing…
Integration & Physician Issues
In line with national trends, Saint John's Medical Center of Jackson, Wyo., is hiring a several new physicians and surgeons, according to an article in the Jackson Hole News & Guide.
Emergency Services Professional Association, the private physicians group that staffs the Wichita, Kan.-based Wesley Medical Center emergency room, has been told they must become employees of EmCare, Wesley's ER staffing vendor, or lose their jobs at the hospital, according to…
The UCLA International Medical Graduate Program is working to help bilingual, biculutural physicians from Latin American countries complete exams and residencies in family medicine in the United States for free according to an article in the Press-Telegram.
Amidst the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and other changes in the regulatory environment, more and more independent physicians are considering selling their practices, according to a report by CareCloud.
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A new bill intends to increase the number of primary care physicians by removing the cap on the number of federally funded residency slots at teaching hospitals, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report.
When physicians experience high stress and career burnout, it has obvious negative effects on the physicians themselves, like high rates of depression and suicide. But it is also a greater public health concern, according to a Wall Street Journal blog…
Some health systems have executed a clinical integration or alignment strategy only to see internal dysfunction as a result.
Northeast Medical Group, a group affiliated with the Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health System, has added 120 physicians and other providers to its group through the acquisition of PriMed, a primary and specialty physician practice.
Here are the top eight medical specialties with the happiest physicians at their jobs, according to Medscape's 2014 Physician Lifestyle Report.