A survey from Merritt Hawkins found it takes more than 45 days, on average, to schedule an appointment with a physician in the Boston area.
Integration & Physician Issues
Bronson Battle Creek (Mich.) Hospital has become a minority partner in Brookside Surgery Center, a multispecialty ambulatory surgery center in Battle Creek.
The Veterans Health Administration is in the midst of a dispute about a proposal to let advanced practice registered nurses practice without physician supervision, even in states that have laws requiring oversight, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
This content is sponsored by Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America. It's no secret that inpatient volumes are dropping at hospitals across the country: In 2011, there was an average of 111.8 inpatient hospital admissions per 1,000 people, down from an…
A study has found physicians spend about a third of their visits with patients looking at a computer screen, according to a United Press International report.
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Here are eight statistics on factors contributing to the expected physician shortage, according to a report by Barton Associates, a national locum tenens physician and nurse practitioner staffing and recruiting firm.
The Federal Trade Commission has weighed in, saying the elimination of certain supervision requirements for nurse practitioners and nurse anesthetists would likely benefit competition in Massachusetts.
Recent survey results show physicians are just as susceptible to being overweight as their patients.
The most popular physician structure within hospitals is the integrated salary model, with more than one-third of all U.S. community hospitals using it.
Some physician specialties report being happier at their job compared to other specialties, according to new data from Medscape's 2014 Physician Lifestyle Report.