Hospitals and health systems around the country are examining shared savings programs and implementing strategies to cut costs where possible while maintaining high quality care. In many situations supply costs are "low-hanging fruit" for shared savings programs and proactive implant…
Integration & Physician Issues
Just 51 percent of physicians older than 60 had student loan debt after medical school, but 73 percent of physicians younger than 40 carry debt, according to the "2014 Work/Life Profiles of Today's U.S. Physicians" report by AMA Insurance.
Nationwide, there are 90.1 active primary care physicians per 100,000 people — but several states have many more primary care physicians per capita than the national average.
The Connecticut House of Representatives approved a bill Monday that would give advanced practice registered nurses more independence in practice, and it is now on its way to the governor's desk for signature.
Three community hospitals — Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital, Delray Medical Center in Delray Beach, Fla., and Bethesda Hospital West in Boynton Beach, Fla. — are participating in a new residency program with Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, according…
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Three physicians from EmCare, an outsourcing firm of physician services, will soon treat patients in the emergency room of Saint Alphonsus Medical Center Ontario (Ore.), according to a report by The Argus Observer.
A bill that would have eliminated the need for Nebraska nurse practitioners to have a practice agreement with a physician was vetoed by Gov. Dave Heineman Tuesday.
The University of Iowa Health Alliance, which was formed in 2012 to better coordinate care, prevent and manage disease, reduce costs and deliver more efficient care, has added its fifth member, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare-Iowa.
Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta has become just the second health system in the nation to publish uncensored reviews from patients of their physicians.
Aurora-based University of Colorado Health, the University of Colorado School of Medicine, University Physicians and Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora have partnered to form the Center for Personalized Medicine and Biomedical Informatics.