The nation will be short more than 90,000 physicians by 2020 and 130,000 physicians by 2025, according to projections by the Association of American Medical Colleges. Here are eight facts and statistics on what will cause the drastic shortage, provided…
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Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tenn., announced that faculty members in its department of anesthesiology have developed an automated tool to help assess residents' performance as they meet educational goals, according to a Nashville Post report.
In 2012, 24.1 percent of the nation's physician workforce graduated from an international medical school, making them international medical graduates, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges' 2013 State Physician Workforce Data Book.
Many health systems and integrated networks contract with physician groups to staff and run their hospitalist programs, but those contracts are subject to many shortcomings, according to a Premier blog post by Bryan Smith, a principle with Premier.
Rockford, Ill.-based OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center has partnered with CEP America to staff its emergency department, effective Jan. 1.
Many accountable care organizations have not yet focused on maximizing the value of medications to achieve quality benchmarks and cost savings, according to a study published in the Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy.