Integration & Physician Issues

Less than half of foreign-trained immigrant physicians who apply for American medical residencies succeed, and those who do face a time-consuming, rigorous licensure process, according to a New York Times report.

The Cincinnati area is short 200 primary care physicians currently, and that shortage is expected to grow, according to a recent study by The Health Collaborative and covered by WCPO.

The physician groups of Mercy Health Muskegon (Mich.) and Advantage Health/Saint Mary's in Grand Rapids, Mich., have come together to form Mercy Health Physician Partners.

Newton, Mass.-based Atrius Health, an alliance of six community-based medical groups and a home healthcare and hospice agency, has signed a strategic affiliation agreement with Burlington, Mass.-based Lahey Hospital & Medical Center.

Studer Group, a Gulf Breeze, Fla.-based consulting firm, is holding its "Take You and Your Organization to the Next Level" meeting in Chicago this week. At the meeting Tuesday, Quint Studer, founder of the company, spoke about 10 of the…

After medical school students spent a summer practicing in a rural community, they were more likely to enter family practice residency training and begin their medical careers in a rural location, according to a recent study.

The Aultman Health Foundation in Canton, Ohio, will acquire the clinical operations of North Canton Medical Foundation, an independent medical practice, Sept. 1, according to a Crain's Cleveland Business report.

Physicians who are satisfied with their work are more likely to accept help from nurse practitioners or physician assistants than their dissatisfied colleagues, according to a 2013 survey by Jackson Healthcare.

Campbell University in Buies Creek, N.C., opened the doors of its new osteopathic medical school Monday, the first medical school in North Carolina in 36 years, according to a News Observer report.

The primary care physician shortage is becoming a problem in the U.S., and one that is likely to grow, as just roughly a quarter of internal medicine residents go on to practice general internal medicine, according to the American College…