Only about 25 percent of internal medicine residents go on to practice general internal medicine, according to the American College of Physicians, which contributes to the growing shortage of primary care physicians in the United States.
Integration & Physician Issues
Swainsboro, Ga.-based Emmanuel Medical Center announced it has acquired the Smith Rural Health Clinic and the private practice of Anthony Howard, MD, both located in Swainsboro, according to a report from The Forest-Blade.
The Massachusetts Hospital Association has chosen Robin Richman, MD, to fill the newly created position of vice president of physician relations.
The merger between Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, the physician group of Chicago-based Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and Northwestern Memorial HealthCare has moved forward as members of the faculty foundation voted in favor of the merger, according to a…
Indianapolis-based Marian University is opening the Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine in August, the first medical school to open in Indiana in more than a century, according to a report by Inside Indiana Business.
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Converting a physician practice into a patient-centered medical home is no easy task. So why should groups consider going through the process? Yvette Crabtree, MD, a physician partner from Sunflower Medical Group, a privately owned physician group in the Kansas…
The American Nurses Association has recommended to CMS that health insurers seeking to offer plans on state health insurance exchanges need to include a certain number of advanced practice registered nurses in the plan's network to qualify for the exchange.
Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Mass., has assumed ownership of the Marino Center for Integrative Health's Cambridge location effective July 1. Meanwhile, Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Mass., has acquired Marino's Wellesley, Mass., center effective June 1.
Springfield, Mass.-based Pioneer Valley Urology is closing its Greenfield, Mass.-based office, according to a report by The Recorder.
Primary care practices operating as medical homes in southeastern Pennsylvania reduced hospital costs by 44 percent over three years for diabetic patients, according to an Independence Blue Cross study.