Hospitalists play an important role in patient care, treating acutely ill patients throughout their hospital stay. Demand for hospitalists is also in high demand: In 2012, hospitalists were the second-most placed specialty by The Medicus Firm.
Integration & Physician Issues
Clinically integrated networks have grown in number in recent years, as hospitals and physicians attempt to align for population health management. The groups in a CIN are linked contractually, electronically and through processes used to improve healthcare delivery, according to…
The number of Medicare-funded graduate medical education slots has been capped by the federal government since 1997, when the Balanced Budget Act passed, and the capped numbers of Medicare-sponsored residents per 100,000 people vary widely state to state, according to…
University of Nevada's schools in Reno and Las Vegas are nearing a preliminary partnership that could result in a new medical school in southern Nevada, according to a Las Vegas Sun report.
The United States is facing a growing physician shortage, estimated to reach more than 90,000 physicians by the end of the decade. According to one recent Health Affairs article, creating primary care technicians, similar to emergency medical technicians and paramedics,…
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Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial HealthCare will pay approximately $350 million to acquire Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, a 900-physician practice affiliated with the health system's namesake university, according to a Crain's Chicago report.
The lack of palliative care physicians could hinder its future growth. Experts share possible solutions and how hospitals can attract the best providers to their palliative care programs.
Swedish Medical Group, a division of Seattle-based Swedish Health Services with nearly 900 providers in more than 100 clinics, has acquired Edmonds, Wash.-based Children's Clinic of South Snohomish County.
The shortage of primary care physicians is set to worsen in the coming years, as the U.S. population grows older, increasing demand, and a fewer physicians choose to enter internal medicine and family medicine, diminishing capacity.
A new study published in Health Affairs sheds light on the demands America's healthcare providers will face through 2025 in light of expanded coverage and more elderly patients.