Integration & Physician Issues

A study based on clinicians' interactions with diabetic patients found female physicians outperformed their male counterparts on certain metrics of care.

Wilmington, Ohio-based Clinton Memorial Hospital will end its family medicine residency program June 30, 2014, despite the nation's looming primary care shortage.

Marietta, Ga.-based WellStar Health System has formed a clinical collaboration agreement with Walgreens.

While the physician shortage is definitely a national issue — the Association of American Medical Colleges has estimated the nation will be short 91,500 physicians by 2020 — some cities are feeling the shortage more than others.

The following are five questions hospital executives should consider before acquiring a physician practice, provided by Rudd Kierstead of DGA Partners.

Effective clinical integration will be required of healthcare organizations as efforts to move to value-based reimbursement and population health come to fruition.

Patients seeking care from a primary care physician in Massachusetts are in for a long wait: It takes an average of 39 days for new patients to get an appointment with a family practice physician and 50 days for a…

North Hollywood, Calif.-based IPC The Hospitalist Company has acquired the assets of three hospitalist groups that make up Mission, Texas-based THG: THG The Hospitalist Group LP, The Hospitalist Management Group and MD @ Home.

Here are the 20 states with the most physicians specializing in cardiology.

Best practices on how to align the new physician workforce