A few hospitals are beginning to train their employed physicians to "sell" the hospital, which involves asking referring doctors in the community to send patients their way.It's an intriguing idea, and I'm not really sure it's going to work, but…
Integration & Physician Issues
The following articles from the past five months pertain to physician recruitment and retention issues, and ways in which hospitals can improve both.
North Adams, Mass.-based Northern Berkshire Healthcare announced it has partnered with Berkshire Surgical Associates to expand its surgery service lines.
Regulations requiring physician oversight of nurse practitioners presents numerous problems limiting NPs' ability to provide care, according to research presented at the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 2013 National Conference and covered in The Clinical Advisor.
Beacon Health System in South Bend, Ind., has started the process to merge with The South Bend Clinic, a group with six facilities and more than 90 physicians.
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Medical school expansion and development activity has increased the number of individuals graduating with Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degrees, but the number of residency positions has not responded to that growth, leaving newly minted physicians no…
Most hospital executives and materials and practice area managers believe that lack of willingness on the part of physicians and providers is the biggest barrier to achieving clinical integration, according to the spring 2013 edition of "Economic Outlook," by Premier,…
When asked to assign an overall grade to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 30.2 percent of physicians gave the healthcare reform bill an 'F,' according to The Medicus Firm's 2013 Physician Practice Preference & Relocation Survey.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance is taking input from the public on proposed changes to its Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition program.
More physicians were employed by hospitals in 2013 than in 2012, according to a survey conducted by Jackson Healthcare, a healthcare staffing company.