This year set the record for the number of students who applied and enrolled to U.S. medical schools, according to data released by the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Integration & Physician Issues
Miami-based Jackson Health System is starting a new hospitalist program in partnership with the Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine in Miami.
The patient-centered medical home — a model of providing primary care in a physician office that involves care teams and health coaches — has spread far and wide in the last five years. Numbers to prove it: There are now…
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.
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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…