Integration & Physician Issues

St. Mary's Health System in Athens, Ga., and Gwinnett Medical System in Lawrenceville, Ga., have been awarded funds to help them create residency programs, according to a report by The Augusta Chronicle.

Among all hospitals, physicians and provider organizations, there is one resonating goal right now: "making the health system work better for everyone," said Miles Snowden, MD, CMO of Optum.

Seven CHRISTUS Health hospitals in Texas and Louisiana have contracted with hospitalist-staffing organization Sound Physicians, for hospitalist services.

Jim Skogsbergh, CEO of Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care, spoke to The Advisory Board about his approach to clinical integration.

Just days after announcing its closure, Valley Gastroenterology of Southwest Virginia in Salem confirmed its physicians will be joining Carilion Clinic Gastroenterology in Roanoke and forming a new fellowship program, according to The Roanoke Star.

Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point in Hudson, Fla., plans to start an internal medicine residency program in July 2014. The American Osteopathic Association recently approved the program.

A patient-centered medical home-like model implemented in a teaching clinic produced positive effects on patient and resident physician satisfaction, but had no effect on emergency department or hospital use, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The Cleveland Clinic has partnered with The CORE Institute, an orthopedic group based in Phoenix, OrthoCarolina, an independent academic orthopedic practice based in Charlotte, N.C., and the Rothman Institute, a private orthopedic practice based in Philadelphia, to form the National…

Hudson Valley Heart Center, a 25-physician cardiology group with locations throughout the Hudson Valley in New York, has affiliated with Health Quest in LaGrangeville, N.Y.

This year, nurse practitioners and physician assistants made their first-ever appearance on Merritt Hawkins' list of the top 20 most-recruited physician specialties. Many hospitals and health systems are turning to PAs and advanced practice nurses to boost their primary care…