Advertisement

Integration & Physician Issues

Durham, N.C.-based Duke Medicine is adding Burlington, N.C.-based Kernodle Clinic, a multispecialty practice with more than 40 physicians, to its physician practice organization, Private Diagnostic Clinic, effective Aug. 1.

Advertisement

More than half of physicians believe physicians provide higher quality exams and consultations than nurse practitioners, cementing the notion that physicians and nurse practitioners do not agree about their respective roles in the delivery of primary care, according to a…

When physicians are dissatisfied, they are more likely to be unsupportive of major healthcare reform changes and may even stop practicing medicine, according to a Health Affairs blog article.

More than half of physicians in the United States are employed by hospitals, including about 60 percent of family physicians, according to a Medscape report.

In April, Lumeris unveiled its Accountable Primary Care Model, also known as the Nine C's. The Nine C's are a framework for primary care physicians to guide them to deliver the triple aim of healthcare, plus one: physician satisfaction.

Advertisement