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Integration & Physician Issues

Studer Group, a Gulf Breeze, Fla.-based consulting firm, is holding its "Take You and Your Organization to the Next Level" meeting in Chicago this week. At the meeting Tuesday, Quint Studer, founder of the company, spoke about 10 of the…

Physicians who are satisfied with their work are more likely to accept help from nurse practitioners or physician assistants than their dissatisfied colleagues, according to a 2013 survey by Jackson Healthcare.

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Only about 25 percent of internal medicine residents go on to practice general internal medicine, according to the American College of Physicians, which contributes to the growing shortage of primary care physicians in the United States.

Swainsboro, Ga.-based Emmanuel Medical Center announced it has acquired the Smith Rural Health Clinic and the private practice of Anthony Howard, MD, both located in Swainsboro, according to a report from The Forest-Blade.

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