CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner has announced Physician Compare, a website that allows patients to search information about physicians and other care providers, has been redesigned with an improved search function and new information.
Integration & Physician Issues
A recent survey found patients welcome physician assistants and nurse practitioners to have a larger role in their care, but the country remains splintered, as 24 states still require physician involvement in diagnoses and treatment.
Medical practice executives picked the five top professional challenges they face running a group practice in "Medical Practice Today: What members have to say," a survey by the Medical Group Management Association-American College of Medical Practice Executives.
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…
The following articles from the past five months pertain to physician recruitment and retention issues, and ways in which hospitals can improve both.
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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.
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,…