Clinch Valley Medical Center in Richlands, Va., has acquired Clinch Valley Physicians, Inc., a multispecialty practice with 120 staff members and physicians also in Richlands, according to a SWVA Today report.
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Kaleida Health and a physician group intend to build a $2.65 million, 16,082-square-foot ambulatory surgery center in Orchard Park, N.Y., according to a report by The Buffalo News.
Here are nine statistics on wait time to see a physician, between 2008 and 2010, with regard to selected characteristics.
Half of patients have yet to hear their regular physician discuss healthcare reform or the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at appointments, according to a new survey from HealthPocket, a technology company that compares health plans.
South Dakota has the lowest number of emergency medicine physicians in the country and California has the highest number, according to State Health Facts, a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
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California has the highest number of emergency medicine physicians in the country and South Dakota has the lowest number, according to State Health Facts, a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
Hospitals are turning toward hospitalists to help them address physician shortages and ever-growing patient volumes in the inpatient setting. In fact, in 2012, hospitalists were found to be the second most-placed physician specialty, according to physician search company, The Medicus…
A budget, proposed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich, would give medical schools in the state about $200 million over a two-year period, according to a News and Sentinel report.
Lafayette (La.) General Medical Center has become a teaching hospital as of Monday after taking over University Medical Center, also in Lafayette, according to a report by The Advocate.
Family Medical Clinic at Estes Park Medical Center (Colo.), a multispecialty group made up of physicians on Estes Park Medical Center's medical staff, has changed its name to Estes Park Medical Group, according to an Estes Park Trail Gazette report.