Shifting from a physician-centered work distribution model to a shared-care model can lead to improved physician satisfaction and greater "joy in practice," according to a report recently published in the Annals of Family Medicine.
Integration & Physician Issues
Aetna has launched a patient-centered medical home program in New York.
A new law recently passed in Montana supports payor and provider collaboration to form patient-centered medical homes, according to a Sidney Herald report.
Physician assistants in Missouri may soon have more independence thanks to pending legislation, according to a KCUR report.
Boston-based Partners HealthCare, the parent of Massachusetts General and Brigham & Woman's hospitals and one of the most powerful healthcare providers in the Boston region, dominates because of its large physician network, as opposed to its number of hospitals, argues…
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The Concierge Medicine Research Collective recently released data from surveys of concierge medicine and direct pay primary care physicians conducted December 2009 through December 2012.
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.
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.
Cameron Memorial Community Hospital in Angola, Ind., plans to build a new $53 million hospital to replace its 40-year-old existing facility.