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.
Integration & Physician Issues
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.
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.
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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.
Sound Physicians has entered into an agreement to provide hospitalist services at Kealakekua, Hawaii-based Kona Community Hospital.
At the Becker's Hospital Review 4th Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 10, Kevin Florenz, director of capital asset valuation services at VMG Health, and Colin McDermott, senior manager at VMG Health discussed why physician practices are such a hot…
At the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 10, two health system CEOs sat on a panel to share their successful strategies in developing an aligned physician base.
At the Becker's Hospital Review 4th Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 10, Lani Berman, MBA, vice president of performance services for VHA, and Donald Hicks, senior principal of physician strategies and services for VHA, shared some lessons learned from…