Mercy Hospital Joplin (Mo.) and the University of Missouri School of Medicine have reopened a medical student training site that was destroyed when a deadly tornado hit Joplin in May 2011, according to the MU School of Medicine.
Integration & Physician Issues
When small or solo physician practices are given practice redesign and embedded care management support, they are more likely to improve care quality and efficiency when transitioning to a patient-centered medical home, according to study results published in the Journal…
Rapid change has reshaped healthcare markets nationwide with more still to come as key provisions of the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act roll out over the next few years. Central to the transformation that is underway is accelerated hospital consolidation.…
Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health System has added two medical practices to its Pioneer accountable care organization.
Four cardiology practices in Charlotte, N.C., with a total of 46 physicians have merged to form Novant Health Heart & Vascular Institute, according to a Charlotte Observer report.
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White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital Physicians Associates has announced the addition of its first oncology and hematology practice, Oncology & Hematology of White Plains.
Sound Physicians, a hospitalist organization, has entered into an agreement to provide hospitalist services at San Joaquin Community Hospital in Bakersfield, Calif.
Ross University School of Medicine, a private medical school in the West Indies, has announced an education agreement with Vanguard MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, Ill.
Clearwater, Fla.-based Morton Plant Mease, part of BayCare Health System in Clearwater, has entered into a professional services agreement with Heart & Vascular Institute North, a cardiology group with five locations in Florida, according to a Tampa Bay Business Journal…
In "The Language of Caring Guide for Physicians: Communication for Patient-Centered Care" (2012), authors Wendy Leebov, EdD, and Carla Rotering, MD, share 35 best practices for physician communication.