Physician burnout is at worrisome levels, as more than 86 percent of the country's physicians are moderately to severely stressed or burned out, according to a recent survey by Physician Wellness Services and Cejka Search. Burned-out physicians are more likely…
Integration & Physician Issues
Philadelphia-based Society of Hospital Medicine has expanded eligibility for its fellowship in hospital medicine to non-physicians.
What's wrong with this picture? In most cases, only the most enlightened hospital and healthcare system leaders include their top advancement officers in strategic planning. Typically, the hospital bakes the strategic plan and then asks its advancement director to raise…
The appeal of hospital employment to physicians is no secret. Upon completion of their training, more physicians are looking to work in either larger, independent group or hospital-owned practices, whether for financial reasons, lifestyle preferences or a combination of the…
CVS Caremark is planning to expand its retail clinics in the wealthiest neighborhoods of Washington, D.C., according to a Washington Business Journal report.
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As a rural healthcare provider in a frontier area of Colorado, Yuma (Colo.) District Hospital executives used to face trouble recruiting physicians who would stay for the long haul. "It was difficult to find a qualified provider who was willing…
Only 41 percent of consumers are willing to see nurse practitioners instead of primary care physicians for routine visits — a finding that implicates challenges ahead, as advanced practitioners continue to take on more duties traditionally performed by physicians.
The following article was written by Bryan Warren, manager of healthcare solutions at Select International.
A new study by Oliver Wyman shows that accountable care organizations now cover up to 31 million patients, or about 10 percent of the nation's population.
There has been little research on care coordination agreements, or dyads between a primary care physician and a specialty practice, hospital or other healthcare provider. But a new study published in the American Journal of Managed Care describes some features…