A survey in the Journal of Hospital Medicine tracking the extent hospitalists participate in unprofessional behaviors at hospitals found that 67 percent reported having personal conversations with one another in patient corridors.
Integration & Physician Issues
Glendale (Calif.) Adventist Medical Center has launched a physicians' network to acquire physicians' practices, according to a San Fernando Valley Business Journal report.
David Blom, CEO of OhioHealth in Columbus, said health systems' practice of "physician poaching" — especially for cardiologists — is not in the best interest of the community and only raises prices for patients, according to a Columbus Dispatch report.
Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System has signed a merger agreement with the Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology to expand the research functions of its ophthalmology department.
At a session at the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, Allan Fine, senior vice president and chief strategy and operations officer, The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary; Charles "Chuck" Peck, CEO, Health Inventures; Carole Guinane,…
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St. Louis-based SSM Health Care has acquired multispecialty medical group Shawnee (Okla.) Medical Center Clinic.
For accountable care organizations to be successful, they must provide integrated information access across providers, settings and activities. And in order to integrate, ACOs need health information technology solutions.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires all non-profit hospitals to prepare a Community Health Needs Assessment at least once every three years to maintain their tax-exempt status and avoid penalties. In its simplest form, a CHNA is a…
Seven primary care physicians with Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care are redirecting their referrals from a Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare facility to Aurora hospitals that have more hospitalists available, according to a Journal Times report.
At a session at the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, Jen Johnson, CFA, managing director, VMG Health, discussed compensation for co-management services and valuation issues related to these agreements.