Cleveland Clinic and Ohio University's Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine have signed an affiliation agreement to develop a medical school extension located on Cleveland Clinic's South Pointe Hospital campus.
Integration & Physician Issues
The number of students graduating from Michigan medical schools is on the rise, but the number of residencies at state hospitals remains capped, which could lead to a brain-drain of medical talent and worsen the state's physician shortage, according to…
Sixty-eight percent of physicians grade the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act with a "C," "D" or "F," with the mean score of a "D," saying the law will not improve healthcare quality or control costs, according to a…
Sparrow Health System in Lansing, Mich., has joined the Mayo Clinic Care Network.
Last month, health insurer Florida Blue partnered with Coral Gables, Fla.-based health system Baptist Health South Florida and Miami-based oncology group Advanced Medical Specialties to form an accountable care organization aimed at providing care for cancer patients in South Florida.…
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The National Committee for Quality Assurance has announced plans to implement a specialty practice recognition program, and will begin accepting public input on it next week.
There is no association between patient-centered medical home coordinated care processes and patient experience, according to a recent Health Services Research study.
Current changes in the healthcare system have caused 83 percent of physicians to think about quitting, according to survey results from the Doctor Patient Medical Association Foundation.
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has announced it will donate $1 million to National Medical Fellowships, an organization dedicated to increasing the representation of minority physicians.
The concept behind telemedicine is very simple: connect patients to physicians who can provide care from a distance. Perhaps the term telemedicine drums up images of a physician connecting with a rural patient through a video chat. But the way…