Integration & Physician Issues

A partnership between Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, Ill, part of Oakbrook, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care, and Advocate Medical Group will bring a pediatric sub-specialist physician clinic to Advocate Condell, according to a Chicago Sun-Times report.

Des Moines, Iowa-based Iowa Health System has named Michael Murphy president and CEO of its accountable care organization.

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More than 120 physicians and mid-level providers formerly part of IU Medical Group, have formed Eskenazi Medical Group and have affiliated with county-owned Wishard Health Services, according to a Wishard news release.

The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is encouraging workplace health programs to adopt elements of accountable care organizations and patient-centered medical homes in a position statement that appears in the April issue of the Journal of Occupational and…

The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative — a coalition of 900 members from both in and outside the healthcare industry advocating for patient-centered medical homes — recently appointed two directors to its board.

Johnson Memorial Hospital will open the first phase of its surgery center April 30, according to a Daily Journal report.

Central Georgia Health System in Macon, Ga., and Tift (Ga.) Regional Medical Center have announced plans to create a "Regional Care Integrated Services Network."

A group of physicians fed up with a lack of management and recent mergers are leaving MedWest in North Carolina, according to a report in The Macon County News.