Five U.S. hospitals are among the first to receive verification under the new American College of Surgeons' Emergency General Surgery Verification Program, which was first implemented in September 2022, according to a July 10 news release.
Integration & Physician Issues
The American Antitrust Institute found that in 2021, a single private equity firm owned more than half of practices in 13 percent of urban markets, while in 28 percent of the market, a single firm held 30 percent of practices.
Nineteen patients were evacuated after a paper towel dispenser caught fire at HCA Florida Largo Hospital July 7, NBC affiliate WFLA reported.
Improving care delivery, patient safety and nurse staffing are the three most important issues nurses and physicians say management can take steps to improve high-burnout rates among clinicians, according to a study published June 7 in JAMA.
More physicians are turning to part-time work as a way to combat burnout, while hospitals are grappling with providing patient care in the shifting work environment.
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A two-alarm fire broke out at New York City-based Mount Sinai Hospital early July 7, which caused the hospital to go on full diversion status.
Each generation views the world differently, and there are some communication gaps administrators and systems have not yet bridged with younger physicians, Doug Bruce, MD, chief clinical integration officer at Cleveland-based MetroHealth, recently told Becker's.
A publicly funded universal healthcare system, also called a single-payer system, could reduce nurse staffing issues without separate laws requiring nurse-patient ratios, Daniel Bryant, MD, leader of the Portland chapter of Maine AllCare, which is devoted to getting universal healthcare…
An Indiana physician filed a lawsuit against Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Lutheran Medical Group to keep it from enforcing a noncompete agreement, The Journal Gazette reported July 6.
Johnstown (Colo.) Heights Behavioral Health has been hit with an immediate jeopardy citation, the second one it has been issued since November 2022, ABC affiliate KMGH reported July 4.