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Integration & Physician Issues

St. Mary's Medical Center and Community Hospital — both based in Grand Junction, Colo. — are participating in a mock plane crash May 2 at the city's airport, The Daily Sentinel reported. 

Long Beach, Calif.-based Dignity Health St. Mary Medical Center has selected a new contractor to provide trauma services at the hospital and is parting ways with its previous team of trauma surgeons — the latest in a series of departmental…

West Virginia University Medicine has announced a clinical affiliation with 22-bed Roane General Hospital in Spencer, W.V. The two already have a partnership regarding oncology. This new agreement looks to expand upon that to enhance patient outcomes in other areas. 

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2023 was a record-setting year for residency placements for individuals pursuing doctor of osteopathic medicine degrees with 99.5 percent of the 7,776 graduating medical students being matched, according to an April 24 news release from the American Association of Colleges…

The American Hospital Association says physician-owned hospitals have attempted to "discredit" data from a recent report that claims the facilities "cherry-pick" patients, selecting to treat those with fewer medical complexities and not providing enough emergency services for communities, according to…

While hospital and health system mergers have increased, literature around patient outcomes, quality and processes is lacking, according to a 2022 study led by researchers from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome, Italy. Without it, executives are…

St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash., has cut ties with an anesthesia group that has been facing staffing and recruiting challenges, according to an April 20 report from The News Tribune. 

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