Physician turnover has hit its highest rate since 2005, the first year the data was collected, according to the 8th annual Physician Retention Survey from Cejka Search and the American Medical Group Association.

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that about 71 million Americans with private health insurance received coverage for at least one free preventive healthcare service in 2011 and 2012, because of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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Bills have been introduced in the House and Senate that would up add Medicare-supported physician residency positions to programs across the country, according to AHA News Now and Association of American Medical Colleges reports.

Arlington-based Texas Health Resources plans to begin publishing quality and safety data for the public, demonstrating the healthcare industry's move to greater transparency and accountability, according to a Dallas Morning News report.

For the fourth year in a row, the number of medical school seniors matched with internal medicine residencies in the United States has increased.

The Children's Medical Center of Dayton (Ohio) announced it has formed a joint venture with Miami Valley Hospital, also in Dayton, to enhance neonatal care.

The proliferation of hospital ratings and rankings may cause more confusion than transparency, according to a Kaiser Health News report.

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America recommended the U.S. House of Representatives' Appropriations Subcommittee invest $743.7 million in infection prevention in fiscal year 2014.

A free validation toolkit for central-line associated bloodstream infection data reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network is available from CDC.