JCOM published a study finding a hospitalist group with a high physician assistant-to-physician ratio yielded similar clinical outcomes when compared to a hospitalist group with a low PA-to-physician ratio.
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A Transparency Market found the wearable devices market will likely grow at a compound annual growth rate of 14.2 percent through 2020, according to Today's Medical Developments. Dominant market players include Biotricity, Abbott Laboratories, Apple, Alphabet and Business Machines Corp.
As technology advances and demand grows for improved healthcare facilities worldwide, projections show steady growth for the healthcare IT market until 2020, according to a report by Persistence Market Research.
Medicaid is one of the biggest political sticking points in healthcare today. However, Republican Nominee Donald Trump and Democratic Nominee Hillary Clinton have two vastly different views of Medicaid; the next president of the United States could have a huge…
Here are some interesting statistics and facts about orthopedists, based on the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' 2014 Orthopaedic Surgeon Census.
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A new study by the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit shows patients think surgeons receive much higher reimbursement than they actually do from Medicare for knee surgery.
The majority of medical students don't feel comfortable pointing out potential adverse events, based on a Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine survey, according to HealthLeaders Media. The medical school is located in Dayton, Ohio.
In September, there was a stark decrease in compromised health records, with that figure dropping from 8.8 million records breached in August to 250,000 breached records last month, according to SC Magazine.
Last year, several hospitals came under fire after news broke over hospitals raising prices for patients by 1,000 percent. However, a recent study showed hospitals continued to increase prices this year, despite the negative publicity, according to The Washington Post.
The physicians at Auburn Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash., will likely have a new union at the end of the evening.