Joe Imperato, MD, recently wrote a column for ChicagoNow arguing against the impactfulness of hospital rankings.
Practice Management
The Consortium of Independent Physician Association formed the CIPA accountable care organization.
A new op-ed in the Wall Street Journal by former Obama White House Advisor on Healthcare Policy Bob Kocher reported providers are better off independent to keep costs low than becoming employees "owned" by a single institution; Kareo agreed.
The new jobs report is out with the healthcare sector booming, according to a Healthcare Dive report.
The Doctors Company, a Napa, Calif.-based physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, established a new excess and surplus lines subsidiary called TDC Specialty Underwriters.
Stanford Medical has found its newest partner partner in Google, according to a release from the University.
In an Athens Banner-Herald article, Athens (Ga.) Orthopedic Clinic's Charles Ogburn, III, MD, noted all AOC employees are "frustrated, concerned, angry, upset and tired," with regard to the fall out from the data breach at the practice in June. However,…
One-hundred patients visited the Shriners Hospitals for Children and Ruthe B. Cowl Rehabilitation Center recently as part of a patient outreach clinic to children in South Texas and Northern Mexico, lmtonline.com reported.
Pokémon GO has taken this summer by storm and many applaud the mobile game for promoting physical activity. However, one medical center is fighting to remove the app from all its locations as people are flocking to the centers' grounds…
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based OrthoCarolina's David O'Brien, MD, made his way to China to serve as a moderator for a cadaver spinal injection course in Shanghai.
