Practice Management

Hackers are zoning in on hospitals as they lock computers and demand ransom, often in Bitcoin, according to Wired.

All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., and its network of outpatient centers will change its name to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital after joining Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine, according to the Herald-Tribune.

Successful healthcare leaders are continually working to educate future generations of surgeons to drive optimal patient outcomes. American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeon's President William Jiranek, MD, is one such leader, striving to educate the next generation of orthopedic…

A new study reported in the Daily Star Albany suggests physicians who practice defensive medicine — and thereby spending more per patient — are sued less often.

An Avalere analysis shows more than half of hospitals currently scheduled to participate in Medicare's Comprehensive Care for Joint replacement model could face penalties based on their cost performance if implemented as scheduled on April 1.

Washington, D.C.-based George Washington University School of Nursing researchers identified strategies top-performing physicians use to boost patient motivation about their health, according to American Academy of Family Physicians.

Captivating books encouraged the following physicians to pursue careers as authors, according to Medscape Multispecialty.

Where should physicians practice? WalletHub compared all 50 states and Washington, D.C. in its "2016's Best and Worst States for Doctors" report, to offer physicians insight into the pros and cons of practicing in each state.

The F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md., has become the first military medical school to implement a pain management curriculum.

South Carolina has the least punitive medical board in the United States, according to WalletHub's 2016's Best & Worst States for Doctors.