Practice Management

According to a report by The Medicus Firm, physician assistants are coming close to primary care physicians as the health professional most in need at U.S. hospitals and health systems, as reported by Forbes.

Here are eight important findings from The Medicus Firm's 2016 annual placement summary report.

Here are seven things to know about physician assistants, according to the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants' 2016 annual report.

Hackers were able to access Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center's computer network in early February and is holding the data ransom, according to a Washington Post article.

According to a Healthcare Intelligence Network report, there are hospitals questioning whether the electronic health records they have in place will support their needs in the future.

With compensation increasingly linked to patient satisfaction scores, many physicians feel pressure to provide inappropriate care to achieve better patient scores, according to Medscape.

The Florida teenager who posed as a physician named "Dr. Robinson" told ABC News he did not diagnose patients.

A new study from Geisinger Health System, published in the American Journal of Managed Care, shows which patients are most likely to follow the physician's drug-prescription orders, according to a study in the Daily Item.

Thirty-four current and former employees are calling out the VA Medical Center in Cincinnati for its inexcusable underperformance, according to KIVI-TV. Physicians comprise 18 of these whistleblowers.

Following a complaint about a person practicing medicine without a license, police launched an investigation this month into a teen who called himself "Dr. Robinson," according to CBS12.