Many Americans download health apps but don't use them, based on a new NYU Langone Medical Center study, according to Phys.org. The survey received responses from 1,604 adults, with an average age of 40.
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Physician practices are offering benefits to full-time non-physician and administrative staff at virtually the same rates as they did in the 2013, according to Medscape's Clinical and Office Staff Salary Report 2015.
Successful private practices are focused on the forces driving healthcare today: collaboration and integration, transparency on quality and cost, systems thinking and innovation.
Aspen (Colo.) Orthopaedic Associates is closing down on Dec. 31, according to The Aspen Times.
Here are seven key trends in physician pay, according to ECG Management Consultants' 2015 Physician Compensation Survey.
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Stanford (Calif.) Medicine started working on Green Button, a system that provides physicians with advice on how to treat patients with various "characteristics that have not been examined in clinical trials," according to The Stanford Daily.
Novant Health plans to break ground on its new $60 million orthopedic hospital in Charlotte, N.C., in early 2016, according to Charlotte Business Journal.
U.S. officials uncovered Chinese hackers breaching Anthem earlier this year to learn about the United States' healthcare system, according to The Daily Caller.
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing released guidelines about the importance of implementing simulation in training, according to News-Medical. The Journal of Nursing Regulation published the guidelines.
Healthcare organization Healthegy named Jason Gorevic, Teladoc's CEO, its Digital Healthcare Innovator of the Year.