Jeffrey Bradstreet, MD, a Buford, Ga.-based physician who caused controversy in his practice by claiming to cure autism, was found dead with a gunshot wound to the chest, according to a local KPAX report.
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Austin Showalter, an administrative support employee at Sierra Regional Spine Institute, won the Junior Division Class for USA Powerlifting Bench Nationals.
A new Accenture report shows large hospitals and health systems in the Untied States continue to buy up physician practices and clinics for growth opportunities instead of the traditional method: acquiring other hospitals.
United States medical school faculties include half as many women as men, based on a Harvard Medical School study by Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhD, according to Medscape.
Casetabs is a new mobile and desktop app that coordinates surgical cases each week for its many subscribing centers.
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Illinois's central management services spokeswoman Meredith Krantz said the state is unauthorized to pay insurance claims for 2016, according to illinoishomepage.net.
Nearly 17 percent of physicians plan on retiring in the next three years, according to Physicians Practice's 2015 Great American Physician Survey.
CarePartner, a membership-based patient advocacy and care coordination service, is working to help patients understand insurance coverage and help save patients on out-of-pocket costs.
Persistence Market Research released a report on the global healthcare IT market, according to MedGadget.
Many deaf patients in Maryland cannot communicate with physicians or medical staff because of insufficient translation services, according to The Baltimore Sun.