Hospitals and health systems interested in building or strengthening their ambulatory care networks need to be prepared to challenge the status quo, according to Mark Coughlin, senior vice president of advisory services at Hammes Company. Ambulatory settings are quite different…
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and other Republican leaders have attempted to speed up debate over a spending resolution that would defund the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) have…
Premium rates for health plans offered through state exchanges under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will be more than 16 percent lower than projected, according to an HHS report.
Craig Callewart, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Methodist Hospital for Surgery in Addison, Texas. He is co-founder of Baylor University's spine treatment center in Dallas, and he continues to provide care there. He is a member of the…
Most physicians anticipate a decline in the quality of medicine over the next five years, according to the "2013 Physician Sentiment Index," by Epocrates and athenahealth.
In a Physicians Practice report, Aubrey Westgate discusses four ways for medical practices to reduce risk they may face as a result of the social media use of their physicians and staff.
A little more than 44 percent of physicians and nearly 56 percent of their employed partners experienced work-home conflict within the time frame of three weeks, according to a study published online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Novant Health Pinnacle Orthopedics in Statesville, N.C., announced that it will add Cullan Reilly, MD, to its medical staff in August, according to a Salisbury Post report.
Middletown, Conn.-based Community Health Center announced that primary care providers from Wilmington, Del.-based Westside Family Healthcare, a network of community health centers, are now participating in CHC's weekly Project ECHO pain management program.
Jackson Hospital in Montgomery, Ala., announced the addition of Thomas R. Whisenhunt Jr., MD, to its medical staff, according to an Alabama report.