The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this week announced the allocation of $12 million in Affordable Care Act funding to support primary care residency programs in 32 health centers across the nation.
A Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) team is studying the details and implications of interstate compacts for physician licensure. These compacts could streamline licensing procedures for physicians who seek to practice in more than one state—possibly simplifying license verification in...
Many physicians are accustomed to the licensure process being somewhat of a headache—particularly when a provider is seeking a license to practice medicine in more than one state. But that might change soon. Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) members approved a resolution in support of...
Several Nevada hospitals were found to have “inappropriately transferred” patients to the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC) in Las Vegas, a state investigation found. UMC officials believe many of the patients transferred there—supposedly in need of a specialist—did not actually...
Last month, more than 3,400 jobs for healthcare professionals in the U.S. included requirements for robotics skills and experience, WANTED Analytics has announced. The number of healthcare-related jobs requiring robotics grew 32% year-over-year when compared to June 2012 and 375% in the past...
Within minutes of the crash landing of an Asiana Airlines flight carrying 307 passengers at San Francisco International Airport, employees at Stanford University Hospital and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., prepared to execute their long-rehearsed “mass casualty plan,”...
