When hospitals acquire medical groups and physician practices, this consolidation can lead to higher costs, according to a study that appeared...Read More »
A new nationwide study confirms that patients believe physician assistants (PA) add value to healthcare teams and provide excellent patient...Read More »
Despite a recent movement to increase primary care physicians’ ability to identify mental health problems in their patients, many may still...Read More »
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced last week that its national telehealth programs served more than 690,000 veterans during...Read More »
Are physicians less well trained as a result of work-hour reforms that cap residents’ work hours at 80 hours per week? An article in the October...Read More »
One quarter of the hospitals around the country have been left out of some of the biggest shifts in U.S. healthcare initiated by the Affordable...Read More »
Simulation training is not a new concept in healthcare, but as medical education and practices become more metrics-based, this kind of training is...Read More »
From HCAHPS to healthcare surveys, hospitals seem to be swimming in data. The question is, where is the comparable data for ambulatory surgical...Read More »
