While the value of physician leadership is widely recognized, a new survey by Jackson Physician Search and the Medical Group Management Association reveals that leadership development is often sidelined in medical training in favor of clinical skills.
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Physician unions have been active in the last year, as resident physicians face a convergence of financial and work-life-related pressures.
A group of emergency medicine physicians in Maine have assembled New England's first physician-only EMS response team, WABI 5 reported Oct. 7.
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine, both based in New York City, received the Emergency Medicine Wellness Center of Excellence award from the American College of Emergency Physicians at the organization's annual meeting in September.
Electronic health records can be used to predict burnout of primary care physicians on a clinical level, according to a study published April 3 in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
The cost of attending medical school has greatly outpaced inflation over the last two decades, according to an Oct. 2 report by CHG Healthcare.
In an Oct. 1 opinion piece published on Medpage Today's physician-led blog, KevinMD.com, Shakeel Ahmed, MD, CEO of St. Louis-based Atlas Surgical Group, argues for the economic benefits of choosing ASCs for surgical procedures over hospitals.
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill in California that would increase scrutiny over private equity firms and hedge funds acquiring physician practices, Radiology Business reported Oct. 1.
Physician residents at Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine, who are represented by the Committee of Interns and Residents, have accepted their first union contract, according to an Oct. 2 report from NPR affiliate WHYY.
Management service organizations are becoming increasingly powerful in healthcare, particularly in gastroenterology, orthopedics and ophthalmology, Medical Economics reported Oct. 1.