Jonathan Efron, MD, has been appointed executive vice president for health system affairs and will lead the clinical operations of UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
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For the third year in a row, 6 in 10 physicians included in the Physicians Foundation's "Survey of America's Current and Future Physicians" reported experiencing burnout.
Here are three groups of medical professionals that have announced plans to or held strikes, as reported by Becker's since Sept. 7:
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is the largest health system in the U.S. by number of hospitals as well as net patient revenue, according to data from Definitive Healthcare, a healthcare analytics firm.
The American Hospital Association sent a comment letter Sept. 11 to CMS arguing that the Medicare physician payment schedule should be revised.
Healthcare executives across the country are leaving their roles, whether it's to pursue new positions, retire or for other reasons.
Better healthcare does not correlate with overall happiness, according to comparison of data from WalletHub on the best states for healthcare and the happiest states in the U.S.
As the pandemic-related slowdown in health system financial moves eases, hospital joint venture deals are expected to climb in the coming months.
Indianapolis-based Elevance Health, formerly Anthem, secured the No. 1 spot of Fortune and Great Place to Work's "40 Best Large Workplaces in Health Care."
Proposed Medicare cuts for physicians are "bad policy, bad timing and bad for patients," threatening healthcare access, the American Medical Association said in a Sept. 11 news release.