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Osteopathic Medical School Graduate Numbers Continue to Rise
This spring, U.S. osteopathic medical schools graduated 3,845 seniors, a number that has grown steadily over the past decade. The graduates, who are preparing to enter residency programs across the country, will help mitigate the nation’s physician workforce shortage as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PL 111-148) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (PL 111-152) are implemented. Provisions in these acts are expected to allow coverage for a projected 32 million uninsured Americans.
‘Top Doc’ iPhone App Improves Diagnostic Skills
Medical publisher Elsevier and video game developer Legacy Interactive have just announced the release of Top Doc, an iPhone app that features medical content and quizzes designed to let medical students, residents and junior faculty practice and improve their visual diagnosis skills.
Integration versus Independence: Private Practice or Employed Physician?
While physicians are moving toward employment and away from private practice, there are some advantages to going it alone. New business models may be able to capture the best of both worlds. For much of its history, American medicine has been a game, professionally and economically, for independent players. There were exceptions, of course. Large [...]
LocumTenens.com to Sponsor New Series, Your Career In Healthcare, on ReachMD XM 160
Alpharetta, GA (Vocus/PRWEB ) June 28, 2010 — Physician recruiting firm LocumTenens.com has announced their sponsorship of a new radio series on ReachMD, a national radio channel for medical professionals broadcast on XM Satellite Radio channel 160, ReachMD.com, and the MedicalRadio iPhone App. Your Career in Healthcare debuts today and will be co-hosted by R. [...]
Roles and Compensation of Physician Leaders in Hospitals Growing
From medical directors to department chairs and vice presidents of medical affairs, physicians who have leadership roles within hospitals are being asked to do more, and their levels of compensation are rising along with those demands, say executive and physician compensation experts. Part of this trend is driven by community hospitals and systems increasingly linking [...]
St. Mary Medical $70 million expansion to bring new jobs to Bucks County (Langhorne, PA)
Bucks County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution concerning the financing and refinancing of upcoming capital projects that would expand Saint Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, PA. Saint Mary Medical Center President Greg Wozniak briefed the commissioners about the proposed expansions. “We will expand our Emergency Department and our Trauma Center – the only [...]
Bill Complicates Drive to Add Primary Care Doctors
A handful of Democratic senators are pushing to change pending health-care legislation so that it would help increase the country’s stock of primary-care doctors, heeding warnings that the bill may exacerbate the difficulty some Americans already have in finding a doctor. Medical colleges, backed by some Democrats, want funding for 15,000 more slots for graduate [...]
Public Option Included in Health Care Reform Bill
Today the US House of Representatives introduced a health-care reform bill that includes a public option. Here’s an excerpt from The Washington Post: House health-care reform bill includes public option House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) unveiled a health-care reform bill Thursday that includes a government insurance option and a historic expansion of Medicaid, and seemed [...]
North Florida Regional plans $35 million expansion to begin early next year
North Florida Regional Medical Center plans $35 million expansion to begin early next year. It will include a 46,500-square-foot intensive care unit with 24 patient rooms, renovation of an existing area for 12 new telemetry beds, and construction of a 562-car parking garage. Construction will last 14 to 18 months. The hospital will have 353 [...]
VHA Inc. Hires Hospital CEO as Vice President of Market Management and Business Development for Its Mountain States Region
VHA Inc., hired Gene L. O’Hara, FACHE, as vice president of market management and business development for its Mountain States regional office. O’Hara was recently chief executive officer of Banner Health’s North Colorado Medical Center, Greeley, Co. Within the Providence Health and Services System, he served as the chief executive officer at Providence Alaska Medical [...]