Hospital/physician relations
New research found that 80 percent of the 103 clinical department heads at six major teaching hospitals are men, and almost 90 percent are white.
Results show 74 percent of recruiting assignments in the last year were for specialists, up 7 percent from three years ago, report says.
Establish clear strategic goals and target a financial return, get the revenue cycle right, and motivate employees accordingly.
Being forced to provide inferior care due to the patient's immigration status was a significant burden to the clinicians.
Even necessary distractions from treating patients, which happen as often as 10 times every hour, trigger stress for doctors and nurses alike.
In order to change the way care is delivered, an individual outfit needs to have a sufficient percentage of its practice in a value-based world. That balance can be tricky but hospitals won't succeed without it.
The survey affirmed that interoperable networks are critically important when it comes to giving healthcare providers access to actionable data within the EHR.
New survey, based on answers from nearly 600 young physicians, provides insight into how millennials find their first positions, what they want in a job and why they change jobs.
The charter calls for institutional changes to work schedules, personnel policies, counseling and wellness programs.
Since hospital-employed doctors tend to perform services in an outpatient setting, the trend increases costs for Medicare and patients.