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Physicians feel down or seriously depressed at nearly twice the rate of the adult population. But there are some tweaks hospital executives might consider to ease the situation.

Jackson Healthcare CEO says Price brings "profound understanding of healthcare landscape," to the company.

Weingart Foundation also gave $7.5 million. The South Los Angeles' medical group will use the $15 million to help eliminate the physician shortage problem, which it estimates to be about 1,200 primary care and specialty doctors too few in the area.

The analysis cited uncertainty surrounding the tax and healthcare bills as one of the major contributors to the dip, along with a tight labor market.

Older patients visiting the emergency department who received specialized geriatric care were admitted to the hospital 36 percent of the time, compared to the 53 percent who did not receive this attention.

Adfinitas Health currently partners with 14 hospitals and more than 40 post-acute facilities in Maryland, Virginia and Michigan.

The healthcare industry created more new jobs in December than other sectors, outpacing construction, manufacturing and business services.

More than 20 states enacted laws in 2017 to equip nurses with full practice authority.

The upheld decision means that hospitals and other organizations can be held liable when they should have known what was happening.

The demand put pressure on medical labor markets and underscoring the likelihood of increasing physician shortages.