It's no secret that today's healthcare environment predicts an unsteady future for Americans, making physician outsourcing an attractive solution for hospitals, and healthcare facilities. The Institute of Medicine, a nonprofit organization, with its mission being to serve as adviser to the nation, in order to improve health, advocates change, … [Read more...]
Institute of Medicine Recognizes ‘Team Care’ as the Successful Approach in Today’s Healthcare Forum
Hospital Scandal Prompts Patients’ Concerns
The other night my friend and I went to our favorite late-night doughnut shop and were seated next to a veteran and his wife. After we chatted for a bit, he mentioned how the scandal at a Miami Veteran Administration’s health facility has caused him to live in fear, because he had received treated there several years ago. Best practices in … [Read more...]
Waits in Hospital Emergency Departments Worsen
If you pick up a newspaper, you will more likely than not, find negative articles reporting the current state of our healthcare environment. I recently read an article online, and found the bottom line difficult to digest: emergency room wait times, across the country, are endangering the lives of sick and injured patients. Almost two years ago, … [Read more...]
CMS Relaxes Anesthesia Guidelines, Allows ED Exception
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) report that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) responded to ACEP’s concerns and now allows an exception for emergency departments in their interpretive guidelines on use of anesthesia services. This is a big win for hospital based and non-hospital based emergency physicians, … [Read more...]
Physician Job Outlook
Employment of physicians is projected to grow 22% through 2018, according to the US Department of Labor. This growth is much faster than average for all occupations. Job opportunities should be very good especially in rural and low-income areas. Physicians and Surgeons held approximately 661,400 jobs in 2008. Of the wage and salaried physicians, … [Read more...]