Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide. Emerging research is demonstrating the power of genetic testing to help us target therapies to the specific needs of subpopulations of patients rather than attempt to deploy one-size-fits-all therapeutics. New research published in BMC Cancer contributes to this growing picture by comparing the … [Read more...]
New Data Comparing the Effects of Specific Cancer Therapies in Lung Cancer
New Hospital-Based Physician Services Video
OPYS, a leading provider of quality hospital-based physician services, introduces new video. The 60 second video captures the essence of physician services offered. Experience the perfect balance of clinical excellence, with a physician staffing, and management company, who understands the business of hospital-based medicine. Our physicians, … [Read more...]
Specialty Physicians’ and Primary Care Physicians’ Jobs Equally Difficult
“Although society’s perception might be that surgeons endure greater mental challenges and stress in their work duties than those providing primary care physician services, new research from a study conducted by experts at the University of Cincinnati shows that this isn’t necessarily the case” as reported in a recent news article, published in a … [Read more...]
Hospital Physicians, Call Coverage, and Fair Market Value
Hospital Physicians, Physician Services Call Coverage Payments: Trends, Regulations, Statistics and Valuation Considerations Establishing FMV for call coverage compensation is becoming increasingly difficult as arrangements are evolving and survey data is unreliable. The following will discuss recent trends in paying for call coverage, market … [Read more...]
Debate Heats Up Over Anesthesiologist Op-Ed on Female Physician Workload
Several physicians have responded to a New York Times op-ed in which anesthesiologist Karen Sibert, MD, said female physicians should work longer hours to offset the growing shortage of physicians. Suzanne Koven, MD, a primary care internist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, said female physicians disproportionately choose fields … [Read more...]