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What happened to the family doctor?
Primary-care doctors take care of the young, the old and the in-between; the sick, the well and the dying. Ideally...
Should doctors be Facebook 'friends' with patients?
Should doctors be Facebook "friends" with their patients? Increasingly, professionals are stroking their...
Web Exclusive: CA Slaps Health Plans for Delaying Payments
California regulators have fined the state's seven largest health plans $4.85 million after finding widespread...
Web Exclusive: End-of-Life Care is Often Futile, Costly
The folks at the Dartmouth Atlas Project have pointed out the elephant in the room—the enormous amount of far...
Web Exclusive: Hospitals Responsible for Physicians' Bad Behavior
If a physician is in hot water, so is the related hospital, even when the physician is not a direct employee. Medical...
Web Exclusive: Medical Groups Sound Alarm on SGR 'Crisis'
Without action by Congress, a 23% cut in physician fees Dec. 1 will be followed by a 6.5% cut Jan. 1. The reductions...
Web Exclusive: Notions of Personal ’Sacrifice’ Help Docs Take Gifts From Industry
Over the past decade, there has been movement toward imposing clear standards on the relationship between doctors and...
Surgeons salvage hand nerves of double-transplant patient at Jewish Hospital
--> Doctors completed the region's first double-hand transplant Wednesday, replacing a man's burned...
Getting into med school without hard sciences
For generations of pre-med students, three things have been as certain as death and taxes: organic chemistry, physics...
The New Doctor-Patient Relationship
Physicians have a lot to deal with in today’s increasingly complicated and bureaucratic healthcare system...

Book: Engage and Align the Medical Staff and Hospital Management
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Book: Medical Staff Leadership Fundamentals Package
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Book: Medical Staff Leadership Essentials
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Continuing Education: Physician-Hospital Integration and Alignment: Palm Springs, CA
Physician-Hospital Integration and Alignment brings together the key mandates and strategies from the Patient...
Continuing Education: Medical Executive Committee Institute: Palm Springs, CA
Presented by some of the country’s most motivational and effective physician leadership educators, this fast-paced...
Continuing Education: Medical Executive Committee Institute: Boca Raton, FL
Presented by some of the country’s most motivational and effective physician leadership educators, this fast-paced...
Continuing Education: Peer Review Boot Camp: Boca Raton, FL
Peer Review Boot Camp offers in-depth training for physicians recently appointed to peer review positions, leaders with...
Continuing Education: Physician Hospital Integration and Alignment: Boca Raton, FL
Physician-Hospital Integration and Alignment brings together the key mandates and strategies from the Patient...
Continuing Education: Medical Executive Committee Institute: Chicago, IL
Presented by some of the country’s most motivational and effective physician leadership educators, this fast-paced...
Continuing Education: Physician Hospital Integration and Alignment: Chicago, IL
Increase quality and safety of care and decrease costs of providing that care through unique physician-hospital...