In rural areas, international medical graduates help fill the physician shortage. The application period for visas began April 1 and this year it appears there will be enough to meet demand.
With hundreds of miles sometimes separating rural surgeons, an online community from the American College of Surgeons aims to connect them via interactive discussions on patient cases and online events and educational opportunities.
A series of reports from CDC's Healthy Communities Program aims to help hospital executives and public health professionals put health communication research into practice.
The American Hospital Association says critical access hospitals will lose significant revenue if reimbursements for provider taxes are disallowed under legislation backed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Transfers to academic medical centers are up, but mortality rates are down, thanks to improved communication and proactive partnerships between community hospitals and AMCs.
