With the estimate that nearly one in three individuals in the U.S. will be Latino by 2050, advances must be made to increase the Latino physician workforce, says the authors of a commentary published in Academic Medicine. The growth in proportion of Latino medical school applicants between 2002...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 42
Healthcare spending in the United States exceeded that of 13 other high-income countries, according to a study from The Commonwealth Group. In 2013, the United States spent 17% of its gross domestic product on healthcare; the next highest percentage was France and Sweden, at about 12% each....
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 41
In response to projected physician shortages in the near future, lawmakers in Ohio are considering a bill that would allow advanced practice registered nurses (APRN) to work independently from physicians. Supporters of the bill argue that APRNs are qualified to work independently because they...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 40
A new partnership between the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC), Midland College (MC), and Midland Memorial Hospital (MMH) is aiming to bring more primary care physicians to the area by allowing students to earn osteopathic medicine degrees in just seven years, rather than...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 39, Issue 16
As more physicians admit to being stressed or burned out, it is becoming increasingly important for healthcare organizations to focus on how to help physicians deal with these issues. The following is a list of items that both individual physicians and organizations can implement to reduce burn...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 10
Broccoli and meetings have something in common—both elicit the response "ugh!" from me. However, like broccoli, meetings have a value: They strengthen the medical staff.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 38
Researchers at Stanford University found that hospital-employed physicians were much more likely to refer patients to their hospital over other nearby hospitals. According to their study, based on 2009 Medicare data, hospital-employed physicians sent 83% of their patients to the hospital that...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 37
With a projected physician shortage reaching as high as 90,000 by 2025, the country will need to increase the number of physicians it produces each year. According to data from 2012, more than a quarter of the workforce was 60 years old or older.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 36, Issue 16
Being rude can affect medical performance and patient care, according to a study conducted by Tel Aviv University. Twenty-four Neonatal Intensive Care Unit teams from hospitals around Israel participated in a simulation exercise involving a premature infant suffering from necrotizing...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 35
Oklahoma State University will partner with six of the state’s hospitals to produce more primary care physicians for the state’s underserved communities. Once the program is fully implemented in 2021, it is expected to produce about 36 new physicians a year.