Nurse practitioners (NP) seeking to practice with no restrictions should look for work in the Pacific Northwest, upper New England, or the Rocky Mountain states, but not the South, according to an issue brief by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The brief, titled “Tapping the Potential of Nurse...
The practice of medicine is changing, and it is being felt acutely on the New Hampshire Seacoast—nearly 90% of practicing physicians are managed under medical groups such as Appledore Medical Group, Core Physicians in Exeter, and Wentworth Health Partners in Dover. Physicians in medical...
Telemedicine uses technology to connect prisoners, who are often housed in remote areas, with medical experts throughout the state. It’s one way that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is trying to control spending on prison healthcare. But while telemedicine has shown some success in...
This week’s featured news items cover medical staff bylaws, employed physicians, hospital-owned clinics, and nurse practitioners—and also highlight some of the shifts and rifts happening nationwide. Is your hospital dealing with employed physicians in hospital-owned practices? If so, does...
A teenager was caught posing as a physician for a month in the St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, according to police in that city. Police received a call on January 13 about a juvenile who was in the hospital and telling people he was a physician; a security guard...
