The vast majority of U.S. hospitals are led by non-physicians. Now, however, there is a movement afoot to put physicians into leadership positions because delivery reform law is changing the healthcare landscape. Patients and policymakers are demanding greater transparency, patient safety, cost...
The Essential Hospitals Engagement Network, a network created under the public-private Partnership for Patients established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, has saved nearly $12 million over the past 18 months from the prevention of more than 1,100 patient harm events....
Many physicians are accustomed to the licensure process being somewhat of a headache—particularly when a provider is seeking a license to practice medicine in more than one state. But that might change soon. Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) members approved a resolution in support of...
A Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) team is studying the details and implications of interstate compacts for physician licensure. These compacts could streamline licensing procedures for physicians who seek to practice in more than one state—possibly simplifying license verification in...
Last month, more than 3,400 jobs for healthcare professionals in the U.S. included requirements for robotics skills and experience, WANTED Analytics has announced. The number of healthcare-related jobs requiring robotics grew 32% year-over-year when compared to June 2012 and 375% in the past...
Within minutes of the crash landing of an Asiana Airlines flight carrying 307 passengers at San Francisco International Airport, employees at Stanford University Hospital and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., prepared to execute their long-rehearsed “mass casualty plan,”...