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Apr 19 | Jeff Lagasse

Wording in medical student evaluations differ by gender, minority status, revealing potential bias

Evaluators often used personal descriptors to describe a student's performance, and…

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Apr 17 | Jeff Lagasse

For busy medical students, two-hour meditation study may be as beneficial as a longer course

Medical students are at disproportionately high risk for depression and anxiety, and mindfulness…

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Apr 12 | Jeff Lagasse

Radiation oncology workforce study indicates potential threat to rural cancer care access

Since the previous workforce survey in 2012, the proportion of rural radiation oncologists declined…

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Apr 11 | Jeff Lagasse

Health systems increase operating margins through diversification strategies

Health systems can create a risk-adjusted portfolio of initiatives that leverages their ecosystem and competitive…

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Apr 10 | Jeff Lagasse

Physician pay increases, but gender gap widens and administrative burden increases, Medscape shows

Physician salaries average $313,000 this year, up from $299,999 in 2018 -- a more than 20…

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Apr 09 | Jeff Lagasse

International medical students shed stigma, enjoy record year in annual physician match

More residency slots are being filled by international medical graduates, helping to fill the void in…

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Mar 29 | Jeff Lagasse

Physicians' trust in one another is a care safety and quality issue, experts find

If doctors don't value and trust each other, the safety and quality of patient care could potentially…

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Mar 29 | Jeff Lagasse

Student loan forgiveness programs driving osteopathic physicians to primary care

About a third of osteopathic medical students intend to work in primary care, an 18 percent increase from…

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Gender pay gap for physicians is narrowing, but work stills needs to be done

New report shows male physician pay remained flat in 2018, while female physician pay increased.

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Mar 21 | Jeff Lagasse

Improper removal of personal protective equipment contaminates healthcare workers

Almost 40 percent of workers made errors in removing personal protective equipment -- PPE -- including gowns…

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Once-failing hospitals say accountability, transparency key to surviving fallout from failing patient safety grades When Leapfrog released their Spring 2016 patient safety grades recently, 15 hospitals got slapped with a very public 'F' grade casting a spotlight on them that no institution wants. ...

Analyze this: Health systems, health plans get to the core of big data Pamela Peele knows that people who subscribe to cooking magazines have a much higher risk of going to the emergency room. But how she knows that is a whole other story.

Healthcare mergers and acquisitions in 2016: Running list While 2015 was a record-breaking year in healthcare mergers and acquisitions, 2016 saw more change as organizations across the industry adjust and adapt to the evolving financial landscape.

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Clinical Quality Measures 101 Although quality-reporting programs such as meaningful use provide incentives to help providers implement and use electronic health records (EHRs) to collect and report on clinical data, practices often need help deciding what data to collect, which measures to report ...

Credible, Defensible Estimates In healthcare, every interaction with the patient matters. Especially in today’s environment of continuous improvement, efforts have been concentrated on coordination among providers, the patient care experience and quality outcomes – all laudable goals.

Gaining Actionable Insight into Financial Systems and Areas Impacting the Revenue Cycle Hospital systems across the country are looking to streamline their billing and collection processes to become more efficient and better compete in their markets. The challenge many face is how to turn the data ...

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