Written by Tim Leigh Top 25 cities for physicians and the 5 worst According to Becker’s Hospital Review When searching for a job, physicians often take several factors into consideration. Some look for a location near family and friends. Some look for a city with a large social scene. The decision might be based on income. Whatever the
Written by Tim Leigh According to Becker’s Hospital Review Hunter Frint Data from HCCI’s database surprising price discrepancies across the nation, as well as in-state. Here are the top five relevant and shocking statistics found. Some prices work to the advantage of people living in certain states as the majority they were priced lower than the
Written by Tim Leigh Hunter Frint The American Psychiatric Association Board of Trustees’ March meeting touched on many important issues including the highly talked about implementation of a registry to help reform health care. The idea for the registry was first mentioned in July of 2015 in a Registry Work Group report. The group presented it to the
Written by Tim Leigh Hunter Frint The New York Times recently wrote an article that focused on the reformation of the Portland Police Department in response to a changing outlook on mental illness. The way that police are handling situations with people who are mentally ill is changing along with national stigmas of mental illness. The story that
Written by Tim Leigh Hunter Frint When you think about an interview and good first impression one almost always thinks of it from the perspective of the interviewee, in the world of psychiatry it is somewhat the opposite. The hiring process needs to be primarily looked at from the perspective of the hospitals that are hiring. When it comes
Written by Tim Leigh Behavioral healthcare: Brought to attention in 2016 Hunter Frint Behavioral healthcare is one of the newer forms of healthcare in the industry today, but the need for it is growing drastically and 2016 might be the year it is no longer on the backburner. Trine Tsouderos, a director at PwC’s Health Research Institute wrote about
Written by selectprofessional Hunter Frint Five recent healthcare mergers and contracts Becker’s Hospital Review announced five healthcare transactions that took place on March 21. 1. Atlantic Health System expands practice in New Jersey. New Jersey-based Atlantic Health System extended its reach by acquiring Hackettstown Regional Medical Center. 2. Walgreens partnered with UnitedHealth’s pharmacy branch. UnitedHealth’s pharmacy care services
Written by selectprofessional According to a recent survey conducted by Sermo, the majority of the physicians would choose their speciality again if they had start their careers over. The top 3 specialties which would choose their speciality again were Orthopedics (87%), Psychiatry (86%), and Oncology (86%). According to the survey OB/GYN were less likely to choose that
Written by selectprofessional Is working for a hospital less of a headache than running a private practice? That’s the answer Medscape was trying to find out with the Medscape Employed Physicians Report 2014. To present their findings, they produced a wonderful slide presentation on their website with the help of Leslie Kane, their Editorial Director. More than 4600
Written by selectprofessional Malpractice total payouts amounts increased for the first time since 2003, according to an analysis done by Deiderich Healthcare. They used data recorded by the National Practitioner Data Bank during 2013. In actual dollars, the increase in 2013 was $168 million more than 2012 (a 4.7% increase), which is close to the amounts of payouts