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Medical testing board to offer doctor of nursing certification
Starting in the fall, doctor of nursing practice graduates will be able to take a certification test that proponents predict should become the standard for DNPs. The test, which is being developed by Read more...
Study: Acute shortage of adult primary care MDs coming
A new study appearing in the journal Health Affairs attaches some numbers to a problem we all see coming--the growing U.S. shortage of primary care physicians. According to the study, by 2025 the Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Physician shortage in Silicon Valley; Catholic Healthcare East takes over NJ health system; and much more...
> In part due to the high cost of living there, Silicon Valley is facing a particularly critical physician shortage. Read more...
Trend: Hospitals investing in patient lifting devices
In some cases under threat of legislation, hospitals are increasingly investing in patient-lifting and sliding equipment. Such equipment is helping nurses avoid on-the-job injuries and lowering Read more...
Employer group backs higher pay for primary care
A powerful healthcare standards group plans today to launch an initiative promoting a new model for primary care which would help employers and health plans identify high-performing primary care Read more...
Study: Nurse-driven heart failure support boosts compliance
A new study suggests that if heart failure patients get intensive support from a heart failure nurse and a multidisciplinary team, they're more likely to comply with key non-medical interventions Read more...
WI nurse residency program boosts retention
While doctors get to go through a residency program and gradually assume the mantle of full decision-making responsibility, most nurses move from student to caregiver practically overnight. In Read more...
Many Los Angeles hospitals in financial trouble
Apparently, a frightening percentage of hospitals in the Los Angeles metro are fighting for their lives. According to a new analysis, almost two dozen hospitals in the area are in the red and could Read more...
Trend: Mo. nurses create rural clinics
Out in the hinterlands of rural Missouri, doctors are scarce. Increasingly, the state's advanced practice nurses are jumping into the gap, creating rural clinics of the sort typically run by country Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Tenet offers more hospital ownership stakes; Sutter nurses consider strike; and much more...
> Tenet is continuing its program of offering ownership interests in its hospitals, this time at Houston Northwest Medical Center. Read more...
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