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Hospitals may have to cede power to get docs in ACOs
Hospitals may have to fork over more power, but not necessarily higher pay, to get physicians to participate in accountable care organizations and other cooperative initiatives. That's the upshot of
SPOTLIGHT: How to become an out-of-network physician
"In clinical practice, physicians are well aware of risk management. But in many parts of the country, the majority of physicians have already lost the risk battle when it comes to the management of
Many physicians don't want to rat on each other
More than one-third of physicians don't think they're responsible for reporting colleagues who are impaired or incompetent, according to a study published on July 14 in the Journal of the American
'Physician champion' central to health IT implementation success
It's an intuitive conclusion, but one worth reflecting on anyway. Without physician backing for your IT implementation project, it's unlikely to gain popular support, according to various expert
How doctors couch their diagnoses to patients
Communicating a clear, definitive diagnosis is part of a doctor's job, difficult though it may sometimes be. But what should a doctor communicate when they're not sure whether a patient is suffering
