Workforce

When the National Resident Matching Program announced earlier this month that for two years running the number of U.S. medical student seniors who will train as family medicine residents rose, the clamor began: Does this indicate a trend? Will the worries about a shortage of primary care physicians be dispelled?

Since our national recession began, the United States has lost more than seven million jobs, more than half of which are permanent. As was noted in the President’s recent State of the Union Address, the U.S. is increasingly falling behind nations like China and India, who are investing in education and industry, and taking good jobs in the process.

Sts. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital, in Louisville, Ky., has signed a deal to outsource management of its 16-year-old hospitalist program.

Duke, LifePoint see regional opportunities

Rather than focusing on new construction, health systems are renovating or expanding, according to a survey conducted by Health Facilities Management magazine and the American Society for Healthcare Engineering.

Private equity firm brings $8B to the table

Family planning cuts threaten women’s healthcare

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General has issued a report indicating more than 90 percent of nursing facilities in the nation has employed at least one person with one criminal conviction.

Opponents say serious cuts may be shortsighted solution

Facilities create more than 5 million jobs