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Telemedicine, the delivery of primary and specialty medical care enabled by telecommunication devices, offers less costly, more personalized health care options than conventional in-person visits.

MONTPELIER — Matt Vernon, Medical Staff President at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, was selected to join the Physician Executive Leadership Institute Foundational Course, which commences remotely in January. Vernon has

State and federal policymakers can improve access to direct primary care by removing prohibitive laws and enacting laws that encourage this innovative model to flourish.

America faces a physician crunch. The American Academy of Medical Colleges projects a physician shortage of between 42,600 and 121,300 doctors by the year 2030. Certainly, there’s no shortage of demand for medical care. More of us are living longer, with more complicated health problems. But practicing physicians are accelerating their retirement plans, even as fewer and fewer doctors enter the physician workforce.

“Nuts & Bolts to 2.0,” to be Held in Dallas, Texas, November 10-12, 2022

NextGen Healthcare, Inc. a leading provider of innovative, cloud-based healthcare technology solutions, today announced NextGen Enterprise has been...

A North Carolina surgeon is among a dwindling number of independent physicians in the United States, where doctors are selling their practices to behemoth hospital systems or leaving the profession altogether.

The infusion of public money allowed big healthcare systems to post bigger profits, but some experts say not enough of that money made it to struggling independent practitioners. 

Independent medical practices keep closing as doctors join behemoth hospital groups or leave the field. Research suggests thats bad news for patients.

Last week, the administrator of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Seema Verma, spoke at The Heritage Foundation on the effect “Medicare for All” would have on American health care Verma said many of current problems in the American health care system would only be exacerbated under Medicare for All, including access issues, payment inflexibility, and prohibitive regulation, all of which are great concerns for policymakers. But one thing she said should be immediately alarming to...