The environment in which the field of cardiology finds itself has been rapidly changing. This
supplement, an expansion of a report created for the Board of Trustees, is intended to …

The prevalence of obesity has increased worldwide, and weight gain has been shown to
influence the development and clinical expression of various conditions including asthma …

Introduction to Health Care Management, Fourth Edition is a concise, reader-friendly,
introductory healthcare management text that covers a wide variety of healthcare settings …

Background The large-scale emigration of physicians from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to high-
income nations is a serious development concern. Our objective was to determine current …

Objective To determine whether patient outcomes differ between general internists who
graduated from a medical school outside the United States and those who graduated from a …

“See here,” he said, taking a saltshaker and pepper shaker and putting them side by
side.“This pepper shaker is our kind of hospital.... Let's call it an Ellis Island hospital. Such …

This paper draws on international evidence on medical spending to examine what the
United States can learn about making its healthcare system more efficient. We focus …

A significant challenge facing the field of rheumatology is the projected gap between the
growing demand for rheumatologists and the available workforce. In order to improve …

Abstract Background The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) certification and
maintenance of certification (MOC) programs strive to provide the public with guidance …

Historically, doctors have migrated for a range of personal, educational, economic, and
political reasons. Likewise, medical students from many countries have moved abroad to …