...nation's foremost company in the rapidly growing field of hospitalist medicine, announced today the acquisition of On Call Physicians Medical Group, Inc. (OCP) in Oakland, California. OCP is one of the oldest and largest organized hospitalist groups...

...individual hospital policies may require on-call services as a condition of privileges. To address the shortage of on-call physicians, hospital associations had floated a proposal to the technical advisory group to link on-call participation to Medicare...

The delegates called for the formation of an AMA-led task force to tackle a growing shortage of physicians who are willing to be on call for hospital emergency care. In California, media reports indicate that some physicians are refusing to take call because neither hospitals nor health plans are

The delegates asked the AMA to establish a task force with the American Hospital Association, the American College of Emergency Physicians, and other groups to tackle a growing shortage of physicians who are willing to be on-call for hospital emergency care. In California, media reports indicate

Byline: Bill Scanlon ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS The young skier had hit a tree at Steamboat Springs and was thrashing in the snow with a head injury on Sunday when ski patrollers arrived. They immediately radioed for a doctor. Dr. Ernest E. Moore, chief of trauma at Denver Health Medical Center, was

As the House stumbles toward a consensus on managed-care reforms, doctors find themselves in the pivotal position of determining whether a Republican bill or a bipartisan measure wins the day. With the GOP leadership acutely aware of its slim five-vote majority, three Republican members with

The young skier had hit a tree at Steamboat Springs and was thrashing in the snow with a head injury on Sunday when ski patrollers arrived. They immediately radioed for a doctor. Dr. Ernest E. Moore, chief of trauma at Denver Health Medical Center, was skiing a few hundred yards away when the radio

IPC The Hospitalist Co. has acquired On Call Physicians Medical Group Inc. in Oakland, allowing it to expand into Northern California markets. On Call employs 41 full- and part-time physicians...

Clinical Associates Affiliated, non-owned contract physicians: a) On-call physicians b) Substitute physicians c) Specialty services d) Laboratory test reading e) Contract medical directors utsourced departments a...

TelaDoc offers subscribers 24/7 access to its on-call physicians. It may be good business. But is it good medicine? A landscaper wakes up on Sunday morning with low-back pain. But instead of waiting...