Southern Hills Hospital announces that a new Family Medicine Residency Graduate Medical Education (GME) program received initial accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). ACGME is a private, non-profit organization that evaluates and accredits graduate medical education programs. 

The trend of physicians choosing to be employed by large hospitals or health systems rather than continue in independent practice may accelerate under the new payment tracks of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), according to Lawrence Casalino, MD, PhD, a professor at Weill Cornell Medical College.

Structurally integrating a medical group may not mean patients see the care its delivering as integrated, according to a study published in the May 2017 issue of Health Affairs.

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a nanoparticle capable of both shrinking breast cancer tumors and preventing new ones from growing. Published in Nature Nanotechnology, a study found a nanoparticle injected in mice could reduce tumor size by 70 to 80 percent. 

Drilling into the skull can require years of surgical practice and training. But an automated robotic drill may take the challenge out of surgeons' hands. Researchers from the University of Utah published a study in Neurosurgical Focus that examined a computer-programmed drill's ability to reduce surgery time, cost, infection rates and human error.

While bipolar disorder can be treated with medication, many people experience relapses into dangerous behavior. In a recent study, published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, researchers tested the effectiveness of an online relapse prevention tool in offering an inexpensive, accessible treatment option.

3D printing is now capable of producing prosthetics and generating cartilage tissue from stem cells. Led by researchers at Sweden's Sahlgrenska Academy, a study published in Scientific Reports reviews 3D bioprinting as a nest step in using human cells to print cartilage that is identical to human-harvested cartilage. 

G4S has launched an innovative portable security system to monitor the safety of vulnerable patients.